Vol. 03 - Issue 01 ABC Certified www.melangemagazine.biz MélangeMélangeJune 2018 Portugal in Contemporary Settings Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa António Costa President of Portugal Prime Minister of Portugal A COVETED COMMUNITY IN THE HEART OF DUBAI 5AED 3ST0ARTING,0 PRICE0 0 ONWARDS FEATURE & AMENITIES TYPES & PRICES STATE OF THE ART GYM PAYMENT PLAN ALL UNITS SPA OF APARTMENTS Descri ption Milestone Percent value FREE WIFI TYPE PRICE (AED) SWIMMING POOL 1st installment Immediate 9% STUDIO 700,000 SAUNA 2nd installment 2 months after 1st inst 5% 24 HOURS RECEPTION ONE BEDROOM 1,550 ,000 3rd installment On completion 90% AMPLE PARKING TWO BEDROOM 3,300,000 CHILLERFREE Editor-in-Chief Editor’s Note Amna Malik Board of Advisors Dr Ross Masood A Time to Collect Spiritual and Economic Rewards Dr Zafar Jaspal Kanwar Dilshad This month the Muslim World is observing strict 'Sawm' in Javaid Malik Nadeem Khan which after a pre-dawn meal called Suhoor and first prayer Fajr, Dr Tehseen Nisar Mazhar Barlas they do not touch even a drop of water or any food until the sun Angelika Heike Schweer Dr Ammarah Rabbani sets. It is one of the five pillars of Islam and the real test is to keep Editor working through the day at the same pace with full vigour. How Dr. Lubna Umar long is the fast? Pakistan, like Arab countries could have it for 15 Executive Editor Erum Akbar to 16 hours, while in New Zealand it could be for less at 10. But as Assistant Editors we go up to Europe or North America, daylight hours extend to Saima Zaman Zahid Rabbani 20 hours, while the sun never sets near the North Pole. To obviate extreme rigour, Muslims may simply stick to the sunset hours of Associate Editors Chaudhary Arslan Mecca. Mosques all over the world arrange for the entire Quran to N.H Naqvi be recited over thirty nights in prayers called Tarawih. All forms Staff Reporters Sarmad Ali Khan of good conduct are amply rewarded by the Almighty during this Zahid Haleem holy period and an injunction against aggression or spite is as Foreign Desk Leyla important as fasting. The month concludes with Eid ul Fitr which Grate is also called the Sweet Festival by many marked by adorning new Art Director Malik Nauman clothes and offering compulsory Eid prayers. It is then time to Director Marketing & Sales visit the elders of families and seek their blessings. Children enjoy Ameer Munawar Awan it more as they receive cash or gifts as Eidi. People meet their Director IT Fazal-e-Hadi relatives and friends, but such is the power of the day that they Consultant IT greet and hug even complete strangers. Team Mélange takes this Junaid Zia opportunity to extend warm felicitations to Muslims all over the Event Coordinator/Photographer Ramzan Mughal globe for a rewarding Ramadan and a blessed Eid ul Fitr. 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This surely calls for anyone due to any advertisement or article. us to celebrate both the arrival of Eid ul Fitr and Mélange Trade & Printed at Roohani Art Press, Investment Forum that brings us spiritual as well as economic Muhammadi Town, Sohan, Express Way,Islamabad Published by Amna Malik, 58,Shahra -e- Suharwardy, reward G-6/4, Islamabad Mélange contents June 2018 Editor’s Note 03 A Time to Collect Spiritual and Economic Rewards The Big Story 06 Porutgal in Contemporary Settings Spot Light 09 North & South Korea Starting Anew Editor’s Choice Can the Bulging Pakistani Youth Become 12 Agents of Change in 2018 Elections? Article 14 Stimulating Geo-Strategic Environment 15 Eluding Dividends of Peace in Afghanistan 16 Man Hee Lee: A Man Striving for Global Peace 18 Army Chief Returns with Commitment of Strong Relations 19 New IB Chief to Modernize IB machinery Economy & Finance 20 The 2018-2019 Budget: Historic or not? 22 New Islamabad Airport 23 SAARC Formulating Strategies to Realize South Asia Vision 2030 24 UAE Markets Demand Pakistani Presence 25 Pakistan at Crossroads & CPEC 26 ABAD International Expo 2018 28 IAPEX Concludes on high note 29 ICCI Terms Budget 2018-19 as Balanced 30 The Emerging Super-Power Troika Mélange contents June 2018 Business Leader