Category: History
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Weakness of Pakistani Judicial System and PCO Chief Justices
Since the Justice Faez Isa case in the SJC and subsequent Supreme Court’s full bench hearing on Justice Isa’s petition, the Pakistani media brigade has gone full throttle against maligning all the judges of the superior courts. All ills have been heaped on the judges with insinuation about their integrity. This facebook post highlights who…
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Dictator Godfathers of Pakistani Politicians-Quality of Selectors-Quality of Selectees
Quality of selectors in Pakistan has reflected in the quality of the selectees. Vicious propaganda against politicians of Pakistan should make us reflect that why on ZAB, NS, AZ, AH and Chaudhrys are credited for their alleged treason and corruption. Their godfathers should also be given due credit if we accept that they have such…
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Political Engineering of Chief Justices of Pakistan: PCO judges
This slide in one glance tells you why there is a vicious campaign against the Supreme Court Judges. There is a new breed of SC judges that are not PCO-ed by dictators. This also tells the story of how Supreme Court controlled and manipulated. Only the judges who toe the lines of the dictators are…
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Corruption and Doctrine of Necessity
چور مچائے شور: کرپشن قانون توڑ کر اپنے نفع کے لئے فیصلے کرنے کو کہتے ہیں، جس کے لئے اپنی جان بچانے کے لئے مک مکا و مٹی پاؤ کرنا بھی شامل ہے- ہمارے ساتھ پچھلے 70 سال سے اس ڈرامے کو نظریہ ضرورت کے نام پر ڈکٹیٹرز اپنے قانون توڑنے کے بعد بچاؤ کے…
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Why Dictators Have to Threaten the Ethnicity of their Opponents?
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Unfortunately in their false bravado and continually pumped up by their closed coterie of sycophant advisors , dictators threaten their opponents, and this becomes too much when they threaten the race. This may be a common…
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Long Term Costs of Presidential System in Pakistan that Need to be Computed
Our penchant and love for presidential systems, our mythical expectation of a strong leader, a saviour on horseback to come galloping and relieving us from our faltering steps has resulted in the following during our over 35 years quest: Three arbitrary selections that establishment now consider corrupt, three separatist movements, three rigged elections, three selections arbitrarily…
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Case Study of PKLI: How a Fine Initiative was Destroyed by Saqib Nisar, the Economic Hitman of Pakistan
With this treatment of Dr Saeed Akhtar and the treatment that they highly qualified professionals brought to Pakistan from their plush careers from abroad, no sane expatriate Pakistani will ever think of coming back to Pakistan to serve the country. This was the severest form of shock therapy from the Economic Hitman of Pakistan [To…
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Sentiments of Families Split Apart by Partition Expressed in a Beautiful Poem by Fatimah Khatoon
اباجان [سید عبدالغنی حیدر] کے ہندوستان واپس جانے پر آپا فاطمہ خاتون نے یہ نظم کہی تھی۔ ۱۹۵۱ [میرے والد احسان حیدر کا نوٹ] بھارت کو جانے والے ، بھارت کو چاہنے والے حافظ خدا تمہارا، مالک کے تم حوالے ہندوستان تمہارا، گھر تھا کبھی ہمارا ہم اُس کو چھوڑ آئے ،لے کے نیا سہارا تم …
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Senator Mazhar Ali – Dreams and Achievements
Sen Syed Mazhar Ali was a man who was ahead of his time. He was a visionary who could appreciate the role of IT in creating wonderful opportunities for Pakistan in 1980s. His apartment complexes set the standard for high quality during 1970s and early 1980s. His Gulshan-e-Maymar town was conceived and constructed decades ahead…
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Documentaries related to Pakistan Studies and Partition of India
Partition: Borders of Blood : Al Jazeera Documentary: In this two-part special, 101 Easttraces the events and conflicting politics that led to the greatest migration of people in human history, and unleashed a wave of communal violence that claimed more than a million lives. How India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were formed: Animation by Al Jazeera: How…
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What Economic and Political Circumstances Led to Secession of East Pakistan
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] 16 December is the anniversary of secession of East Pakistan in 1971: Do you know Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report Vol, 1 that detailed the political and economic circumstances leading to the Surrender of East Pakistan is…
