Defence Agreements : Dead Governance
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 governance
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محمد حسن عسکری اور روایت کا نزاع
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 ایک بہت بڑے عرصے تک زندگی کے بکھیڑے اور الجھاؤ سلجھاؤ اور لکھنے لکھانے کی دوسری مصروفیات آڑے آتی رہیں۔ کبھی کبھی دھیان اس طرف گیا بھی، مگر اس پر متوجہ نہیں ہو سکا۔
ابھی جب 2025 اکتوبر میں پرائم انسٹیٹوٹ اسلام آباد کی طرف سے سر سید احمد خان پبلک لیکچر کی دعوت ملی تو یہ لیکچر لکھتے ہوئے محمد حسن عسکری کا ذکر بھی در آیا۔ بلکہ اس سے قبل بھی اپنی کتاب، ’’دانشور اشرافیہ‘‘ پر کام کرتے ہوئے بھی عسکری صاحب کا تذکرہ کرنا پڑا۔
یعنی بارہا اس مضمون کی یاد …
The way out of the international migration crisis
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 world is the only way out and a win-win solution.
This means especially low taxes
and a greater role for societies than for their states.
The main cause of the continued existence of an unevenly developed world
is the support extended by the developed world to the ruling Ashrafiya of those countries.
This support must end.
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If the intention itself is corrupt, what good will a Reset do!
Focus on governance!
As for talk of resetting the system and creating new provinces,
if the intention itself is flawed, how can things improve?
Governance is dead even now,
and even if 50 provinces are created,
governance will still be dead.
What is meant by ‘system reset’ is an increase in the federal government’s share,
and by ‘new provinces’ is meant an increase in the number of patronage based privileged positions.…
The Death of Dialogue and Debate!
Some claim to be the embodiment of all wisdom,
others the final word.
With whom, and how, is one to have a conversation?
Both these attitudes are the legacy of the Right and the Left.
A major reason for this is also that
dialogue and debate have died their own death.…
IMF is not allowing provision of cheaper electricity…
Politicians Are Criminals Against the Constitution and the Citizens!
The authority that citizens confer upon their elected representatives
cannot be delegated by those representatives to anyone else.
Not even in the case of a ‘reset’ or the creation of new provinces.
If it is done, then the representatives stand guilty of betraying
both the Constitution and the citizens.…
The Peoples Party and its Populist-Fascist Politics
The People’s Party is aboard the very boat
from which it is enjoying the benefits of government,
while simultaneously drilling holes in it.
When the boat sinks, they will say:
‘We had already said that this boat could not reach the shore.’
This is the true democratic standing of these political parties!…
Mohsin Naqvi: an offshoot of the collapsed system
The system in Pakistan has collapsed many times. It is the power-starved politicians who always offer their services to arrest this collapse.
The greatest collapse of the system occurred the day the Establishment, with the complicity of politicians, launched “Project Imran Khan.” During that puppet show of an Imran Khan-led government, nothing remained intact. Everything collapsed.
The PML-N and the PPP once again seized the opportunity. Mohsin Naqvi’s career is an offshoot of that very collapse.
So it is this collapse that is now being unveiled bit by bit. It is the same collapse that is dragging down with it those non-political elements who never accept their responsibility, though constitutionally and politically the whole burden of responsibility lies on the complicit politicians.…
What is happening in Azad Jammu & Kashmir?
What is happening in Azad Jammu & Kashmir?
The print media, electronic media, social media, private media, state media…
nothing remains credible anymore.
Everyone has stirred up so much dust
that even the trace of truth has been lost.…
Shehbaz Sharif: Remove Mohsin Naqvi
The incumbent Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, must expel Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
from the Cabinet, remove him from his ministerial portfolio,
and have his Senate seat revoked
for unleashing a tirade against the PML-N and PPP-P coalition government.
He is a Trojan Horse.
He is biting the very hands — PML-N and PPP-P —
that elevated him to Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab,
and later made him Federal Interior Minister and a Senator in the upper house.…
Where did Mohsin Naqvi get this authority from!
Who is Mohsin Naqvi?
Who made him the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab?
Who made him the Federal Interior Minister?
Who made him a Senator?
Was he not part of the government when he lectured politicians?
Who is he to give such lectures?
Insensitive and unscrupulous politicians should think, introspect,
and ask Mohsin Naqvi where he got this authority from?…
A state that ate up its society
The state of Pakistan
ate up the richness of its society
and its hunger is still insatiable.…
The dominance of social politics over national politics
The focal point of Pakistan’s social politics is envy,
and it is this social politics that largely determines the country’s politics.
The day this dynamic changes,
the situation will automatically start to transform.
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Disclaimer: Reflections on Woman: Stray – Systematic
Disclaimer:
Reflections on Woman: Stray – Systematic…
Needed: a Build, not a Destroy movement
People are waiting for a movement
like those in other countries to take place in Pakistan.
But we don’t need a movement that devastates and destroys things.
Several such political movements and parties have already
spread chaos and discord in the country.
Pakistan needs a movement that builds, constructs, and unites people.…
The Pakistani press: for citizens or for the government?
The front pages of newspapers are almost entirely filled with government advertisements.
Even if there are no government advertisements,
99 percent of the news is about the government.
For Pakistan’s press and media, the society here does not exist.…
Acid-throwing: match the crime
Men throw acid on women, and women throw acid on men.
The solution lies in meting out the same treatment to the perpetrators:
whoever throws acid on another person should be subjected to the same act.
A non-humanitarian act warrants a similarly non-humanitarian punishment.…
Who they think they are…
Some people do not read the lines.
They read between the lines.…
Cockroach Janta Party, Be discreet!
In India, the Cockroach Janta Party must accept PM Narendra Modi’s invitation for negotiations,
without calling off their protests.
No one knows the travails that the next moment may hold.
The CJP’s leadership must act wisely, not like power-drunk politicos.…