Category: At What Cost
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Can Corruption Problem be Solved by Hanging a Few Thousands?
کیا 5 ہزار کو لٹکانے سے کرپشن سے نجات ملے گی؟ انقلاب فرانس 40 ہزار مارے، انقلاب روس 20 ملین مارے: کوئی افاقہ، بہتری، حل نہ ہوا! 1. Nations that forget history are forgotten by history. History tells us that mass killings, mass purges, indiscriminate hanging of suspects has never solved any problem for any…
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Booby Traps Inserted in 1973 Constitution by DoN Godfathers that Perpetually Keep Pakistan in an ICU Emergency
Doctrine of Necessity (DoN) godfathers have inserted booby traps in the 1973 constitution that strangulate and throttle the elected governments in their functioning and also keep on exploding every few years keeping the country perpetually in an ICU emergency. The moment an elected government reaches a stage where it can start asserting the will of…
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An Eyewitness Account of Justice Munir’s Doctrine of Necessity Judgement by Mr Ashraf Janjua
Justice Munir’s Doctrine of Necessity Judgment is the most important single event in the history of Pakistan. The costs of Justice Munir’s Doctrine of Necessity have been 4 Martial Laws and 35 years of direct dictatorships. The remaining years of Pakistan’s existence have been spent fighting the booby traps inserted in the constitution by the dictators…
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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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Kalabagh Dam Use for Inciting Smaller Provinces against Federation-Technical Feasibility vs Trust-Deficit Issue
The opposition for big dams like Kala Bagh Dam (KBD) originates in smaller provinces from the same concerns and mistrust that we have for India building big dams up stream on Indus because it hurts Pakistan’s lower riparian rights when the water is diverted away from us without our consent and approval. It is primarily…
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Metro Transport Infrastructure of Hong Kong and Detractors of Metro for Pakistan
I just returned from Hong Kong. I was astounded to see the metro bus-train infrastructure and roads infrastructure with elevated expressways and flyovers constructed not only in city areas but also on sea and between islands. There are over 15000 buses plying on over 500 routes. Crisscrossing the islands were 11 train lines with such…
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Metro Buses and Trains vs Health and Education-Tryanny of OR
Why can’t we come out from the tyranny of “or”? It should not be either metro “or” health/education. It should be metro train/bus “and” health/education. As admirably explained in Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Built to Last”, issues should not be cast as “either-or”. Great leaders learn the power of “and” ! It is not either quality…
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A Tale of Two Operations- 1999 Kargil Operation and 1965 Operation Gibraltar
1999 Kargil Op & 1965 Op Gibraltar: Two pompous dictators, two huge fiascos, two strategic miscalculations by dictator generals who live their early life saying only “yes-sir”, and then live the remaining life only hearing and expecting nothing except “yes-sir”. Interestingly enough both of these clandestine operations had several common characteristics : Both were secret…
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Dictator Gen Musharraf as Bounty Hunter: Costs of Joining War on Terror
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] References: Musharraf handed over 4,000 Pakistanis to foreign countries https://tribune.com.pk/story/1687073/1-musharraf-handed-4000-pakistanis-foreign-countries/ Pakistan suffers $123.1 bn losses in terror war Pakistan’s losses in war on terror fail to impact US discourse War on terror fought with Pakistan’s own…
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How Corruption is being Eliminated in Pakistan since 1950s: Corruption as a Ruse to Maintain Status Quo
Sustained Elimination of Corruption since 1950s. All thanks to CJPs and our patriotic forces: The corruption was first eliminated in 1951 when Liaquat Ali Khan was terminated and then corruption was eliminated by removing Khwaja Nazimuddin in 1953. Corruption was again eliminated in 1954 when the Molvi Tameezuddin assembly was dismissed. The patriotic elimination of…
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Can a Strong Clean Leader Solve All the Problems of Pakistan- Mythical Narratives
Is it possible to eradicate corruption by only changing the person at the top, the man at the helm of affairs? Unfortunately, this seems to be the predominant narrative in Pakistan. This narrative of “Pakistan Needs a Strong, Clean and Decisive Leader at the Top” has been selling in Pakistan since 1950s. This narrative states…
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Agenda to Ensure Supremacy of Law and Constitution in Pakistan
My agenda is simply to strive for supremacy of rule of law and constitution. I am pained to see people hurling invectives, slandering, and condemning people as traitors without due process of law. Even if I know that someone is guilty, I have no authority to take law in my own hand and dispense justice…
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Is Illiteracy Responsible for Problems of Pakistan? Narrative to Justify Neocolonialism and dictatorial rule
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Are Illiterates Responsible for Woes of Pakistan? Or Is this a Narrative to Support Exploitation? Is this narrative designed to support exploitation by the un-elected “educated elites” in the service of neo-colonialism? There is a dominant…
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Pakistan Helped US Become Superpower- In the Service of Neocolonialism
[To understand the context of this post please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] How Pakistan helped US become a superpower is a classic case study of how developing countries are maneuvered to help neo-colonial powers achieve their global agenda. This was admitted on record by DG ISPR in Pakistan, …
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DoN godfathers Political Engineering of the SC Bench to Obtain Doctrine of Necessity Judgement
How SC Bench was engineered in 1955 to get the judgement of choice notorious as Doctrine of Necessity (DoN). Sindh High Court had decided against the decision of Governor General in 1954 to dissolve the Constituent Assembly, and had restored Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan to his office of the President of the Constituent Assembly. The following…
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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Covey's First Habit Advice to Chief Justice of Pakistan
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] What is the advice for Chief Justice of Pakistan(CJP) from Covey’s First Habit of Highly Effective People: CJP ought to work on his circle of influence, instead of his circle of concern, by focusing on…
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Baba Rehmatay- From Chief Justice to Chief Executive: Tilting at the Windmills?
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] What is the constitutional role of CJP? To act as the Chief Justice who arbiters when there is a constitutional conflict between law passed by parliament and executive decision making, or is the CJP role to…