In Pakistan, everything stands politicized. So is religion. Those who are clever enough make hay while the sun shines. Tahir-ul-Qadri is one of them and is famously know as a religio-political power seeker. He is more of a religious leader; trying his luck in politics. Since the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) was founded about two […]
The place is not far from Islamabad. A three hour drive and one is far away from almost everything Pakistani. Not only is the weather pleasanter; this small place presents the ethos of a non-Pakistani world. Here it is just one road on both sides of which are located a number of hotels and other […]
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used. [Sun Tzu] Before March 9, 2007, it was all dark on the horizon of Pakistan. A military dictator […]
Mr. Khan now be serious! Somehow the circumstances have made you a political leader. Now you lead a political party, which has a considerable following; no matter which class or classes it consists of. The followers of your party, they are all Pakistanis, and enjoy the same political choices as the followers of other political […]
Mr. Prime Minister! You are better placed than any other Pakistani citizen, since you are sitting in the center of the state. The office you occupy by virtue of your electoral mandate is where the state authority converges, and it is from where authority flows to other institutions of the state in accordance with the […]
Years back, I sent an article titled, “Nationalization of social and moral values in Pakistan,” to a newspaper. It did publish but with entirely a different title. The new title, “A state that took over society” aptly described what that article was about. Now when I want to write about the destruction of our cities […]
The cities and suburbs of Pakistan are bursting with millions of teeming citizens, old and young, men and women and children alike. They earn their livelihood by small selling of goods or services which unimaginably involves hard labor with meager income. Or they are employed by private entrepreneurs who have to incessantly struggle against the […]
Here is the media release: New book – “Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse” published The book indicts politicians as the main culprit for failing the state of Pakistan The book falsifies the myth of blaming the Pakistan Army for the ills Pakistanis facing Author argues constitution authorizes politicians to rule, not the Army Lahore April 8, 2014: […]
Here is the Introduction by the authors: The recipe for growth is well-known. Most economists would agree that lower taxes and less regulation can encourage entrepreneurship and job creation. Yet, many governments are unwilling to introduce such reforms. An important reason is concern over a voter backlash. Jean-Claude Juncker, a likely candidate for the EU-presidency […]
Alternate Solutions Institute released my latest paper, Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse – Analysis and the Way Forward, today (December 29). Copied below is the text of
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Most of the English and Urdu newspapers of today (December 27), published the following full page advertisement on behalf of “Chief Minister Sindh and All
In The News of December 24, on page 5 there published an Advertisement. Here it is: What does that Ad mean? How come that suddenly
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The News in its print edition on December 23 reported the following: Bakery boy absolves CM’s relative, cops of torture LAHORE: A judicial magistrate of
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Anyone can see that there is not one Pakistan. After more than 60 years the two Pakistans can clearly be demarcated. One is for the
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Ordinary Pakistanis are in the jaws of another government-created crisis: they are facing shortage of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in their homes as well as
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Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf by, using his discretionary powers, has appointed his son-in-law, Raja Azeemul Haq to the prestigious post of Executive Director of
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It is strange, rather outrageous that the same media, which is truly active and activist, as regards many a genuine issue, and in certain cases
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This book was published by Alternate Solutions Institute in February this year. Originally it is in Urdu, Pakistan Mein Riyasti Ashrafiya Ka Urooj. After the
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How vacuous the speeches and statements of state dignitaries look! But it is for them to inaugurate this or that thing, to make speeches! It
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Lal Masjid is once again making headlines. This time it has been resurrected by the Supreme Court. As a result of a hearing of a
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Secularism is an old song that keeps reverberating in the liberal, enlightened, progressive, leftist, and socialist circles of Pakistan. Earlier this January news from Bangladeshthat
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For us living together requires neither love nor mercy, but rules of conduct; everything be it ideology, faith, or any system of thought, comes after
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How a police officer’s highhandedness in torturing someone special earns him the wrath of the State Aristocracy is evident from the following news: Defence-A SHO
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* The world needs to be changed into a world for individual persons, not for this or that genus of this or that community or
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In a previous post, Riyasti Ashrafiya ka Pakistan – 1, a news item was highlighted. It was published in an Urdu daily Mashriq Peshawar on
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What has gone wrong with the US – erstwhile champion of individual freedom, world-renowned political cartoonist, Patrick Chappatte explains very well in this cartoon! This
Few days back (on November 3), I finished reading a rare and old book. If one wants to see a glimpse of the old world, read
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See the following report and be in the know what things are occupying the Prime Minister of Pakistan, no matter they are illegal or not,
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When creative spirit of a nation is arrested from within, it is as vulnerable to external insinuations as is to internal machinations, and can never
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Last night (November 2), I finished reading another book on Stoicism. It was first published in 1908 by Archibald Constable & Co., London. It belongs
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Day before yesterday (Oct 28) I finished reading, Stoicism, by Rev. W. W. Capes. It was published in 1880, as part of a series –
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Is it for the Supreme Court to see what’s happening to the citizens in Balochistan and Karachi? Or there is none to heed? It seems
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The street intellect as a rule and the scholarly intellect generally live and thrive on the staple food of Conspiracy Theories in Pakistan. Nothing is
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The states, or political elites, throughout the world, are successful: they have come to control almost all the aspects of individual citizen’s life in most
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