An ordinance to Enforce Restriction on April 7, 2020The Government of Punjab issued an ordinance on March 29, 2020, titled, “Prevention and Control Ordinance 2020.” Restrictions have been clamped to protect the public from the COVID-19 pandemic violations, which can result in six months of imprisonment and fine of Rs 50,000. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) has the power to enforce the law while […]
Tribute to comrade Dr Mubbashir Hasan on March 28, 2020On March 14, 2020, people from all walks of life gathered to play their last tribute to a great comrade. The socialist, democrat politician who rose to be the finance minister in the first cabinet of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) passed away at the age of 98 years. True to his ideology and beliefs he […]
Watching State Interests on March 20, 2020“Watching state interests” this term is extensively used by individuals who control levers of statehood. While people at the helm enjoy the powers and privilege showered on them by the state, the common man continues to suffer. The colonial set up that we inherited needs to be re-engineered as it has failed to serve the […]
Emergence of Sharif-Zardari empires on March 17, 2020Mian Muhammad Sharif and Hakim Ali Zardari were the founders of the richest empires of our times. Mian Sharif had six brothers and three sons none half as smart as he was while Hakim had only one son who proved to be twice as astute. Both mastered and then practiced corrupt practices. Finally when they […]
From bicycles, books, boxing to motorcycles, mobiles, mineral water on March 12, 2020We are a generation that moved on bicycles, read books, and had to box for self-defence. The first stop while visiting any place was the cycle stand, there were weekly visits to the library, and a monthly or quarterly round of boxing as the situation demanded. Coming from a family of fighters, fighting for self-preservation […]
Losing Madinah on February 27, 2020Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, is the first leader of the Islamic world to highlight his fears of losing Madinah to the Israeli onslaught. Unless contained, the evil designs of Benjamin Netanyahu are not a secret. He faces strict resistance in his own country. In the elections last year there were no clear winners. […]
Naeem ul Haq: Another PTI pillar falls on February 23, 2020Naeem ul Haq, a close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan and PTI stalwart, passed away on February 15, 2020. He was the third pillar of the party to have fallen after Comrade Ahsan Rashid and Syeda Saloni Bokhari. In his first speech, the PM acknowledged the services of both Ahsan and Saloni, in their […]
Are we a competent nation? on February 14, 2020When it comes to short term personal interests, perhaps we are the smartest people that ever stepped on the earth. Unfortunately for long term common good we are grossly incompetent. The Prime Minister is right there being a lot of local talent but mostly misdirected and misguided. We started off well as a new nation […]
Misuse of orphan’s allowance on February 11, 2020I was always impressed by the austerity of our parents generation in general. Resources of the state in particular were handled even more prudently. Official cars were used only for pick and drop to the office. Abdur Rab Nishtar as governor kept a log of his personal calls to be covered out of his own […]
Resurrection of political mafia on February 2, 2020Without completely weeding out of the “political mafias,” the future of Pakistan will remain bleak. The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP), in its historic judgment in the Panamagate case on July 28, 2017, disqualified Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif from holding any public office. The bench was headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who later became […]