Matiullah Turab – Afghan smith of metal and words
Matiullah Turab is nearly illiterate. He is a metal smith by day and poet by night. He relies on his mind to retain his poems.
August 20, 2013
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Citizens should have the right to record video in every government office and building, including police stations, courts, hospitals, and other public-dealing institutions, as required. This would be a critically important step toward improving governance. This right is also essential because the entire state apparatus is funded by taxpayers’ money and is accountable to them. […]
According to a report in Jang (August 25), a new feat of the bureaucracy has come to light: 33 retired officials are receiving their pensions in foreign currency after relocating abroad. How is this a feat of the bureaucracy? This is, in fact, the doing of the political aristocracy (ریاستی اشرافیہ) that runs the affairs […]
If an individual decides to struggle against an unjust law, system, or State Aristocracy (ریاستی اشرافیہ), then more than half of that struggle must be waged against those who act as the divine custodians of that system. This does not yet include those closest to him who, out of envy, become his enemies. Nor does […]
Political parties do not represent the citizens. They are trade unions of politicians. The way to rid ourselves of them is to make elections entirely democratic. That is, the Election Commission will draw lots from among all the voters present in a constituency, and thus a representative of the citizens for that constituency will be […]
Should new provinces be created or not? And on what basis should they be created? On an administrative basis, or on some other basis? This matter should not be left in the hands of politicians, centralists, intellectuals, and opportunists. To resolve it, there should be a referendum. In other words, this issue should be placed […]
Friendships “deeper than the sea” with foreign countries and joint defence agreements with them cannot bring about any improvement in governance within Pakistan. For citizens, there is nothing to be gained from this kind of politics and diplomacy. For them, all of this will remain mere exhibition and show. Talk about governance <> focus on […]
Among other things, the most crucial factor is the uneven development of human populations on planet Earth, caused by the ruling Ashrafiya in their respective countries. This factor seeks to dissolve the political world order, which is neither possible nor advisable. Migration is not a solution. Nor is destroying the developed world. Emulating the developed […]
Matiullah Turab is nearly illiterate. He is a metal smith by day and poet by night. He relies on his mind to retain his poems.
The so-called nationalists maintain Drone attacks are damaging the sovereignty of Pakistan! These nationalists include Rightists of various hues such as Jamat-e-Islami to Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam (F),
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Taxes for whatBy Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The government’s yearning for “more and more taxes” has become a point of irritation for the citizens
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Today, on Pakistan’s independence day, www.google.com – how beautifully used the image of Urial and its horns! Fantastic! See the last year’s Google.com presentation!
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“Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.” [Warren E. Burger (1907-1995),
“Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.” [Warren E. Burger (1907-1995),
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In another article, Deadly debt trap, Huzaima Bukhari and Dr. Ikramul Haq talk of Riyasati Ashrafiya’s plundering and monopolization of wealth and resources of Pakistan.
My Filipino friend, Nonoy Oplas, runs a blog, Government and Taxes, hitting hard at the tax exacting governments. It provides a discussion venue about the
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A larger section of the sovereignty lobby tries to evade the real issue of institutional sovereignty facing Pakistan; rather it appears that their crying over
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Morality and fundamental rights are the first principles which must take precedence over everything, be it ideologies, religions, systems of government, on the one hand,
The term of Riyasati Ashrafiya is slowly gaining currency in Pakistan. It’s not merely a term; it connotes a phenomenon, a malady, a dilemma the
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It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters. [Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist, 1881-1973] He
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Mostly it’s like a rule that the issue a government and its functionaries spend a lot of time on is no issue at all. Drone
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These days a Pushto couplet is circulating. Here is its English translation: Your eyes are like a DroneI was martyred like a Talib
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. [Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826] American people create abundant wealth. So, they are prosperous and
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Pakistan is in the grip of a deadly crisis. Whether it is political or economic domain, social or religious life, private or public sphere, the
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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is reminiscent of the treacherous and callous murderings rampant under erstwhile monarchies where capturing and holding the throne was the
Please note: This post has been shifted to the Urdu Blog – Civil Pakistan. To see it, click the link below: Meray Voat Ki Barbadiyon Ke
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I read regularly The News, The Express Tribune, and Urdu daily Express. The only reason I read The Express Tribune is that International Herald Tribune
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First, note please that the Blog has a domain of its own now: www.NotesFromPakistan.com The blog – Notes From Pakistan – started last year (2012)
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[It was the same day last year when the Chief Justice of Pakistan laid the foundation stone of this movement for the liberation of ordinary
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It appears that Lal Masjid Brigade is again testing the waters. Few days back, various TV channels reported that Burqa-Clad females of Jamia Hafsa armed
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When I read the Charter of Democracy, the idea of rebutting it, and writing a new charter struck me. This found shape in the Charter
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing. (Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933) It was in January 2007 that a letter appeared in some newspapers.
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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