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, […]
Re East Pakistan into Bangladesh… the role of Zulikar Ali Bhutto and/or General Yahya… who’s the real culprit? In principle, it’s the politicians who are to exercise the mandate given to them. And be they military or any other departments or agencies, they are in fact merely employees. So the responsibility rests with the politicians. […]
On this Women’s Day (8 March 2025), have a look at the newspapers; most of the politicians and public personalities are trying to highlight the good role they played in favor of this movement. That’s the power of the women’s movement in Pakistan. First they opposed it. Then they opted to remain silent. Then they […]
Note: This article was written in early 2011 as a short introduction to the life and work of Aslam Effendi and was included in the book, Hard Facts of History, by Aslam Effendi that was published in February 2011 by the Alternate Solutions Institute. It was back in March 2002 that I came to know […]
Here are two books and a movie to understand the nature of fascism and the unravelling of IK fascism in Pakistan. 1. Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes, by Andrzej Lobaczewski 2. The Mass Psychology of Fascism, by Wilhelm Reich 3. Movie: A Special Day, by Ettore Scola […]
The US Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 11, 2024, was qualitatively a bit better than the previous debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Donald Trump behaved and was less harsh and emotional. He was composed and calculated. Kamala Harris appeared acting, overreacting, and playing more to the gallery. She […]
Playing with or using or spending other people’s money engenders reckless behavior. That’s one of the arguments that call for a limited government. Not only for a limited government, but in principle no government intervention in the market, but very rarely, like the case of the CCP (Competition Commission) in Pakistan. And most of all, […]
Could there be any disaster greater than the debacle of 1971? It’s a power struggle between those who follow nothing, no constitution, no laws, no values, no principles, no traditions, no norms, but only when they all or any thing benefit them. And they all include in this no-holds-barred fight: politicians, military, judges, intellectuals, NGO-minds, […]
[This piece I wrote like in a fit.] Finally, I found what may be termed the penultimate explanation. Since this IK (Imran Khan) phenomenon emerged on the political scene in Pakistan (end of 2011), I have been writing and speaking about it, trying to explain it. Although, of course, there could never be a single […]
The issue of devolution of powers to the level of local governments has become an intellectual, political, and economic fad in Pakistan. When something becomes a fad, it means it is accepted without giving it any thought or putting forward any arguments. It acquires the status of something taken for granted. And it is presented […]
This discourse with Saeed Afridi took place in a WhatsApp group and has been compiled with his permission. On May 7, 2024, out of desperation, I made a comment in a WhatsApp group, of which most of the prominent intellectuals are members. And thus, a discourse was set in motion. The discourse is copied below, […]
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
قومی اسیمبلی میں عدم اعتماد کی تحریک کو مسترد کرنے سے متعلق، ڈپٹی سپیکر قاسم سوری کی 3 اپریل کی رولنگ کے ضمن میں سپریم
Politics is complex. It’s not Black & White. If there is no more Black, that doesn’t mean now it’s all White. No, it’s Grey. A
IK-PTI, that’s a shallow phenomenon. It has no basis in the economic reality of the country. The narrative of corruption, taking turns in power (PPPP-PMLN),
سعادت حسن منٹو ایک متنازعہ شخصیت ہیں۔ ایک متنازعہ مصنف ہیں۔ ایک متنازعہ افسانہ نگار ہیں۔ ان کے بارے میں متعدد سوالات تسلسل کے ساتھ
متذکرۂ بالا کتابچے سے متعلق وٹس ایپ کے ذریعے ایک سوال پوچھا گیا ہے۔ ’’اگر استدلال دولت کی تخلیق سے شروع ہو گا تو اس
جہاں تک سیاست اور سیاسی معاملات پر سنجیدگی کے ساتھ لکھنے کی بات ہے، تو خورشید ندیم ایسے ہی کالم لکھتے ہیں۔ سیاسی وقوعات جن
کوئی تین دہائیوں پہلے میں نے ایک کتاب پڑھی تھی، جس میں دنیا بھر سے چنی گئیں سو عظیم ’’شارٹ سٹوریز‘‘ شامل تھیں۔ ایک کہانی
[نوٹ: ہمارے یہاں گفتگو میں ’’بُغض ۔۔۔‘‘ اور ’’حُب ۔۔۔‘‘ کی اصطلاحات عام ہیں۔ میں اصل الفاظ کے استعمال سے بوجوہ گریز کر رہا ہوں۔]
The world is thus connected today economically it was never so in the past. That means both dependence and interdependence, and sort of a combined
ان کی سادگی کا رنگ اتنا گہرا ہے، اس کا احساس نہیں تھا مجھے۔ ہاں، اتنا ضرور معلوم تھا کہ ان کی زندگی سادگی سے
On March 1 (2022), EAG Pakistan twitter handle @eagpakistan posted 6 tweets reacting to the incumbent regime’s “relief measures for the people.” Here are the
چیزیں خودرو انداز میں کس طرح وجود میں آتی ہیں، اور کس طرح، روایت اور پھر ایک غیررسمی نظام میں ڈھل جاتی ہیں، اس تحریر
مجھے جس چیز نے اس سوال پر غور کرنے اور اس کا جواب دینے پر اکسایا، وہ ڈاکٹر ندیم الحق کی یہ رائے ہے کہ
سقراط کو سچائی کے ساتھ اور سچائی کو موت کے ساتھ جوڑ دیا گیا۔ کیسے؟ اور کیوں؟ غالباً اس پر غور نہیں ہوا۔ یا ہوا
میرے اکثر خواب بھی آزمائش کی طرح ہیں۔ سوچتا ہوں ارشد صاحب کو بتاؤں، جو دوست ہیں، اور سائییکالوجسٹ اور ہپناتھیراپسٹ بھی، اور پوچھوں کیا
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