Filers, Non-Filers and the Property Rights in Pakistan
There was a joke about Gen Zia and Noor Jahan in which understandably Gen Zia was meant to be punished. But it appeared he was
August 12, 2023
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In the subcontinent, Muslims, led by the Ali Brothers and others, were waging the Khilafat Movement to save the Ottoman Caliphate from the British. Meanwhile, in Turkey, Muslims under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s leadership abolished the Ottoman Caliphate. Ironically, the same ethos persists in Pakistan today. Khalil
Too much mess. All in all, it is too much mess. Yes, the government has created too much mess. It has become a total administrative state, especially in the province of Punjab, and every government, be it federal or provincial or AJK’s or GB’s, has mismanaged everything to the hilt. Yes, all the governments need […]
It always happens that the essence of the work is lost, and the outward form survives. Not only does this outward form survive, but it also loses all its semblance and transforms into mere optics. For instance, politics has become but a second name for the optics now. Likewise, in the work of “flood relief,” […]
Most Pakistanis are psychological creatures. Only a minority elevate themselves to a philosophical level, and a lot of them now and then relapse again into their psychological niche. So we have very few philosophical beings in our midst. The majority of political beings are also psychological beings. And it is for the same reason that […]
To keep on imploring a government to do this and to do that is just useless. Absolutely useless. I mean when it is done by an intellectual, a journalist, a columnist, an analyst, a civil society organization, an alliance of CSOs, an NGO, an alliance of NGOs, talk show hosts, a think tank, a political […]
Ahmed Jamal Pirzada is a lecturer in economics at Bristol University, UK, and interested in macroeconomics. In February-March 2022, we had a polite tweet exchange (now X exchange), so rare on the Twitter-space, triggered by his appreciation of Hammad Azhar, Minister of Energy in the incumbent (de facto) government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. HA is the […]
In my opinion, the following is the case. This country was achieved by the politicians by waging a peaceful political and democratic struggle. And it was meant, constitutionally, to be run by politicians. Though the original constituent assembly was dissolved. And whatever constitutions were agreed upon or promulgated or enforced or dissolved or revoked halfway, […]
There was a joke about Gen Zia and Noor Jahan in which understandably Gen Zia was meant to be punished. But it appeared he was
A friend was an economist proper, trained in a foreign university. When I tried to express myself on an economic issue under discussion, he told
تنقید کرتے رہنا، غصہ اور اشتعال دکھاتے رہنا۔۔۔ یہ چیزیں بھی ایک نشہ اور عادت بن جاتی ہیں۔ ہمیں صاف ذہن کے ساتھ کیا کرنا
انیق ناجی نے ایک انوکھا کام اپنے ذمے لگا لیا ہے۔ یعنی وہ یہ ثابت کرنا چاہ رہے ہیں کہ مسلم لیگ ن اور مسلم
آپ سوچنے سمجھنے والے فرد ہیں۔ تصورات و نظریات میں دلچسپی رکھتے ہیں۔ درپیش معاملات و مسائل کے بارے میں پڑھتے ہیں۔ اپنے خیالات کو
He died last year. Till death, he was a Marxist. He left his home and family to devote himself to serve the cause. His last
سینیٹ میں چیئرمین سینیٹ و ڈپٹی چیئرمین سینیٹ کی مراعات سے متعلق جو متازعہ نجی بل منظور ہوا ہے، اس کے پیش کرنے والوں میں
Under the circumstances, IK desperately wanted any crutches. JIP desperately wanted its mayor to be elected. That desperation is always bad in politics and bad
I try to explain why there is no unrest (or it is in a latent state). There is no political group or party to lead
دانشور اشرافیہ، ثقافتی اشرافیہ اور سیاسی اشرافیہ کا ایک مخصوص حصہ شیریں مزاری پر ظلم و ستم کے جو پہاڑ ٹوٹے ہیں، ان پر ہاہا
I learned a lot from the students I taught. Now when I reflect back on those years (1988-2006, a continuous teaching period, after
اگر کوئی شخص اپنی نارمل زندگی سے اوپر اٹھ کر اشرافیہ، ریاستی اشرافیہ اور دانشور اشرافیہ کے تانے بانے کو توڑنا چاہے، ریاست اور اس
پاکستان کے ’’دشمن‘‘ اس کی سرحدوں کے باہر نہیں، سرحدوں کے اندر ہیں۔ اور یہ ’’دشمن‘‘ ہیں: دانشوروں کے تعصبات اور ان کے ذہنوں کا
نوٹ: یہ مختصر تحریر 17 جون، 2017 کو ویب سائیٹ: WWW.UrduAlert.com پر شائع ہوئی۔ ایک تو یہ کہ رمضان میں پھلوں کا استعمال اور یوں طلب
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
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
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
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
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
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
نوٹ: یہ تحریر میری ایک فیس بک پوسٹ ہے، جو 28 جنوری 2021 کو فیس بک پر پوسٹ کی گئی تھی۔ پاکستان میں بہت شروع
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
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
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
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
Almost all the economists and the state economists especially have a painting hanging at the back of their minds that displays a dream of living
Now instead of writing, I am posting my talks on various issues regularly on my YouTube Channel: Dr Khalil Official Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVSq4e_xHkgqoWAJ3swq6Eg جو
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.
