Pakistanis are virtually illiterate because they don’t read on February 10, 2019Around ten years back, the daughter of a relative returned to Pakistan after obtaining degrees in science and mathematics and teaching abroad for a couple of years. She applied to the school she had studied in for a job and was immediately hired for a princely amount. She applied to another elite school and was […]
Indispensable measures on January 22, 2019The first thing is to direct the FBR not to harass existing honest taxpayers (filers). They have been paying taxes for years while the tax evaders have grown rich beyond belief. Recently, Karachi businessman Siraj Kassam Teli told the Finance Minister that if the FBR is disbanded, he would guarantee an increase in revenue collection […]
Turning Pakistan into Madina on September 15, 2018Since Imran Khan has repeatedly said that he wants to make Pakistan into a welfare state on the pattern of Madina, perhaps he would be interested to know what happened there when the Holy Prophet (SAW) asked for donations before the battle of Tabuk. This is how his Companions responded: Hazrat Umar (RA) brought half […]
Mother of all tax amnesties on June 1, 2018After the approval of the recent budget, the ‘mother of all tax amnesties’ announced recently by the government has become law. It will continue allowing white-collar criminals to indulge in looting and plunder of the state without being punished. What is the difference between a white collar criminal and the one who steals or kills […]
Why have elections? on May 16, 2018After the recent charade of the senate elections and the election of the chairman and deputy chairman, one cannot be blamed for wondering if we really do deserve to have the kind of democracy which allows politicians to loot and plunder. Of course, since Nawaz Sharif himself did his best to destabilise past PPP governments, […]
The tale of the Chinese and the Pakistani Police on May 9, 2018Khanewal is one of those places very few people in Pakistan have visited. It is familiar only to those who travel by rail from Karachi to Lahore and beyond. One notable person it has produced is the famous religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil, whose sermons are very popular among the people. He has been able […]