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ONE PERSON WHO COULD TELL WHAT TO DO WITH PAKISTAN CIVIL SERVICE!
Dr. Ishrat Hussain has been known to us, Pakistanis, for a very long time and he is respected for his knowledge, experience and services. Most of us recognize him as the former Governor of State Bank and a man from the World Bank while several others are aware of his role in the capacity of…
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RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL BY PAKISTAN
Logic and sensibility are not the proprietary of anyone. Sometimes you hear sensible things from those who are least expected to say anything logical. Recognition of Israel as a legitimate state has always been a tricky idea to float in a medievalist society like Pakistan. Still from time to time there have been voices, rising…
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A DISILLUSIONED ARDESHIR COWASJEE!
The liberal minded founding father of Pakistan wished to build a secular state and not an Islamic Republic, as falsely projected. Why don’t we acknowledge, confess and declare openly, once for all, that Mohammad Ali Jinnah, being a top-class barrister of his times, pleaded the case of Pakistan solely on the basis of two nation…
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Excerpts from my Letter to Benazir Bhutto!
Ms. Benazir Bhutto, the first woman prime minister in the Muslim World and the daughter of Pakistan’s charismatic leader, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, struggled against the military dictatorships and the ruthless tyrants throughout her political life. Basically, she was a forward-looking, liberal and democratic politician who tried to patch up with the oppressive status quo,…
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CAN MUSLIMS WRITE HISTORY?
Muslims in general never realized that the history of men is not the history of infallible gods. Decorating any human being on the high pedestal of unquestionable sanctity and granting him/her impunity from criticism may never be true historiography. In a society which considers the objective scrutiny of a man blasphemous and then grant exemptions…
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Imran Khan – Can He Be an Ideal Leader?
About ten years back I liked Imran Khan. In 2014 when I was doing a long course at the National Defense University at Islamabad: the nursery of army generals of Pakistan, I used to support Imran Khan during discussions and presentations despite knowing that Imran had vehemently opposed military interventions in politics. At that time…
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PAKISTAN – A BADLY USED ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES!
The demise of Henry Kissinger at an age of 100 years, on November 29, 2023, reminds me the role Pakistan has always played as a badly used, rather misused, ally of the United States of America. During the decade of 1970s the name of Kissinger was quite famous in Pakistan not only because of his…
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WHY A MUSLIM COUNTRY CAN NEVER PROGRESS?
The first question is that can any ideological state be a scientific minded state? The other question arises that can any country progress without being science-loving and objective minded – especially in today’s world? The direct answer is “Never”. What science loving and objective minded mean? Science is the name of ever-changing realities. In the…