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سیاسی قضیے:17 جولائی، 2018 نواز شریف 1999 کے مارشل لا کے بعد جس مقام پر پہنچے تھے، آج ایک مرتبہ پھر مارشل لا کے بغیر
July 17, 2018
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Here is circumstantial evidence that substantiates my long-held thesis that the main culprit is the politicians/political parties. All those who used to consider the security establishment the main culprit have now come to side with Imran Khan. Because he, at the moment, is against the security establishment. They ignore the fact that it’s a ploy […]
Taking advantage of this opportunity, let me say the following: I have a world outlook. I have certain values and principles to adhere to. I have a methodology to guide me through… And my earlier writings/views as well as my present ones, follow from that. I don’t need or want to appear new or innovative […]
Nationalism! What nationalism? In a country where ordinary people are treated as third-rate citizens by the Riyasati Ashrafiya and Ashrafiya and no ordinary person enjoys dignity, Etc. Etc. Etc., how come nationalism emerges there? Nationalism grows up in a society where ordinary citizens feel indebted to their state, government, its institutions, etc. (police, courts, bureaucracy, […]
Taxes are not a function of growth. If they are, then if the growth rate is zero, the taxes should be zero. If the growth rate is negative, the taxes should be negative. Likewise, if the growth rate is positive (increasing), taxes should be positive (increasing). Taxes are there to accrue to the government in […]
Note: This article was originally published in The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Many economists love quoting the declining or rising figures of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) coming to Pakistan. Not only do our governments boast about increasing FDI, but the commentators also appreciate it as an important gain. The SBP regularly updates the figures. Their […]
Note: This article was originally published in The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: In their latest survey, Gallup & Gilani Pakistan asked a nationally representative sample of adult men and women: “Compared to ten years ago, do you feel more financially prosperous, less prosperous, or indifferent?” Surprisingly, 35% of respondents reported feeling financially better off now compared […]
Note: This article was originally published in The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Altering the economic system is not an easy task. It is more complex when carried out half-heartedly. Privatisation is only a part of this process. It may not succeed if done in an isolated manner. Among other things, it requires a competitive environment to […]
This is in response to my own short piece: Why there is no anti-tax narrative in Pakistan? Actually, the Tax Payers Alliance Pakistan (TPAP) asked me to send something for their first ever issue of the Voce of Taxpayers. I thought what could be better other than this piece, why there is no anti-tax narrative […]
The idea struck me as a surprise: Poets create aesthetic value. What value do the economists create? In simple words, what’s the purpose that the economists serve? I shared the idea with a number of friends including a few proper economists. They did not like it. They rather took it as something questioning the rationale […]
Let me dispel this impression: “PTI supporters hoped Khan would challenge the entrenched power structures that have kept Pakistan underdeveloped…” [From an article that was published in The Express Tribune] Most of the supporters of the IK/PTI were/(are) haters of politics and politicians generally, and especially Sharif Family and Benazir Bhutto/Zardari Family. That’s why not […]
