string of pearls n.— «The second event has been much quieter but has more ominous implications, Beijing’s steady expansion of its “string of pearls” strategy. A new phrase coined by geo-strategists’ for Chinese efforts to...
spot-fixing n.— «Although police have not ruled it out, both Mr Ashraf and the team spokesman, PJ Mir, dismissed speculation that Mr Woolmer’s death was linked to match-fixing and a practice known as “spot-fixing,” or betting...
black-coat n.— «The “black-coats” as the lawyers are being affectionately called these days, have never shown this kind of unity, nor this temerity, before.» —by Masud Alam in Islamabad, Pakistan BBC...
BLR n.— «As far as Bonapartism in the higher echelons of the Pakistan Army goes, the situation in army parlance is BLR or Beyond Local Repair. BLR denotes a vehicle or other piece of equipment such as a weapon, being in such a state that...
agreemo n.— «Prime Minister has announced the decision to appoint a High Commissioner.…Normally, with respect to other countries, we take four to six weeks to give the Agreemo which is inbuilt in the process since at several levels...
squiggly G’s n.pl.— «Some users, fearful of taking a chance, have sought to substitute the drug with large quantities of diazepam, or “squiggly G’s.” Imported cheaply from India and Pakistan, and available for just a couple of...