Note: The following exchange took place in a WhatsApp group. The name of the objector is being withheld. Objection by Someone: Never understand this elite bashing. Are these old Marxists in new garb? Are we bashing success? Do we want communism? Reply by KA: Kindly pen down your (anti-) thesis and then anyone may counter […]
That’s something unprecedented. Probably never ever any head of the IMF came forward to publicly propose what the government of Pakistan needed to do. But such is the plight of a perennial borrower. Yes, a borrower, and not a beggar, as the taunt always goes. Obvious that beggars are not required to return the alms […]
Time and time again, the issue of hereditary politics finds limelight in the electronic and social media, and in the newspapers. For this or that reason, an intellectual or a political analyst, or a politician himself causes a stir. Now when Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of M Nawaz Sharif was made senior vice president and […]
The umpteenth time, a nationwide electricity blackout happened on 23 January. It was told, after keeping the system switched off during the night when they tried to switch it on, it did not. However, whatever was the fault, electricity supply started restoring after 15 hours. The same is the case with democracy in Pakistan. The […]
Note: A version of this article was published in The Friday Times. Miftah Ismail’s Economics Far Cry From His Party’s Record This is merely a cursory review/critique of politics and economics Miftah Ismail has lately been doing. Miftah Ismail is expressing his differences with the PMLN top leadership openly and in a challenging manner, and […]
Note: A version of this article was published in the Friday Times. Project Imran Has Necessitated Shock Therapy For Pakistan’s Politics Top leadership of the PMLN failed to convince Asif Ali Zardari to boycott the 2018 general elections together. Zardari was of the view they should not leave the political field open and uncontested. He […]
Note: An edited version of the following article was published in the Friday Times on 20 January, 2023. Can A People-Centered Charter Of Economy Be Achieved? The continuing debate on a charter of economy was initiated by two of the largest political parties, PPPP (2011) and PMLN (2015). But the civil society of Pakistan has […]
The state economy has failed miserably. It is collapsing under its own weight. And the debris is falling directly on the already-much-dented civil economy. In case the state makes it happen, as it is trying to put all the burden of its own failures on the civil economy, that would be catastrophic. And that would […]
The jurisdiction of the high courts and supreme court in the political and government matters (i.e. how to run the state/gov in accordance with the constitution) be done away with. That will allow the politics to survive or die or reform on its own and minimize the direct or indirect interference of the courts and […]
The barter is the essence of economics. Ultimately it’s a good (or a service) the exchange of which takes place. The economics happens between two or more barters. That is, economics rages prior to and after a barter. Let Economics be that simple. All else is a lengthy note appended to it by the apologists […]
Note: Here conversation means any serious exchange of ideas between two or more persons. Nothing in any manner has any reference to any person whosoever. As I am interested in ethics also, by observing what usually happens in conversations at various fora from a chat between a few friends or acquaintances to a large organized […]
One friend sent this excerpt from Oswald Spengler: “This machine-technics will end with the Faustian civilization and one day will lie in fragments, forgotten — our railways and steamships as dead as the Roman roads and the Chinese wall, our giant cities and skyscrapers in ruins like old Memphis and Babylon. The history of this […]
The solutions economists put forward, such as to the (economic) problems/crises faced only by the state/government; I mean most of the economists, or almost all of the State Economists do that, and all of their solutions culminate in extracting more and more value or the wealth created by the entrepreneurs/citizens, i.e. that value and/or wealth […]
The following news story tells how Boots are replacing Books [Also compare the British Rule with the Pakistani Military Rule (including the Pakistani Civilian Rule)]:
The Express Tribune of October 26, 2013 placed a tweet of Maryam Nawaz Sharif on top of its front page. Here it is: “Education could
There are tribal citizens who favor Drone attacks! “. . . interviews by The Economist with twenty residents of the tribal areas confirmed that many see individual drone
The real Pakistan finds a mention only when it dies. It’s trash all the way that glitters in Pakistani media! See copied below some of
پاکستان کے قبائلی علاقوں کے شہری ڈرون حملوں کے حامی ہیں۔ یہ خبر کسی عام اور غیر معتبر ذریعے سے جاری نہیں ہوئی، بلکہ نہایتا
Without any comments:“Pakistan’s greatest politician headlined by Pakistan’s greatest newspaper” . . . ! [The Express Tribune, October 19, 2013]
Nadir Hassan stands apart from the courtiers in weighing up the achievements of General Kayani, ‘the political animal.’ See this article by him which The
Two pictures, one from Multan and one from Lahore, tell how the elders are still loved and taken care of in a society where moral
It’s sacrificial offering day today. See it through the eyes of Sabir Nazar: [The Express Tribune, October 16, 2013]
Here is the story of an island’s violent birth in an earthquake: Island’sviolent birth in an earthquake By Henry Fountain A small island that appeared
Isn’t the accomplice, and the culprit the federal government, which gave consent for this scheme? Isn’t it the ruling party, i.e. Pakistan Muslim League (N)?
