Sirajuddin Aziz

Sirajuddin Aziz

The writer is a freelance columnist.

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Bankruptcy of Leadership

Why the Muslims have declinedIs there anything wrong with human beings? If so, what is? With the expanse of knowledge growing by the nanosecond, the regrettable progressive decline of human be

Sep 20, 2020
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Leadership amidst the pandemic

The PM seems badly advisedThe real test of leadership comes, and the character of a leader emerges, only when he or she faces challenges emanating from the unknown. In the last quarter of 2019

Jun 27, 2020
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Commissions of enquiry

They do nothingAs a young adult, many moons back, I had written and kept on my study table, the following words of John Ruskin, “for no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of Men t

Apr 29, 2020
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Let’s talk immorality and business

Hoarding has long been a problem. But reflecting on right and wrong might be needed to fight itThis piece will be naturally disappointing. For starters, if you came here thinking this is the a

Apr 10, 2020
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Thank you, Mr Jinnah

The Two-Nation Theory has been proved right againThe picture of a Muslim man being beaten brutally became the defining image of the recent New Delhi religious riots. Muhammad Zubair survived t

Mar 22, 2020
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MODI

How Modi might do penance, and why he shouldDEAR FRIEND,That I address you as a friend is no formality. I own no foes. My business in life has been for the past many years to enlist the fr

Mar 5, 2020
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Present times– relevant thoughts

Let Imran Khan be himselfDespite many temptations to do so, I exercise extreme restraint to not comment politically or even semi-politically. But here I succumb, largely as a concerned Pakista

Oct 30, 2019
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Doers achieve what dreamers conceive

Money Matters Dreams must not be confused with desires The mantra of anyone who claims for him/herself the role of leader, ought to be “I have a dream”. The followers have

Jun 30, 2019
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Are you really crisis-ready?

A crisis can come at any time“If a man will begin with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he may end in certainties” (Francis Bacon). Crisis

Jun 26, 2019
Empathetic leadershipColumns

Empathetic leadership

The positive role of the NZ PMPerhaps after Abraham Lincoln, the world received a great lesson in leadership. All leaders and managers learnt first hand on how to face the toughest of challenges a

Mar 22, 2019
The way forwardColumns

The way forward

Let actions speak louder than wordsFrom elections in 2013 to the elections in July, 2018. Imran Khan and his party developed a very sale-able narrative of “accountability for corruption”.

Jan 16, 2019