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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Aligarh University, Sadaat e Nihtaur and Hyder Family

Here is the list of alumni of Aligarh Muslim University belonging to Sadaat e Nihtaur.
My father Ehsaan Hyder (standing in the middle) with his degree from Aligarh University in 1935 (or was it after his matric?). (b. 1917- d. 2003).
Sitting on right: My grandfather Abdul Ghani Hyder (d. 1966)
Sitting on left: My grandfather's father Syed Ikram Hyder Naqshbandi (d. July 1942 at Siharanpur)

All those standing with my father were graduates of Aligarh University. They were his cousins and brother.
Standing from left to right: Sultan Hyder (my father's younger brother aka Rummi d. 2001), Rasheeduddin Hyder (my father's cousin and brother in law, d. 2002), Ehsaan Hyder (my father), Jarrar Hyder (my father's cousin d. ~2000s (?)), Zaheer Hyder (Achhay d. ~1952?).

Alumni of Aligarh standing from left to right:
Sultan Hyder (Rummi), Rashiduddin Hyder, Ahsan (Ehsaan) Hyder [my father], Jarrar Hyder, Zaheer Hyder. Sitting: my father's grandfather Syed Ikraam Hyder, and my father's father Abdul Ghani Hyder.

Details below.

I have mentioned relationships with those linked to my immediate family. Other extended relationships need further elaborating.

From Aligarh University Alumni Database :

Legend: (1) Father's Name, (2) Date of birth, (3) Date of Admission, (7) Degree at AMU with year