Paddy Cosgrave: Young Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Web Summit 32 Life Style Monaco Royal Family: Albert-II Prince of Monaco & Chalene Wittstock 34 World Leader President of Malta: Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca 36 International Perspective Sustainable Development Goals of Education by UN a Global Documentation for Nations to pursue 38 In Focus ‘Cyber Security Girls Scout’ Matching Global Trends 40 Diplomatic Corner Look Africa Policy Initiative 42 Counter-Terrorism Strategy to Benefit Central Asia 43 Peace on the Korean Peninsula and President Moon Jae-in as the Peacemaker 44 Celebrating Europe Day 45 Phillippines National Day 46 100th Anniversary of Azerbaijan 47 Special Report Portugal: Rising to power in EU & Beyond 48 Tribute H.E. Dr Joao Paulo Marques Sabido Costa 52 Random Clicks 54 News Update 55 Travel Destination Portugal 59 Food Corner Moroccan Cuisine 60 Book Review Globalization and its Discontents 61 Tech All you Need to Know About Google Maps 62 Big Story in Amna Malik ortugal, an old nation-state with political frontiers unchanged since the late middle ages, was the “ideal-type” of the state envisioned by liberal nationalists. State and Pnation coincided in conditions of cultural homogeneity. There were no national or ethno-cultural minorities in Portugal, or Portuguese populations in neighboring countries; similarly, Portugal had no religious or ethno-linguistic minorities. Dialects were rare, found only in some areas near the Spanish border. Portugal had no territorial claims in Europe, thus the historical and cultural variables so markedly present in other cases were either negligible or absent in the case of Portugal. Imperial Background Portugal's imperial and colonial past, however, is vital in understanding the country's twentieth-century history. From the seventeenth century on, Portugal was both an imperial power and a political state in economic dependency of Britain. Tensions with Britain increased dramatically in the 1880s, Britain forced Portugal to abandon its project to unify Angola and Mozambique by threatening to invade the country. This episode gave rise to modern Portuguese nationalism; it provoked the first wave of anti- British sentiment, cementing what was to become the mainstay of Portuguese foreign policy until the 1970s: the defense of the colonial empire. Historically, Portugal emerged as a separate country during centuries of struggle with the Spanish provinces of León and Castile. Even hundreds of years after breaking away from Spain for the last time in 1640, fears remained in Portugal that it might one day be swallowed up by the larger and more powerful Spain, perhaps not militarily, but culturally and economically. That sentiment is expressed by the Portuguese proverb that "neither a good wind nor a good marriage ever come from Spain." Meanwhile, Portugal's long coast has given it an "Atlantic vocation" and propelled its historic ventures of global exploration. Geographical details Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, although it is only about one-sixth as large as its neighbor. Including the Azores and Madeira, the country has a total area of 92,080 square kilometers. Portugal lies on the westernmost promontory of continental Europe. The rugged Pyrenees Mountains separate Iberia from the heart of the European continent, and Portugal is even further distant across the vastness of Spain. Distance and Mélange 06 June 2018 Big Story isolation have created in Portugal a sense that willing to dissolve parliament if the smooth programme” allowing for “a sustainable it is a part of Europe geographically but apart functioning of Portugal's parliament and reduction in deficits and debt”, for which he from it culturally, socially, economically, courts is threatened, and said that while anti- had to give the President written guarantees politically, and even psychologically. Even in austerity policies seemed “fair,” they would that his government would maintain stability the early 1990s, Lisbon was a two-to-three- need “balancing to avoid financial slippage.” and respect European rules.