In Pakistan, almost everybody, especially economists, politicians, etc, wants to tax the people, but they never tell, WHY. Because there is no anti-tax narrative. Because there are no anti-tax writers but hardly a few. Because there are no anti-tax economists but hardly a few. Because there is no anti-tax opposition. Because there is no […]
A few years ago, friends from a political party, that formed the government then, asked me to tell what things our party should do. I told them the following: – that party contested the elections, they had an election manifesto, they already know what to do. – There are so many op-ed writers, analysts, etc, […]
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 rather being rewarded and Noor Jahan was being meted out a punishment. The same is the case of Filers and Non-Filers. The government wants to punish the Non-Filers, but in […]
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 me ‘You’re not an economist.’ After keeping quiet on a number of occasions, I insisted ‘let’s see what I have got to say.’ Yes, I am not an economist, trained […]
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 years were marked by disappointment over failure of the Movement of the Left in Pakistan. He died in depression. He was a polymath. A poet, literary critic, film critic, singer, […]
سیاسی قضیے:17 جولائی، 2018 نواز شریف 1999 کے مارشل لا کے بعد جس مقام پر پہنچے تھے، آج ایک مرتبہ پھر مارشل لا کے بغیر
[سیاسی قضیے: [5 جولائی، 2018 ویسے تو انگریزی اخبار، ’’ڈان‘‘ اشتراکیت اور اشتراکیوں کی طرف جھکاؤ رکھتا ہے، جو اپنے مقصد حصول کے لیے طاقت
سیاسی قضیے: یکم جولائی، 2018 پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن کیا کرنا چاہ رہی ہے، غالبا اسے بھی خبر نہیں۔ یہ کس سمت میں جانا چاہ
سیاسی قضیے: 27جون، 2018 آج کل سیاسی جماعتیں انتخابات کے لیے اپنے اپنے امیدوار نامزد کر رہی ہیں اور یہ عمل مکمل ہونے کے قریب
Download the Report in PDF: PMLN – 5 Years and Unfulfilled Promises For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a think tank has tracked
سیاسی قضیے:3 جون، 2018 جولائی میں ہونے والے انتخابات کا بائیکاٹ اس لیے ضروری ہے، کیونکہ کوئی بھی سیاسی جماعت حکومت میں آ جائے، عام
سیاسی قضیے: ہفتہ 25 مئی، 2018 دو چیزوں سے توجہ ہٹانا، نہایت مہلک ثابت ہو سکتا ہے۔ بلکہ، میرے خیال میں، مہلک ثابت ہو گا۔
سیاسی قضیے: 21 مئی،2018 کوئی بھی ہوش مند اور ذی عقل شخص اس بات کو تسلیم نہیں کرے گا کہ ایک ہی کشتی میں سوار
سیاسی قضیے: 17 مئی، 2018 آئین کی اہمیت کو سمجھنا ہو تو ایک ایسے معاشرے کو تصور میں لانا چاہیے، جہاں آئین سرے سے موجود
‘‘عنوان: ’’مسٹر محمد علی جناح پر جس شخص نے حملہ کیا تھا اسے پانچ سال کی قید عدالت سے ہوئی۔ :نوٹ میرے پاس ’ماہنامہ رسالہ
سیاسی قضیے: 3 مئی، 2018 کتنے برس کبھی اِس سیاسی جماعت، کبھی اُس سیاسی جماعت کے ساتھ لگے رہنے کے بعد، اب یہ بات سمجھ
سیاسی قضیے: 25 اپریل، 2018 اس بات کا احساس و ادراک تو خاصے عرصے سے تھا۔ مگر یہ بات ابھی کچھ برس قبل ایک نظریے
’’پشتون تحفظ موومینٹ‘‘ کے نام [لاہور میں جلسے کے موقعے پر] دا سنگہ آزادی دہ آزادی یہ کیسی ہے، محفوظ نہیں کوئی آزادی یہ کیسی
سیاسی قضیے: 19اپریل، 2018 فرض کیجیے نواز شریف آج وزیرِ اعظم ہوتے، تو اس سے عام شہری کو بھلا کیا فرق پڑ جاتا۔ اور کیا
سیاسی قضیے: 15اپریل، 2018 اشرافیہ کی سیاست، بخشنے، عطا کرنے، دینے اور دان کرنے سے عبارت ہے۔ جیسے روٹی، کپڑا اور مکان دینے کا نعرہ۔
سیاسی قضیے: 7 اپریل، 2018 آرائشی سیاست اتنی نقصان دہ نہیں، جتنا نقصان دہ آرائشی سیاست کے پرستار ہیں۔ سبب اس کا یہ ہے کہ
سیاسی قضیے: پیر 31 مارچ، 2018 جب میں نے گورنمینٹ کالج، لاہور، سال اول میں داخلہ لیا، تو سٹوڈینٹس یونین کے پہلے انتخاب میں ہی
سیاسی قضیے: اتوار 11 مارچ، 2018 ایک جانور بھی کسی جگہ رہتا ہے تو اسے اس جگہ سے کچھ نہ کچھ لگاؤ ہو جاتا ہے۔
سیاسی قضیے: منگل 6 مارچ، 2018 چند برس قبل، میں نے پاکستان میں بائیں بازو کی جماعتوں کی مختلف دستاویزات دوبارہ دیکھنی شروع کیں، جن
Since long, a controversy has been raging as to what kind of state Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be: a religious state or