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Pakistani Decision Makers should have their Skin in the Game
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Decision makers and opinion makers need to have skin in the game to face the adverse implications of their decisions. It is easy to design frameworks and solutions when consultants and fly-by-night solution providers do not…
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Dismissals of Civilian Prime Ministers in Pakistan by DoN Doctrine of Necessity Godfathers
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Doctrine of Necessity (DoN) sword had been used to repeatedly dismiss civilian prime ministers of Pakistan prematurely, since 1950s. The DoN godfathers have played the role of 1st umpire, 2nd umpire and 3rd umpire interchangeably in…
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Incompetence and inefficiency is the Mother of Corruption and is the fundamental problem of third world countries
Had corruption been the cause of our problems, then IK’s “clean” govt’s anti-corruption drive should have been showing better results. IK’s “clean” govt has falsified the hypothesis that Pakistan’s plight is because of corruption! It is the inefficiency and incompetence, stupids! Incompetence, not corruption, is responsible for our woes and problem. [To understand the context…
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Javier Poncela-Professor from Malaga Spain who Taught us Selfless International Collaboration
Very sad. It was very sad to learn that Dr. Javier Poncela, a Professor at the University of Malaga, Spain had passed away. Dr Poncela was a well known personality in the electrical engineering departments of the universities of Sindh. He became a popular academician in Pakistani community and was routinely invited for the conferences…
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Ghotki Rampage and Crowds Clamoring for the Head of 5000
Ghotki rampage occurs when government supporters encourage harassment and lawlessness. What do u expect from PTI juveniles who promote street killing of thousands on suspicion without trial, due process of law! During the run up to elections and till a few months ago. The pumped up juvenile brigade of the لونڈے، لپاڑے were vociferously promoting…
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Case Study of Economic Hitmen of 2018 Pakistan
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] DoN (Doctrine of Necessity) Godfather Saqib Nisar along with NAB and IMF led IK government as Economic Hitmen: Their witch hunt of greatly respected Dr Saeed Akhtar PKLIC, Dr Ismail Shah PTA, Dr Umar Saif PITB,…
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Myth of Bigger Infrastructure Means Better Education: Quality vs Infrastructure
Myth: Bigger Infrastructure Means Better Education: We were told that only high-quality universities should be allowed to come up. Primary criteria for high quality were the size of the campus, covered area and other brick and mortar facilities. HEC, SHEC, PHEC, CIEC and their institutional proformas are replete with questions about the size of the…
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Islamabad Think Tanks Running Out of Options: Tanks without Think
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] “Think-tanks” have yet again run out of options when IK exclaimed in the joint session of parliament: ہم کیا کریں؟ کیا انڈیا سے جنگ شروع کر دیں؟ This indicates No “think”, only “tanks”! It is pathetic…
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Imran Khan’s Criteria of Fascism and Treatment of Opposition
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Our Honorable Prime Minister Imran Khan in the recent joint session of Parliament on Kashmir’s annexation by India, reminded the MNAs and Senators about Hitler’s fascism and Nazi Party. He explained fascist governments are those that…
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Neocolonialism Objectives for Third World Countries like Pakistan
[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions] Work in Process: خبردار جو ایمپریس مارکیٹ کی طرح ٹھیلے/پتھارے سے حلال روزی کمائ! انہیں تباہ کر کے تاجِ برطانیہ کا طمطراق واپس لائیں گے: کالے انگریز ٹیکس چور deserve کرتے ہیں! آٹوموبیل سیکٹر میں اربوں…
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Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2019
آج وطن پرستوں سے مکالمہ “یہ افغانی ہمارے ملک کا کھاتے ہیں اور سپورٹ افغانستان کو کرتے ہیں۔” “تماری طرح وہ بھی اللہ کا دیا کھاتے ہیں، اپنی تقدیر کا کھاتے ہیں، کوئی کسی کے حصے کا نہیں کھاتا۔ اللہ کی زمین پر رہتے ہیں، تمہاری ملکیت پر نہیں رہتے۔ جب کوئی پاکستانی برطانیہ، آسٹریلیا،…
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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…