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…
Custodians of The Back Door
The custodians seem to have learnt their lesson Politics in the land of the pure has suffered due to backdoor entries. The list is long and painful, from the Chaudhrys of Gujrat…
Misleading and Misdirecting the Nation
India should be exposed for its misdeeds In the recent post budget debate Khawaja Muhammad Asif, son of Khawaja Muhammad Safdar of Sialkot, stated that Pakistan had not played its role in…
Tribute to a technologist
Engr Masood Hasan always pushed for scientific research to develop indigenous technologies On June 11, Engr Masood Hasan, a leading technologist of the country and the father of chemical engineering (Chem-1) of…
Tribute to a Technologist
Engr Masood Hasan always pushed for scientific research to develop indigenous technologies On June 11,2020 Engr Masood Hasan, a leading technologist of the country and the father of Chemical Engineering (Chem-1) of…
Back door Prime Ministers
A history of poor installed leadership In 2004 around 1500 hours in my capacity as Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), I met Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali the 15th Prime Minister (PM) of…
Corona reset, It is back to the basics
The lessons of the pandemic must not be lost In the 20th century the following sentence was widely used by most open-minded progressive writers, “Hunger and famine outside will not allow feasting…
Come clean or keep quiet
Attitudes of public servants have changed Where white-collar crime is involved, the much revered common law seems helpless. The onus of proof is on the accuser while the accused has several remedies,…
Building a post-coronavirus Welfare State
Luckily the government is elected When the chips are down, state intervention becomes imminent. In the current Coronavirus pandemic all eyes are focussed on the Prime Minister. There are serious concerns about…
When the driver sleeps
Only keeping them awake will avert accidents A few weeks back, the driver of a minivan fell asleep at the wheel while travelling on the Motorway (M-2). He crashed into a truck,…
Strengthening parliament
While I fully support strengthening of Parliament, I am seriously concerned about the capacity of its members. For any nation to advance, civilian supremacy is essential, yet the Islamic Republic of Pakistan…
Moving from London to Madina
‘Chalo Chalo Madina Chalo’ Till 1858 Governor Generals (GG) of India were appointed by the board of East India Company, it was called Company Raj. It was then converted to British Raj…
Diesel-free Pakistan
The Maulana who was always in power Diesel is a dirty fuel worldwide, and is being replaced by cleaner options. About two years back I visited Dublin, Ireland for a European Union…
Emergence of Hindustan and Yahudistan
With Modi’s second term in Office he is now looking at creating a fascist Hindu Empire while Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling for power in Israel. HE TOO DESIRES TO CREATE A FASCIST…
Modi-ism is 21st century Nazism
Pakistan will be no pushover After the First World War (1914-1918) the Nazi Party was formed in Germany in the year 1920. Adolf Hitler, who later became the leader of this political…
Ban the RSS
Before it is too late In countries with constitutional democracy quasi-military organizations like RSS should not exist. In the West most white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) are banned.…