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Corruption is a cause or symptom of Government Inefficiency- Challenge for Imran Khan
Asad Umar putting up a great fight against the vested interests in the country, and IK buckling under pressure is a very simplistic explanation of a more fundamental issue plaguing our governance: The fundamental issue at stake is the debunking of the fallacious assumption that “corruption is the primary reason for our economic downslide”. Asad…
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Iqbal and Ahmedis and Qadianis
ایک پوسٹ کے جواب میں، جس میں قادیانیوں کی حمایت کی بو محسوس ہوئی، چند نکات پیش کررہا ہوں، امید ہے ٹھنڈے دل سے غور فرمائیں گے، حالاں کہ قادیانیوں کے معاملے پر مجھے یا ملت اسلامیہ پاکستان کو مزید کسی دلیل کی ضرورت نہیں، کہ انہیں ملک کا اعلی ترین ادارہ پارلیمنٹ غیر مسلم…
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Judicial Murder of Bhutto: Political Engineering and Bench-Fixing of SC and LHC bench
“Bench Fixing” by CJP Anwarul Haq was responsible for the judicial murder of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1979. بھٹو کیوں ذندہ ہے Why Bhutto is alive? Bhutto is alive because of the political engineering and “bench-fixing” that led to the (1) removal of PMs, (2) violation of the constitution and law, and (3) manipulation of…
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Why there are so many intelligence and investigation agencies in Pakistan
Why in Pakistan we have so many investigation agencies and intelligence agencies? These include Police, FIA, NAB, CID, ISI, SIU, IB, CTD, Sp Br, ATF, MI, ISPR, FBR, JIT,… Our history tells us that with each new agency, there has been an increase in corruption and law-breaking. Instead of decreasing corruption, they continually cause of…
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Can a Child Learn a Foreign Language without obtaining full competency in First language
بچے کی زہنی نشو نما و خود اعتمادی کا گلا گھوٹنا ہو تو اس کو “پہلی زبان” پر دسترس ہونے سے قبل انگریزی زبان کے جبر میں قید کر دیں I got this comment on the above FB post: Actually kids can learn multiple languages early in life a lot easier than later. But the…
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How to Eliminate Corruption in Pakistan: Simplicity and Transparency of Bureaucratic Procedures
Corruption is directly proportional to the complexity of bureaucratic procedures and is inversely proportional to the transparency of bureaucratic procedures. The bureaucratic procedures are being made more complicated (eg. even a pencil purchase requires approval) and censorship is being imposed, which will further decrease transparency and will thus increase corruption. For a perfectly transparent process,…
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Is Criticism of Imran Khan as PM something new?
Saw this post: عمران خان کا1،1دن گناجارہاہے میں حیران ہوں اس ذہین ترین قوم پر پچھلے70سال کیسےگزرگئے Here is the history for youth who do not read history. Pakistan has never been a bed of roses, even for military dictators. There were mass protests every year since 1950. Here are some from my memory: 1952…
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Overcoming Forex/IMF Problem through Incentivizing Small Producers of Solar Energy
How to resolve Dollar PKR devaluation problem and avoid IMF loan. I think PTI Imran Khan’s strategy to focus on small producers has a lot of potential. Here is what can bring tabdeeli through massive generation of jobs and overcoming the foreign exchange issue of rising dollar and devaluation of rupee. I think experts in…
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Love of Research and Books-Prof Ahmed Saleem
I went to meet Professor Ahmed Saleem at his home library. His house is in Judicial Town near Chhattar Park in a very picturesque setting at the foot of the hill with stream flowing near by. His library consists of his personal collection of over 45,000 books and a collection of newspapers since 1947 of…
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Growing Up in the 1960s-70s: Recollections of Rauf Mamoo by his Daughter
Recollections of Faryal Osman daughter of Rauf Mamoo (Major Shah Mohammad Ismail, Artillery SP3), while growing up in Nowshera when Rauf Mamoo was a Captain and later in Hyderabad where he was posted as Major before his retirement. The chronicle is interesting because it describes the life and times of junior army officers during those…
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Zauq-e-Aagahi, Quresh Pur and PTV’s role in Inspiring a Generation of Knowledge Seekers
Once upon a time on PTV we used to have quiz competitions of the highest order. I grew up with many such programs that made me look up to the contestants as the wizards of knowledge. Unfortunately today on TV we find nothing except crass, gross, coarse and vulgar competitions like programs where they are…
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Exemplary Inspirational and Collaborative Leadership – Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad
Today (Sep 10, 2018), with the departure of Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad for the hereafter. I lost a mentor, a guide and a trail blazer who exemplified what does it mean to be an inspirational leader. Inna lillah e wa inna ilaihi rajioon. A loss that seems more acute because I could have learned much…
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“Skin in the Game” Public Service Reforms in Pakistan- A Proposal
The fastest way to reform the public sector is to bring the bureaucracy’s skin in the “game” of changing the bureaucratic structures and increasing the efficiency. Unless the decision makers are themselves going to feel the adverse consequences of their decisions and hurdles they would not be willing to make positive changes in improving the…
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Flight from Bedar when Hyderabad Deccan fell to Indian Invasion in 1948
This post describes my maternal family’s flight from Bedar Hyderabad at the time of the annexation of the Nizam-ruled princely state of Hyderabad Deccan by Indian forces in September 1948. See podcast of my mother’s sister Arsalan Khatoon who was among the group that had to run empty handed with her mother, brothers and sisters. …
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Essential Orientation for Teachers and Faculty Members
