Month: May 2019
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FLAMBOYANT VERSUS COMPETENT
OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS are a key plank of PTI platform and crucial to turning the country around. I believe the Prime Minister needs to rethink and reboot on this file. I have tried to give the scope of work in this area below. I was talking to Mehmood Awan, my buddy from Punjab University days. He…
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WATCH YOUR FLANKS KAPTAAN
I landed in Pakistan early October. I was pumped up. After a struggle spanning quarter century PTI was in power. Imran Khan was the Prime Minister. Change had set in. I had spent a month prior to my travels meeting stalwarts, thinking minds, well wishers amongst Overseas Pakistanis of how we could contribute and act…
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JUDICIAL GUARDIANS OF LOOTED WEALTH
An eventful week. Batting order changes. Sharp reactions to appointing former PPP team. Response to my last post where I stated IK has time. But headlines are Nawaz Sharif “onokha ladla’s” “onokhee maang” to get permanent bail and rush by some Lahore High Court Judges to support all matters “Sharif”. Being in Lahore unravels mysteries.…
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JOURNEY THROUGH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY – 1970 UNION ELECTIONS
Friends I have enjoyed this journey through Punjab University with you. In this post reliving the 70’s election campaign has been emotionally rewarding to reconnect with such beautiful people and memories. Now I am going to pause it for a while for 2 reasons. 1.I won the election, writing about my tenure would be like…
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IK REBOOTS. PEOPLES’ LOVE IS BEING VALUED. NAB BLOCKED JUDICIALLY. MEDIA WAR MOVES TO TRENCHES
Pakistanis fell in love with three leaders and took ownership of their visions throughout our history. It resulted in endearing loyalties surviving the test of time. First it was incorruptible and determined Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He achieved the creation of Pakistan. Unfortunately his inning was cut short before he could lay framework for the future…
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JOURNEY THROUGH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY – MARTIAL’S INTERVENTION
The acts of snatching the ballot boxes and ransacking the Vice Chancellor’s residence got us all charged under Martial Law Regulations. It was pretty scary and a new experience for me. Regular laws didn’t apply there. From seeking Union positions we were transformed into “Hawalatis” locked up as common criminals. After a few days in…
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PRINCE HAMZA WALKS ON WATER. THERE IS A REASON. EASING THE ECONOMIC PAIN, PESHAWAR FIASCO.
ACCOUNTABILITY DEFEATED Prince Hamza does walk on water. The unprecedented relief by High Court merits no further discussion. Closest comparison is to El Chapo- the Drug Lord. Sharif family enjoys a strong sense of entitlement, and rightly so. They are beneficiaries of judicial protection as a legacy for services rendered to Gen Zia Ul Haq…
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JOURNEY THROUGH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY- HEADY DAYS OF STUDENTS POLITICS
It was the session of 1969/1970. Pakistan was in a political turmoil. President Ayub Khan was removed in March 1969. General Yahya Khan was in the saddle. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had emerged as the populist leader, the defender of the under-privileged. Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rehman was fanning sentiments of depravation of East Pakistani’s rights at…
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BEWARE OF AN ECONOMIC DEBACLE! SQUEEZE LOW HANGING FRUITS
PTI fault lines have surfaced again. FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi has picked up cudgels publicly. His grief, why Jahangir Tareen got to brief the cabinet. It’s a public relations disaster. Give us a break Shahji. Such outburst don’t suit mature adults. This incident depicts a larger malaise that confounds the Pakistanis in public life. We…
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JOURNEY THROUGH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY
Punjab University Alumni launch had a lovely twist, thanks to the Organizers led by Dr. Niaz, the VC and orchestrated by Dr. Khalid, Registrar and Dr. Hadi, Director Alumni. Before the start of the program the Alumni were invited to their mother departments for a departmental Alumni event. I got a call from Dr. Mumtaz,…