On The Road
In the late 1980s, the Malaysian Automobile Association periodically staged road-rallies-cum-treasure-hunts. The goal of the exercise was to decipher cryptic clues en circuitous route from Kuala Lumpur to distant points (in this case, Penang) while participating in a scavenger hunt. An added…
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives
Its title notwithstanding, this book is not an encyclopedia in the conventional sense, but rather a reference work produced in a manner that will be familiar to readers of, for example, the New Cambridge Modern History. That is, it is a collection…
The Prisoner
“I am sorry, but we must be sure that there are no mistakes,” said the Deputy Superintendent (DS), sensing my irritation and fatigue. It was dusk, and I had returned, once again, for the Prisoner. I found the DS in his underwear…
To the Khyber Pass
As a little boy, my favourite books were those found in my grandmothers’ libraries, especially those by authors like G.A. Henty, R.H. Haggard, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan, C.S. Forrester, and Sax Rohmer. Through them I carefully followed Wolfe in Canada, Moore…
Frank Stone
Frank Stone joined the Department in 1949 and served in Bonn, Geneva, Washington and as Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N. in Geneva. He was Canada’s Ambassador to Pakistan before retiring from the Department in 1979. He died in Ottawa on December…
Over the Khunjerab to Kashgar
In May 1986, the governments of Pakistan and China announced the opening to foreign nationals of the Karakorum Highway over the Khunjerab Pass. At an altitude of 16,000 feet, the Khunjerab is reportedly the highest paved mountain crossing in the world. Its…
Eulogy for Charles Marshall
Charles Marshall died suddenly in Islamabad on January 13, 1985, while serving as Canadian Ambassador to Pakistan. We print the eulogy delivered by his old friend and colleague Bob Middleton.