EHSAAN HYDER, SYED- (1) Syed Abdul Ghani, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) d.o.b 12.4.1917 (7) B.A. 1935; LL.B. 1938. My (Syed Irfan Hyder) father.
SULTAN HAIDER, SYED – (1) S. Abdul Ghani – Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) d.ob. 14.4.1927 (3) 22.7.1940 (7) B.Sc. 1944. Alias Rummi. My father's younger brother
TUFAIL HYDER,S. (MISS)-(1) Syed Mohd. Ghani Hyder Nihtaur (2) 2.4.1919 (7) B.A. 1938; B.T. 1939. My father's sister. Wife of Syed Rashiduddin Hyder
RASHIDUDDIN HYDER SYED (1) S. Wahiduddin Hyder, Nithaur (Bijnore) (3) Oct. 1933 (7) B.Sc. 1942. My father's first cousin. Husband of my father's sister. Father-in-law of my sister.
HUSNA ZAHRA ZAIDI- (1) Nisar Hyder Zaidi, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 22.5.1916 (7) B.A. 1937. Wife of my uncle (taya) Luqman Hyder, sister of Jarrar Hyder
SAEEDUDDIN HYDER, SYED - (1) Syed Wahiduddin Hyder Nihtaur - Bijnor (2) 20.3.1907 (7) B.Sc. 1927. Elder brother of Rashid uddin Hyder
AIZAZ HYDER, SYED- (1) S. Aijaz Hyder, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 21.4.1923 (3) 2.8.1941 (7) B.Sc. 1946. Father of Dr Shiraz Hyder and Mrs Rubina (Dee) Humayun Qureshi. Brother of Imtiaz Hyder.
HUMAIRA KHATOON HYDER- (1) S. Nasiruddin Hyder, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 12.4.1918 (7) B.A. 1941. Also known as Humman. Mrs Jari Ahmed Zaidi. Mother of Mrs Nazli Javed Husain (and others), grandmother of journalist Fahad Husain (and others).
SALAHUDDIN HYDER, SYED - (1) Syed Nasiruddin Hyder Nihtaur (Bijnor) (2) 28.6.1930 (3) July 1941 (4) F.Sc. (5) Day Scholar (6) April, 1945 (7) B.Sc. 1945 (8) Ph.D. Mc. Gill University, Montreal-Canada (10) Professor of Computer Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada (19, Winston Circle, Points Clairs, Quebec, Canada). Alias: Pyaray.
ZAHEER HAIDER, SYED- (1) S.Zamir Haider (2) 20.8.1922, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A.; B.T.
JARRAR HYDER, SYED- (1) Syed Nisar Hyder Zaidi, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 7.7.1920 (3) 1933 (4) Intermediate (5) Aftab Hall, R- 58 (6) 1939 (7) LL.B. 1939 (9) Political Activity (10) Advocate, 51-Ashok Nagar, Allahabad, U.P. Brother of Husne Zahra above.
AKHLAQ AHMAD, SYED- (1) S. Rashid Ahmad, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.T. 1941.
AKHLAQ AHMAD ZAIDI, SYED- (1) S. Ashfaq Ahmad, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (3) 1932 (7) B.A. 1934.
BASIR HAIDER ZAIDI, SYED- (1) K.S.Syed Bashir Haider (2) 10.7.1932-Nihtaur-Bijnor (3) 15.7.1945 (7) B.Sc., 1949; B.Sc., Engg., 1952.
IFTIKHAR HYDER ZAIDI, SYED- (1) Dr. Syed Karrar Hyder K.B. (2) 11.6.1894-Nihtaur-Bijnor (3) July, 1913 (4) Inter Science (6) May, 1915 (7) F.Sc. 1915; LL.B. 1928 (8) B.A. 1921 from Allahabad University (9) Secretary, Day Scholars Club-1914 (10) Advocate, No.3, Moh. Madarsa Upperkot, Bulandshahr, U.P.
KHALIDA HYDER, SYEDA- (1) S. Naseeruddin Hyder, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 8.4.1926 (7) B.A. 1946; M.A. 1948.
KHALDA MUSHIR HAIDER ZAIDI, SYEDA- (1) Syed Mushir Haider (2) 29.5.1942, Nihtaur-Bijnor (6) continuing, Costume Design, Women’s Polytechnic (7) B.A. 1965 (9) N.C.C.; P.T.; Painting (10) C/o. Mona Zaidi, Asstt. Mistress, Abdullah Mursery School, M.U., Aligarh.
NILOFAR MUSHIR HAIDER ZAIDI, SYEDA (1) Syed Mushir-Haider (2) 1.11.1945-Nihtaur-Bihar (7) B.A 1962; M.A 1964; B.Ed. 1965; M.A 1967(9) N.C.C.P.T (10) Teacher, Shafiq Memorial High School, Bara Hindu RAo, Delhi- 6
DURRE SHAHWAR ZAIDI- (1) Syed Wajahat Husain Zaidi, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 15.1.1947 (3) July, 1959 (4) B.A. (5) Abdullah Hall, New Hostel (6) June, 1963 (7) B.A. 1963; M.A. 1965 (10) W/o. Naseem Ahmad Zaidi, Lecturer in Economics, A.M.U.Aligarh.
FARHAT AFZA ZAIDI, S.- (1) Syed Habibul Hasan Zaidi, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 2.1.1941 (7) B.A. 1961; B.Ed. 1966.
HAMIDA ZAIDI- (1) Syed Mustahsan Saeed-Nihtaur- Bijnor (2) 27.3.1928 (7) B.A. 1946.
HUSAIN MEHDI RIZVI- (1) Syed Shamim Haider (2) 13.12.1932, Nihtaur-Bijnor (3) August, 1947 (4) Intermediate (5) MM Hall, Aftab Hall, MM Hostel (6) 1954 (7) B.Sc.; M.Sc.; & LL.B. (9) Debates (10) Mughalpura-1, Moradabad.
«IBNAY ABBAS- (1) Syed Nazeer Abbas, Nihtaur, Dt. Bijnor (3) 16.10.1911 (4) III Year.