آج (4 اکتوبر،2017ئ، کو) ”ڈان“ میں ایک چھوٹی سی خبر شائع ہوئی ہے۔ سرخی یہ ہے: غیرمصدقہ نمبر پلیٹوں پر یلغار (”کریک ڈاؤن“) شروع۔ تفصیل
As far as the interpretation of the article 184 is concerned, common-sense understanding is altogether different. It has three clauses that form the whole of
Dawn October 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: State emerges from society so it has no right to make the society hostage and start supporting non-state actors who
عمرانی معاہدے کی تشکیلِ نو: انسانی معاشرے کی تنظیم کے اصول تقریبِ رونمائی، 27 اکتوبر (2017)، اسلام آباد
بالآخر ’’عمرانی معاہدے کی تشکیلِ نو : انسانی معاشرے کی تنظیم کے اصول‘‘ شائع ہو گئی۔ تحقیق و تحریر میں چار برس سے زیادہ کا
What the Pakistani politics is up to? Punjab gov imposed 19.5% tax on internet; no one is worried in the Punjab Assembly! https://twitter.com/khalilkf
پاکستان کے اصل مجرم سیاست دان ہیں: روزنامہ ایکسپریس میں میرا انٹرویو 17 اگست، 2017 پورا انٹریو ملاحظہ کیجیے: https://www.express.pk/story/907963/
My two cents (tweets) It kills the somewhat nationalist pride in me that the office of prime minister has a pride that needs to be
With JUI (F), MQM, and PML (Q) once again out to test their gamesmanship, and ANP, PML (N), the Army, and the political-religious parties outside
کل گیارہ فروری کو ایک تقریب تھی، معراج محمد خان کی یاد میں ایک ریفرینس۔ مال روڈ پر، الحمرا ہال تین میں۔ ہال ’’ہاؤس فل‘‘
This April a bill was submitted in the National Assembly which is yet another attempt to make the citizens of Pakistan “loyal” to it. The bill seeks
While the Pakistani NGOs seek the Right to Information Law, the likes of “Wikileaks” are wikileaking clandestine governments! The latest ‘leaks’ of Wikileaks provide a
The country that taught us lesson regarding Rule of Law, Rule of Politics is winning there! On September 16, 2016, Dawn published the following Situationer,
With time, disconnect with the Pakistan Peoples Party is widening. The more one listens to news and reads newspapers, the more one is convinced of
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none -Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826. American people create abundant wealth. So, they are prosperous and
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to the pressures of the times.– Warren E. Burger
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to the pressures of the times. – Warren E.
The theory of media consumption stands vindicated in Pakistan! The story goes thus: On June 29 the Federal Defense Minister, Ahmed Mukhtar, who had been
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
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
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
The middleman tends to be eliminated . . . He can only be safely eliminated by natural processes. Sometimes he is of real use and
How to Privatize Successfully – Part I If privatisation needs to be done, it has to be done because it is the decisive step in
Changing the economic system is not an easy task. And, of course, it is more complex when carried out half-heartedly. As privatisation is only a
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.[George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950] People are difficult to govern because
[Here is the part 4 of the article: “Cynicism and Pakistan.”] The Theory of Lesser Evil (TLE) is a manifestation of cynicism. As cynicism finds
You can bring the rich to the level of the poor overnight but it takes a lifetime to lift the poor to the level of
O the Ashraaf Rulers! Develop new cities and have your dreams fulfilled; have Metro Buses and Metro Trains there and whatever you want! Why do
لاہور کی میت ہے ذرا دھوم سے نکلے [نئے شہر بساؤ اوراپنے شوق پورے کرو؛ ہمارے شہر کیوں ملیامیٹ کر رہے ہو!] روتی ہوئی حسرت