Essential Orientation for Faculty Members, Teachers and Facilitators embarking on a journey to understand experiential learning and weaning away from the conventional mode of teaching. In my opinion this is the minimum level of understanding required by teachers of schools and universities.To maximally gain from this material, watch the following videos and read the following blog…
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Suo-moto judgment for Criminal Cases vs Summary Military Trials (Kangroo Courts)
I would like to invite those interested in law and constitution to comment on this post. Here I am looking at the role of Suomoto Judgment in criminal cases and cases related to corruption. I think suo-moto was originally conceived in the constitution for constitutional cases and constitutional rights cases that require immediate action where…
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How to be a Change Leader and a Job Creator
[IoBM Orientation for New Students Sep 1, 2018] As I look at your beaming faces, your youthful energy, and your ambitions for shaping the future of our nation and our dear country, I am filled with hope. I am sure that our future is destined to be better than our today. It is also welcoming…
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Technical Analysis of Helicopter Cost Debate for PM Imran Khan Travel
Recently Pakistan’s information minister’s claim that the helicopter ride of PM Imran Khan costs Rs50/km became viral on social media and caused a lot of posts debunking and defending with humor and exaggeration. There were also claims that the cost is Rs 30/km and not Rs 50/km and led to cynics doing all sorts of…
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How to Sabotage Change (Tabdeeli) by Turning the Focus from Output to Input
Change Resistance from bureaucracy against IK’s “tabdeeli” agenda through very clever manoeuvre by taking IK’s eyes off the ball (output). By opening the Pandora box of holidays per week, Sir Humphery (of Yes Prime Minister serial fame) or equivalent senior bureaucrat in the IK’s clique had turned the debate away from “output” measurement and towards…
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How Long Pakistan has been Under the Corrupt Rule when Imran Khan Tookover
Only RAW agents or traitors can claim that IK has inherited 30-70 years of corruption in Pakistan. At most there can only be 10 years (2008-18) of corruption because by 2008 Gen Musharraf through his 9 years of most clean anti-corruption dictatorial rule had eliminated ALL corruption. During this rule, Gen Musharraf had completely obliterated…
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Ghaus e Buner (Swat), Syed Ali Tirmidhi’s Descendant Syed Akbar Shah of Sathana
By Muhammad Shafi Sabir Tazkara Sarfaroshan e Sarhad: Syed Akbar Shah of Sathana One of the most vocal and active resistance leader against the Sikh Regime’s injustices was Syed Akbar Shah of Sathana. He belonged to the family of Ghaus e Buner, Hazrat Syed Ali Tirmidhi also known as Pir Baba Rahmatullah Alaihe. In tribute…
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Market Value vs Cost Declaration of Properties in Tax Returns
Why variations in property value declarations in nomination papers?Do u know property is declared for tax purposes at its purchase value, also known as book value? 500yds DHA plot bought in 1990 for (say) 3 lacs is declared at 3 lacs, not its current market value which can be 3crores!Rationale: Will you pay tax every year…
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Neocolonialism and Indian Agenda for Pakistan
Neocolonialism and Indian agenda for Pakistan consists of the following points that they use their stooges in Pakistan to promote: FATF restrictions on foreign trade. Further throttle whatever exports remain. Check! Convert CPEC from “game changer” to “game over” (in progress) Convert Positive sentiments into negative sentiments for outlook on Pakistan’s Economic Progress. Check! Change…
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Dr Muhammad Mahmud of IBA: A Self-made Industrious Faculty Member
Dr M Mahmud expired early morning of July 12, 2018. Inna lillah e wa inna ilaihi rajioon. May Allah reward him with the best of abodes in the hereafter. Aameen. Allah blessed him with 27th Ramazan night to start this journey. He was an alumnus of IBA. His association with IBA started in 1967-68 in…
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Is Pakistan under a Judicial Martial Law? CJMLA parallel with CMLA
What is common between Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) and a Chief Judicial Martial Law Administrator (CJMLA) or a Chief Executive Martial Law Administrator (CEMLA)? “A creeping coup has taken place against the authority of the civilian government. The coup has taken place very quietly before the election,” Mr Farhatullah Babar said in a seminar…
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Lesson from Decade of Development of Dictator Gen Ayub Khan: Development without People Representation
Do we want to build yet another big dam without building consensus among all the affected provinces? Do we again want to forget the disastrous consequences in our history when development projects were steamrolled without people’s consent? We see in our media yet another drive to hammer the benefits of Kalabagh Dam (KBD) while relying…
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A Tribute to Cricket for Spearheading my English Language Acquisition – Sports and Language Learning
I often see parents worrying about language skills of their children. A closer look at the hobbies of such children will indicate that they are not passionate about any hobbies especially sports. Here I would detail the role of cricket in spearheading my English language acquisition. As my interest grew, with cricket and started following…
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Role Model of Forthrightness, Calm and Resourcefulness: Daud Khaloo
I can still hear the distinctive sound of Daud Khaloo’s Java motor cycle coming from afar in 1970s calm and quiet Khawaja Nazimuddin Road portion of F-6/4 of Islamabad near China Chowk. It was the time when Shahrah-e-Quaid e Azam and the adjoining buildings now known as the Blue Area had not yet been constructed,…