IFTIKHAR MEHLI, SYED- (1) S. Alay Hasan, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 15.8.1921 (3) 14.12.1938 (7) M.A. & LL.B. 1948 (10) Railway Road, near Muslim Musafir Khana, Aligarh, U.P.
IJMAL MEHDI, SYED- (1) S. Iqbal Mehdi, Nihtaur, Dt. Bijnor (2) 1.7.1942 (3) 25.8.56 (7) B.Sc. 1964.
IQBAL AKHTAR, SYEDA- (1) Syed Aley Hasan-Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 10.1.1936 (7) B.Sc. 1952; M.Sc. 1955; Ph.D. (Chem.), 1966 (10) Lecturer. Railway Road. Near Muslim Musafir Khana, Aligarh.
ISHTIAQ AHMED, SYED- (1) Syed Rashid Ahmad, Nihtaur-Bijnore (2) 3.5.31 (7) B.Sc. Engg. 1951.
KHURSHID IQBAL- (1) Iqbal Mahdi, Nihtaur (7) B.A. 1956, B.Ed. 1960.
MANZUR AHMAD, SYED. – (1) Syed Ali Asghar, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 5.12.1905 (7) B.A. 1927; B.T. 1930.
MAQSOOD HOSAIN, SYED – (1) S.Tajammul Hosain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 11.3.1907 (7) B.A. 1929.
MASOOD HUSAIN, M. - (1) S.Tajammul Husain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 16.10.1902 (7) B.A. 1926.
MASUDUL HASAN, SYED. - (1) Syed Mahmudul Hasan, Nihtaur-Bijner (7) B.A. 1925; M.A.1936; LL.B.1937
MAZHAR HASAN, SYED. – (1) S. Mehdi Hasan, Nihtaur (2)17.5.1909 (7) B.T. 1939, M.A. 1948.
MOHAMMAD AHSAN (1) Mushtaq Hussain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 10.6.1924 (7) B.A. 1945.
MOHAMMAD AMIR MASUD (1) Mohd. Amir Husan, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 13.3.1922 (7) M.A. 1943
MOHAMMAD NAIM (1) Hakim Mohammad Jamil (2) 2.4.1941 Nihtaur (3) July, 1956 (4) BUMS (5) SS Hall, 89, Osmania (6) May, 1962 (7) BUMS (9) Badminton (10) Medical Practitioner, Razaqiya Hospital & Nursing Home, PO Nihtaur Bijnor U.P.
MUTI-UL-HASAN, SAIYED (1) Saiyid Mohd. Rafat Husain, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A.1926
NASIRUL HASAN ZAIDI, SYED (1) S. Nazeer Hasan (2) Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A. 1920 (10) Retired Tehsildar U.P
NISHAT P. ZAIDI (1) S. Razauddin Hyder (2) Nibhaur (3) 15.7.1957 (4) Intermediate (6) 16.5.1966 (7) B.A B.Ed. (10) C/O Mr. S. Razauddin Hyder, P.O Nihtaur Distt. Bijnor
NISHAT PARVEEN ZAIDI, SYED (1) Syed RAzauddin-Haider Zaidi, Nihtaur (2) 8.7.1941 (7) B.A 1963 B.Ed. 1969 (Bijnor)
NUZHAT PARVEEN ZAIDI (1) S. Razauddin Hyder (2) Nihtaur (3) 15.7.1957 (4) Inter (5) 15.5.1965 (7) B.A. M.A. B. Lib. (10) Mrs. S. Zahoor Zaidi Plot No. 3, Room 7. Block III. Sub-Block F. Nazimabad Karachi Pakistan.
SAFIA WAHEED - (1) Syed Abdul Waheed, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (2) 14.4.1938, (7) B.A. 1960.
SHABIH UDDIN HYDER, S. - (1) S. Raza Uddin Hyder (2) Nihtaur (3) 15.7.1960 (4) B.A Ist Year (6) 15.5.1963 (7) B.A (10) Agriculturer. S. Razauddin Hyder, P.O. Nihtaur Disstt. Bijnor U.P.
SHAMSHAD HAIDER ZAIDI, SYED – (1) S. Anwar Haider Zaidi Nihtaur- Bijnor (2) 19.10.1943-Dehradun (5) N.R.S.C. „A‟ (7) B.A. 1969 (10) Senior Laboratory Assistant Deptt. Of Paediatrics, Medical College AMU, Aligarh.
SUFIA KHATOON, SYEDA – (1) Syed Abdul Waheed – Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 21.3.1929 (7) B.A., 1949 (10) Pakistan.
SURAIYA SULTANA, SYEDA DR. – (1) Syed Abdul Waheed-Nihtaur Bijnor (2) 25.12.1925 (7) B.A. 1946; B.T. 1947; LL.B. 1949 (10) Reader Women‟s College, A.M.U., Aligarh.
TAUSIFA ZAMIR HAIDER (Dr.)- (1) S. Zamir Haider, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 23.9.1934 (7) B.Sc. 1952. Lecturer, J.N. Medical College A.M.U., Aligarh.
VAQAR HUSAIN, SYED -(1) S. Aley Husain, Nihtaur – Bijnor (2) 20.7. 1934 (7) B.Com. 1952; LL.B. 1957 (10) Railway Road, Near Muslim Musafir Khana, Aligarh.
YUSUF HUSAIN, HAJI SYED MOHD.-(1) Haji Syed Shahid Husain (2) 4.1.1901, Nihtaur-Bijnor (3) 1917 (5) S.M. East & Mumtaz, 78, 36. (6) 1921 (7) B.A. 1921 (10) Retd. Asstt. Secondary Inter Board U.P., (Ex.Asstt. Registrar, AMU, Aligarh) 1955-61. Working again as Archivist since Sept. 1966-1971.
ZAHIN AHMAD NAQVI, SYED-(1) Syed Aqeel Ahmad, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 1.1.1944 (7) B.Sc. 1965.
ZAIR HUSAIN, SYED- (1) Ahsan Husain, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 3.7.1907 (7) B.A. 1932; M.A. 1950. Karachi.
ZAKIA KHATOON, SAYEDA- (1) Syed Ummidul Hasan, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 3.5.1942 (7) B.A. 1965.

