Obsolete Mechanics
Bureaucrats are the last bastion of resistance to change Of all people, the Amir ofthe Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is talking about Obsolete Mechanics (Puranay Mistri). According to Siraj-ul-Haq Sahib, the Prime Minister (PM)…
Shouting at Jinnah
Appropriate punishment must be meted out October 18, 2020 will be recorded as one of the darkest days in the history of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. By shouting at the father of…
Moving from regressive to progressive politics
Getting the country back on even keel Because of regressive politics, the common good becomes uncommon. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has suffered because of this brand of political dispensation. There have…
Kashmir is bleeding
The time for action has come Kashmir continues to bleed despite two very powerful speeches by the Prime Minister (PM) in the United Nations General Assembly sessions. The world is listening but…
Either boycott or submit don’t delay
Mob attacks must be punished The accountability process is not moving mainly because of the planned delays by the accused. The PML(N) and PPP (Zardari) policy of stalling the process is working…
What a great speech?
How can the past be erased? Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif through a video link roared like a lion from the safety of his London residence in his speech to the APC of…
Restoring order, coming out of Zia Dark Ages
Zia destroyed a vasat number of institutions Ziaul Haq perished in August 1988 but his evil legacy continues to haunt the nation. Most civilian institutions are in total disarray. The Zia Doctrine…
Bureaucracy the custodian of status quo?
The Bureaucracy cannot be reformed without proper SOPs For the first time in 73 years, all institutions are on the same page except the colonial bureaucracy that continues to be the custodian…
On the same page
Only two political parties have had mass support After paying a heavy toll, finally it seems all state institutions are working in tandem or in other words, are on the same page.…
The burden the people have to carry
Things are getting worse Unwillingly the people of Pakistan have to carry the entire burden of the non-performing state. In a high school civics class we were taught that there were three…
Unsustainable burden of pensions
We need switch over to a gratuity system The pensions burden on the national exchequer has crossed the trillion-rupee mark. At Rs 1.1 trillion it is about 15 percent of the budget,…
Pareto analysis for political clean-up
Applying management methods to politics In Quality Management, a Pareto Analysis is carried out to prioritize corrective action. The purpose is to separate the vital few from the trivial many for an…
Surrender at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium is inevitable
The clock has started ticking After a long time Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally reached out to Bangladesh which was once a part of Pakistan. India now stands totally isolated in…
Is bureaucracy stalling change?
The civil service must be reformed Bureaucracy is defined as “the art of making the possible impossible “. Indeed bureaucrats are the biggest impediment to change. Most parties, including the country’s founding…
Rose versus the Lantern
How Ayub diverted the country By 1965 Ayub Khan had managed to declare himself Field Marshal and omnipotent ruler of the first Islamic Democracy of the world. Like most dictators and political…
Era of immoral politics
The ouster of Bhutto led to an era of immoral politics 5 July 1977 invokes a lot of bad memories. It was the start of the Zia Dark Ages whose lasting product…
SOPs can make a difference
One benfit of the pandemic has been familiarization with SOPs The crusade against the coronavirus continues. One good outcome of the current pandemic are the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures ). Now everyone…