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 —
کیا کوئی نظام فکر نظام اقدار کے بغیر وجود میں آ سکتا ہے؟ اقدار پہلے ہیں، نظام بعد میں۔ یہ معاملہ بھی خود ایک قدر
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
In view of the massive taxes killing the economic life of ordinary citizens, Pakistani economists need to come out of their comfortable economic models and
Most Pakistanis are psychological creatures. Only a minority elevates themselves to a philosophical level and a lot of them now and then relapse again into
Danishwar Ashrafiya (دانشور اشرافیہ) is that class of intellectuals who has monopolized the publishing space, i.e. mainstream print and electronic media and publishing houses. And
It’s the same ill that afflicts politics and economics in Pakistan. Choosing winners and losers by employing unnatural methods. In politics, it’s the establishment that
میں ریاست اور حکومت کے نقطہء نظر سے لوگوں اور معاشرے کو دیکھتا ہوں تو میں ریاست پسند ہوں۔ اگر میں لوگوں اور معاشرے کے
فطرت میں جو کھیل تماشے ہو رہے ہوتے ہیں، وہ ہر کسی کی نظر میں آئے بغیر نہیں رہتے۔ ہم سب فطرت جو جو گُل
The political engineering has utterly failed and thrown the politics into a bottomless pit. In the same way, economic engineering too has miserably failed and
ریلیف کا لفظ جیسے کہ ایک تکیہٴ کلام بن گیا ہے۔ خاص طور پر دانشوروں کا تکیہٴ کلام۔ اور یہ دانشور کون ہیں۔ بھئی پاکستان
ویسے میں ہر برس بجٹ پر لکھتا بھی نہیں۔ کوئی فائدہ بھی نہیں۔ یکساں چیزیں بار بار دہرائی جاتی ہیں۔ جو سیاسی جماعتیں اقتدار میں
[نوٹ: یہ تحریر لکھنے کے بعد میں بارہا یہ سوچتا رہا ہوں کہ سیاست دانوں میں اگر عزم و ارادہ موجود ہو، اور وہ کچھ
گذشتہ کچھ برسوں سے میں صحافی طلعت حسین کے یوٹیوب ولاگ باقاعدگی سے دیکھ سُن رہا ہوں۔ انھوں نے اپنے ولاگ میں سوال و جواب
دوسرے اور بہت سوں کی طرح، میں بھی اس مسئلے پر سوچتا رہا ہوں کہ جیالے، نونیے، انصافیے، وغیرہ، کیسے اور کیونکر جنم لیتے ہیں۔
Almost all the persons who joined IK (PTI) and devoted their wealth and energy to bolster his image and politics are without any exception one-dimensional
کسی کو کچھ پتا نہیں کون کیا کرنے جا رہا ہے۔ کون کیا کرے گا۔ کون کیا کر رہا ہے اور کیوں کر رہا ہے۔ یعنی
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave birth to Populists. Zia ul Haq gave birth to Fanatics. Imran Khan gave birth to Fascists. All that would never have
The will of the people is supreme. That is, their will via their representatives is supreme. That is, all the entities brought into existence by
In Pakistan, another organ of the state has come into existence. That is Ultra-Executive. Security Establishment is the core of it and Judiciary and the
Like other realities such as physical or social, the political reality too is layered. It’s not the surface and the bottom that make it. So