The real strength of the hardcore Taliban lies in their softcore allies! [The Express Tribune, October 7, 2013]
See how one member of an elite family is being showered with praises for her real degree and distinction in the LL.B. examination by a
طالبان، جنگی معیشت پر پلنے والی ایک ملیشیا ہے۔ اس ضمن میں یہ رپورٹ نہایت اہم ہے: [روزنامہ ’’جنگ‘‘ لاہور، 7 اکتوبر، 2013]
Sabir Nazar best explains what it means to defend Pakistan the Pakistan way! [The Express Tribune, September 29, 2013]
Some of the issues are not political. Maybe one party which is in power toady will be in opposition tomorrow. So better be considerate regarding
That’s not uncommon in Pakistan; rather it’s sort of usual! See this report – how the guardians of the rule of law turn into phony
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws. [Voltaire, 1694-1778] Years ago, it was in a
کچھ معاملات سیاستی نہیں ہوتے۔ آج جو پارٹی حکمرانی کر رہی ہے، کل وہ بھی حزبِ اختلاف میں بیٹھی ڈنڈے بجا رہی ہو گی۔ سو
Sabir Nazar instead of pencil and brush uses knives and choppers and cuts his subject / subjects mercilessly into pieces! [The Express Tribune, October 2,
Shame on this and other such newspapers which play in the hands of Pakistan’s Riyasti Ashrafiya, and promote their sons and daughters and thus perpetuate
See this cartoon, which was published in The New York Times / International Herald Tribune on August 3-4, 2013. Are the monster-killers serious in exterminating
انتظار حسین کی اردو پڑھنے لائق ہوتی ہے۔ اسی لیے میں باقاعدگی سے روزنامہ ’’ایکسپریس‘‘ کا ادارتی صفحہ ضرور دیکھتا ہوں۔ گو کہ ان کے
Whatever I achieved is fruit of my own labor, hard work, sincerity and commitment! I do acknowledge I learned a lot from two of my
This picture was published in the International Herald Tribune on the 1stof August. I kept this page of the newspaper in my loose-paper file. But
A measure to measure a society’s level of culture and civilization is to see whom it rewards most. In Pakistan, Javed Chaudhry is one of
نوٹ: رپورٹ ڈاؤن لوڈ کیجیے: ایبٹ آباد کمیشن رپورٹ [یہ تصویر الجزیرہ کی ویب سائیٹ سے لی گئی ہے۔] پاکستان کے قیام کے ساتھ ہی واقعات
On September 2, in an Urdu daily, a small advertisement appeared. It was about a lecture on Cosmic Dust on September 3 under the auspices
کافی عرصے سے پاکستان میں ایک بات دہرائی جاتی رہی ہے کہ تدریس کے شعبے میں صرف وہ لوگ آتے ہیں، جو اور کسی شعبے
Here is a cartoon by Sabir Nazar, which exposes the fallacy of opposing the Drone attacks. The cartoon published in The Express Tribune on September
So Immanuel Kant already knew it! See this article published in The News York Times on September 13, 2013. Link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/opinion/the-duty-to-protect-still-urgent.html?_r=0 The
اب آتے ہیں آج کے ’’جنگ‘‘ میں شائع ہونے والے کالموں کی طرف۔ ان سب کو پڑھنے کے لیے اور پھر ان پر رائے زنی
جب اردو بلاگ کے لیے ’’سول پاکستان‘‘ کا نام میرے ذہن میں آیا تو مجھے یہ ہر اعتبار سے جامع اور مانع محسوس ہوا۔ میں
یہ سال 1993 کی بات ہے کہ میں نے اپنی شاعری ماہنامہ ’’ادبِ لطیف‘‘ میں بھیجنی شروع کی۔ یہ شاعری چھپی تو میں نے حوصلہ پکڑا، اور
With Taliban, talks or no talks seems to be a self-created dilemma! Is it a tragedy or a farce . . . See this cartoon
[پشاور میں مسیحی شہریوں کے قتلِ عام پر بے بسی کا اظہار] (میں سوچتا ہوں اگر شاعری نہ کر سکتا تو ہو سکتا ہے کچھ
[When I wrote this piece, I titled it as, Saddam Hussein: A King of our Times, but The News carried it with a better title:
کتاب:”پاکستا ن میں ریاستی اشرافیہ کا عروج“ شائع ہو گئی مصنف کے مطابق کتاب ”اشرافیہ کا نہیں، سب کا پاکستان“ کا نعرہ وضع کرتی اور
عرفان صدیقی کہنہ مشق کالم نگار ہیں۔ رائے بنانے اور پھر اس کے اظہار میں سنجیدگی کو ہاتھ سے نہیں دیتے۔ تاہم، بعض اوقات اور
Tax reform agenda By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The dire need in today’s Pakistan is to tap the real tax potential and make the
نئے انتخابات ہو گئے۔ نئی حکومت بن گئی۔ مگر اندھوں کا کاروبار اسی طرح چالو ہے۔ وہ ہر پھر کر ریوڑیاں اپنوں کو ہی بانٹے
خیبر پختونخوا میں انتظامی معاملات میں ہمہ گیر اور ہمہ جہت سیاسی مداخلت کی بنیاد رکھی جا رہی ہے۔ ایک گذشتہ پوسٹ میں اس کی
یہ پوسٹ گذشتہ پوسٹ: ’’جھوٹ کے پاؤں اور جھوٹ کا دماغ‘‘ سے جُڑی ہوئی ہے۔ جیسا کہ آصف علی زرداری کی شان میں زمین آسمان
So someone had the guts to expose the brazen falsity of those outrageous praises showered on Asif Ali Zardari published in various newspapers on September
This post is in continuation of a previous post: Pakistani media’s alchemy – making a seer out of a crook On September 12, various newspapers
A wealthy family’s arrogant young man kills another young fellow. The killer’s family is able to buy every instrument of the state which otherwise exists
سیاہی خشک ہونے کا محاورہ بھول جائیے۔ شیکسپیئر کو یاد کیجیے: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, !Than are dreamt of in
ابھی ’’شاہی سید والی خبر‘‘ کی سیاہی بھی خشک نہ ہوئی تھی کہ ایک اور خبر منظرِ عام پر آ گئی۔ پہلے یہ خبر 29 اگست (روزنامہ ’’جنگ‘‘) کو
بحوالہ شاہ زیب قتل کیس ٹیوٹ کا ترجمہ: پاکستان تیزی سے ایک ایسی ریاست میں تبدیل ہوتا جا رہا ہے، جسے قاتلوں کی ریاست کہا
