In Case of Emergency on August 7, 2021“Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm” said Hippocrates. The readers might recall, a few years back, the doctors would refuse to touch a victim of any accident or crime, unless they got to see a copy of the complaint filed in the police station. This was rather a […]
Political Parties – II on July 31, 2021“No organisation can stay uncorrupt for long, be it a political party, a religious institution or a charity foundation—sooner or later the instinctual evils of greed and cruelty overwhelm the organization, fueled by its authoritative control over people” – Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders According to section 2(xxviii)) of Elections […]
Political Parties (Part I) on July 24, 2021“My fidelity is to my country, not my political party. Country first” — Steve Schmidt There is a famous adage, “Many hands make light work.” People join hands to work for a common object, be it to earn profits from a business, construct a building, discuss great ideas, fight for a cause or perhaps […]
Cacophonic leadership! on July 17, 2021“Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own” —Roy T Bennett The Light In the Heart A review of the last fifteen years of democratic rule in Pakistan reveals quite an interesting scenario. Two major political parties have been taking turns since […]
Knowledge Sans Wisdom on July 10, 2021“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom”—Charles Spurgeon While knowledge […]
Our society’s dilemma on July 4, 2021“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe”—Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) No two human beings are alike yet collectively, what we yearn for most […]
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2021“It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour”—Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on June 26 and this year’s theme is […]
Budget 2021 — the public’s view on June 19, 2021“When we engage in the critical decisions about our nation’s future budgets, I want progressive voices at the table to argue that we must protect the most vulnerable in our society and demand fairness in budget cuts” —Dick Durbin, American lawyer Pakistan’s budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 was announced on June 11, 2021 amid […]
Belligerent parliamentarians! on June 18, 2021“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke” –Will Rogers Whether it is on innumerable talk shows telecast on the many television channels or in the precincts of the national and provincial assemblies, our worthy parliamentarians are found indulging in behavior that by no stretch of imagination can […]
Power vis-à-vis character on June 12, 2021“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power”—George Bernard Shaw What is exactly meant by corruption? Transparency International provides a very simple definition: “We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain” but on its webpage, one can find a detailed narrative […]