From Bhutto to Imran on March 13, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan is leading the nation in testing times. As representative of the first-born free generation of Pakistan, he leads from the front. He launched his political innings in 1996 through his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Born and raised in Lahore, he proceeded to Oxford University on a cricket scholarship. His father Ikramullah […]
Building political structures on March 2, 2019All India Muslim League(AIML) that was conceived at Dhaka in December 1906 carved out a new homeland for the Muslims of the Indian Subcontinent. After the death of the founder of the nation in 1948, the party started to split into factions. In 1962, the first usurper launched the “Sarkari League” called “Convention Muslim League” […]
Fighting corruption on February 28, 2019The epidemic of corruption is so widespread that it has become a way of life in the land of the pure. The purity with which we started on August 14, 1947 has been overrun by impurities of all kind. Every organised effort to curb this menace has resulted in its rise instead of reduction. The […]
It is easier to deal with the corrupt on February 24, 2019Due to the ineffectiveness of the few honest officers left in the Royal Bureaucracy of Pakistan (RBP), it is easier to deal with the corrupt. When juniors do not obey the directives of their seniors it clearly indicates an organizational collapse. Insubordination kills an organization. Instead of facilitation of the public the senior officers are […]
Administrative versus political structures on February 22, 2019As the first generation of Pakistan our journey has been very painful because we have seen both the rise and fall of our own country in our lifetime. We started off well but then lost our way. With weak political structures the administration took control. A new concept of stealing elections called ‘Jhurlu’ was introduced. […]
Who has stakes in Pakistan? on February 16, 2019In the fifties, the land of the pure was pure. It seemed that everyone had stakes in the new country that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had carved out of the Indian Subcontinent. I remember the ‘Chaat Vendor’ outside my school telling me that he only used ‘Tamarind’ for his ‘Khata’ (Tangy sauce) as ‘Ambi’ (Raw […]
Demise of democracy on February 4, 2019After dominating the world for about 2600 years, democracy is now on the ventilator. From the Bazaars of Athens to the Cantons of Switzerland it has been a long eventful journey. When the ‘Athenian Republic’ was announced in 420 BC it was widely proclaimed that the era of blood clans, hereditary kings, usurpers tyrants was […]
Journey from corruption to competence on January 30, 2019Pakistan’s journey from corruption to competence is on the bumpy road of incompetence. We started off well. Most individuals at the helm were both competent and honest. Liaquat Ali Khan the first Prime Minister (PM) declared that he would not own his own dwelling till every Pakistani had one. He was not alone in this […]
Russia Pakistan Economic Corridor on January 25, 2019Finally, the talks have started about the Russia Pakistan Economic Corridor (RPEC) together with Saudi Pakistan Economic Corridor (SPEC). Perhaps the centuries old Russian dream of reaching warm waters will be finally fulfilled, unfortunately, a lot of blood has been spilt for its fulfillment. In December 1979 when the Soviet Forces landed in Afghanistan, USSR […]
Following the constitution on January 16, 2019On August 14, 1973, Pakistan attained the status of a constitutional democracy after the enactment of the unanimously agreed constitution. A similar milestone was achieved in 1787, when the constitution of the United States of America was passed which is being hailed today as a miracle at Philadelphia. The consensual document of the Islamic Republic […]