Minced Reasoning… To improve governance, Islamabad should also be divided into 52 provinces! PIMS Tragedy – Dead Governance

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 […]

The Ashrafiya do go for a “walk”… But do they ever cross the road? How many members of the Ashrafiya in Pakistan would have ever needed to cross a road? Or how many times would Shehbaz Sharif have crossed a road in Pakistan? Think about it…

Not only in war and love, but also in ‘Pakistan,’ everything goes. Khalil

“Our Brand is Crisis!” The system has collapsed type of politics The system has collapsed. Yes, 100 percent correct judgement. And the reason is the slogan, “The system has collapsed.” is part of the anti-system politics.

If the “patient” has been sent to the “hospital” as a result of a “deal,” then there is no longer any need for any court — from the trial court to the Supreme Court. And if the Supreme Court, disregarding the Jail Manual, has granted a benefit to the “patient,” then the Supreme Court itself […]

Absolutely correct. One hundred percent correct. The system has fallen apart! That is precisely why people like Mohsin Naqvi have managed to infiltrate the system. What happened when the wall of my dilapidated house fell people made pathways through my courtyard. Sibt-e-Ali Saba

یعنی اگر قوم صبح صبح بیدار ہونے لگے تو کیا سیاست دان فوج کے ساتھ ساز باز کرنا چھوڑ دیں گے؟ آج صبح ’’سِول پاکستان پارٹی اوپن مائیک گروپ‘‘ میں ایک صاحب نے ایک طویل تحریر پیش کی۔ پہلے آپ بھی یہ تحریر ملاحظہ کر لیجیے، پھر اس پر بات کرتے ہیں: بہادر شاہ ظفر […]

Those petty, two-bit parties that thrive on violence, extortion, and patronage. That have no connection whatsoever to the Constitution, the law, or ethics. Even they are demanding new provinces. What to speak of the insignificant, and even the broth of the insignificant!

How do things happen? Under a conducive environment? No. Under adverse circumstances? No. Only when individuals assert their intellectual independence!

What the establishment thinks, and does not think, about new provinces and their number is of absolutely no importance. What matters is what the people of Pakistan think about new provinces. Therefore, a referendum should be held on the matter of new provinces.

         آزادی کا مطلب:          یعنی یہ آزادی کسے مِلی اور کس لیے مِلی؟  ’’اگر پاکستان نہ بنتا تو برصغیر کی مسلم اشرافیہ کو دوبارہ حاکم بننے کی آزادی نہ ملتی!‘‘ 14 اگست 1947 سے پہلے اس آزادی کا کیا مطلب تھا، جو بھی تھا وہ تاریخ کا حصہ بنا۔ 14 اگست […]

With apologies to Sir Iqbal: We have squandered the legacy we inherited from the British, We have even hauled the railways and dumped it on a rubbish heap. Khalil

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 […]

افلاطون عزیز ہے، صداقت عزیز تر۔ ارسطو ابتدائیہ: اس مضمون پر کام جب میں کلر سیداں میں تھا تو وہاں شروع کیا تھا۔ یہ دسمبر 1990 کی بات ہے۔ اور وہیں اس کے مختلف حصوں کی ایک ترتیب اپریل 1991 میں تیار بھی کی تھی، جس کے مطابق اسے مکمل کرنا تھا۔ اس کے بعد […]

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 […]

سِول پاکستان ـ اردو بلاگ
Dr Khalil Ahmad

عمران خانی عفریت

عمران خانی عفریت سے لڑتے لڑتے ن لیگ اور پیپلز پارٹی دونوں خود عفریت بن گئیں۔

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Reflections on Woman
Dr Khalil Ahmad

Reflections on Woman

Disclaimer Through this page, the author aims to share general observations and insights about women, drawn from interactions and conversations with women and men, as

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

In Pakistan, live at your own risk!

مستونگ میں ہلاک ہونے والے شخص کے والد کہتے ہیں کہ ہمارا بیٹا کوئٹہ کو اپنا ملک سمجھ کر سیر کرنے گیا تھا۔سوال یہ ہے

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

پاکستان کِس کی ملکیت ہے؟

کل 4 جولائی (2026) کو ’’دا نیوز انٹرنیشنل‘‘ نے اپنے ٹاپ نیوز سیکشن میں دو تصویروں اور دو خبروں کو اوپر نیچے جوڑ کر چھاپا۔

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

Where is this money going?

You go anywhere and you face toll plazas every now and then. It seems Pakistan has turned into a toll tax state. Where is this

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

Tax-free provincial budgets- a farce

The provinces are promoting a tax-free budget, omitting that the federal government has already collected their share of taxes, redistributed through the National Finance Commission.

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

Economists beat a dead horse

Annually, the government presents a budget that pilfers from the public purse, while the intelligentsia, particularly economists, subsequently engage in protracted discussions about its implications.

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

False narratives and real art

From the very first day, false narratives lured this nation into a world of fantasy. More to it, most people believed in those narratives as

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

!بے چارے غریبوں کے ہمدرد

پہلے قابل ٹیکس ماہانہ آمدنی قریباً 67 ہزار روپے تھی۔ اس بجٹ میں 50 ہزار روپے کر دی گئی۔ 50 ہزار روپے میں تو وزیر

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

The Governance Raj in Punjab

It just feels pathetic and I fear the day when all these cards, schemes, projects, packages, etc., will collapse like a house of cards!

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

The taxes people pay

The taxes people pay are being used to make them dependent on government handouts. This creates a vicious cycle.

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

معصوم خطاکار

جب نواز شریف کی جوابدہی کا وقت آتا ہے تو وہ خود ’’عوام‘‘ کی جوابدہی شروع کر دیتے ہیں۔ 2 جون 2026

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

PMLN at a dead end!

’’سب ٹھاٹھ پڑا رہ جائے گا جب لاد چلے گا بنجارہ‘‘ PMLN at a dead end!

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Notes from Pakistan
Dr Khalil Ahmad

To the Young!

Age is just a number. Whether one is a young adult or an older person does not matter and endows one with no special privilege.

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