سِول پاکستان ـ اردو بلاگ
پاکستان کے طاقت ور قیدی اور کمزور پولیس افسر
یہ خبر ملاحظہ کیجیے اور حیران ہوئیے کہ ایک قیدی نے کیسے ایک پولیس افسر کو تبدیل کروا دیا۔ یہی سبب ہے کہ میں پاکستان
November 18, 2013
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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 […]
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 embrace the Economic Activism, some of the ingredients of which may be as follows: Main ingredients of Economic Activism: Radical solutions Ready-to-practice solutions Campaigning for those solutions Activism for those […]
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 does that. In economics, it’s the governments that do that. In both cases, the natural process of choosing winners and losers is thwarted.
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 put the economic state of the people into a despairing helplessness. What’s political engineering? It’s the management of choosing political losers and winners disregarding the will of the people. That […]
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 men. Not the politicians who jumped into the PTI-ship purposely. They are an exception. One-dimensional men cannot see that the reality is a complex structure/phenomenon. And they can’t understand the […]
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 the constitution though they be independent in the performance of their mandate are accountable to the people’s representatives. It is thus that the representatives of the people are accountable to […]
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 ECP are an integral part; without them no political engineering is possible. Now the only thing that remains affiliatable and accountable to the people is Parliament (Legislature) and that only […]
یہ خبر ملاحظہ کیجیے اور حیران ہوئیے کہ ایک قیدی نے کیسے ایک پولیس افسر کو تبدیل کروا دیا۔ یہی سبب ہے کہ میں پاکستان
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کی ایم این اے کو سپریم کورٹ نے جعلی ڈگری رکھنے پر ہمیشہ کے لیے نااہل قرار دیا۔ یہ بات تو
دنیا میں یا پاکستان میں کہیں کچھ ہو، پاکستانی سیاست دانوں کو فوراً پتہ چل جاتا ہے، یہ کس نے کیا یا اس کے پیچھے
A member of the national assembly is disqualified by the Supreme Court for holding a fake / forged degree. See the details and especially her
See the following news item. It’s nothing new in Pakistan. Democracy in Pakistan is just a ladder to become princes and the kings! Minister threatens
Guess who’s the driver? One who’s driving (Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Munawwar Hassan) or the one who’s sitting behind (Taliban’s rep)? [The Express Tribune, November 18, 2013]
Drowned, sinking deeper in debt By Huzaima Bukhari And Dr Ikramul Haq Pakistan, drowned deep in debt, is sinking deeper and deeper with each
We are not a normal nation and live down inside the proverbial well made of our own presumptions. Thus we are a perfect subject matter
The wailers: Why Hakimullah Mehsud, Chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was killed in a drone strike! That jeopardized the peace talks with the TTP, they cry!
See this cartoon by Sabir Nazar, and try to find what’s the issue behind all the fuss over the Drone attacks inside the Pakistan’s territory!
I completed this article on April 2, 2007, after about a month when on March 9, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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