Source:

The list was extracted on a search of "Nihtaur" (Bijnor) in AMU's list of alumni. It was extracted from the pdf Aligarh Univ Alumni which was compiled by Mr Imran Matanat by downloading the lists from Sir Syed University Karachi website. I converted the word to this word format of the file of the directory of Aligarh University Alumni.

Sunday, June 2, 2019

An Eyewitness Account of Justice Munir's Doctrine of Necessity Judgement by Mr Ashraf Janjua

Justice Munir's Doctrine of Necessity Judgment is the most important single event in the history of Pakistan. The costs of Justice Munir's Doctrine of Necessity have been 4 Martial Laws and 35 years of direct dictatorships. The remaining years of Pakistan's existence have been spent fighting the booby traps inserted in the constitution by the dictators that throttle and strangulate the s/elected governments and keep on exploding every few years keeping Pakistan in a perpetual ICU emergency.

Mr Ashraf Janjua

Here is an eyewitness account by octogenarian Mr Ashraf Janjua who had been Deputy Governor SBP, and Dean and Professor at IoBM Karachi. He is also the author of a multi-volume history of State Bank of Pakistan. This is taken from his recent comments on my facebook post on political engineering that led to the judgment:

[Begin Quote]

Maulvi Tamizuddin was the speaker of the Constituent Assembly that was dissolved by the Governor General Ghulam Mohmmad. He was Governor General of Pakistan from 1951 to 1955. Maulvi Tamizuddin had challenged the GG’s decision to dissolve the assembly in Sindh High Court and had won the case. On appeal by the government, the case was heard in the Federal Court (renamed later on as Supreme Court) during 1955.
My memory is no longer as sharp as it used to be, but I remember distinctly that people could sense that there was something important about Maulvi Tamizuddin Case. During the hearings, first thing everyone would look for in the morning newspaper was the news about the proceedings of the Maulvi Tamizuddin case in the court.

I listened to the proceedings of this case in the then Federal Court (before it was renamed as Supreme Court) in Lahore. A few students from Economics Department of Punjab University including myself sat in the gallery of the court for a few hours in May of 1955. During these hours Maulvi Tamizuddin was represented by Hamidul Haq Chowdhery and a British advocate named Mr Pritt, the latter was willing to fight for Democracy anywhere in the world without charging any fees.

I remember many details of that hearing. One worth sharing with readers is that in his presentation, Hamidul Haq Chowdhery used the word dishonest for the Governor General. On hearing this, CJ Munir lost his cool and said,”Mr Chowdhery you have used the word dishonest for the Governor General twice, if you use it again you will no longer be at the bar”. Mr Chowdhery apologized profusely.

The five judges of the Federal (Supreme) Court at that time were Justices Mohammad Munir, Justice A. R. Cornileus, Justice S.A Rahman, Justice Mohammad Sharif and Justice Mohammad Akram. The first three were in the same order of seniority. May be Justice Shahbuddin was replaced by Justice Mohammad Akram or Justice Mohammad Sharif[1], I have no idea. I could identify Justice Mohammad Sharif on the Bench because as early as early as April 1951, I had received a prize from his hand as he was the Chief Guest in the annual prize distribution at Government College, Chakwal. I am not sure but I think at that time he was on the Bench of Punjab High Court.

I recall that once all the judges retired to an ante room perhaps for consultation, and after a few minutes asked the messenger to get them a book placed on a table before the judges. Again, the proceedings continued. When the decision was announced the reaction was mixed. I have hazy recollection that Daily Dawn came out against it. But some of my fellow students said, "A decision against GG would have meant Martial Law.”
These are some of my recollections.

[End Quote]

[1] Justice Shahabuddin was actually replaced by Justice Mohammad Akram. The story of this replacement is part of the political engineering as detailed in my post Doctrine of Necessity, DoN godfathers Political Engineering of the SC Bench to Obtain Doctrine of Necessity Judgement.

Mr Ashraf Janjua's Profile

Mr. M. Ashraf Janjua served as Chief Economic Advisor of State Bank of Pakistan from 1995 to 2004. Mr. Janjua joined the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in 1966 and served as a Deputy Governor of Policy at SBP from 1992 to 1995. Prior to that, he served at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics as a Research Economist and at Pakistan Development Review as an Associate Editor. He served as an Independent Director of Atlas Asset Management Limited at Atlas Fund of Funds from September 11, 2008 to October 29, 2012. He served as an Executive Director for Pakistan at the International Monetary Fund, Washington from 1979 to 1983. Amongst other research works, he is the author of History of State Bank of Pakistan - Volume III (1977-78), and Volume IV (1988 - 2003). He was a Senior Fellow with the rank of Professor of Economics and the Dean of College of Business Management in Karachi. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from Government College Lahore at Punjab University and a Masters degree in Development Economics from the Williams College in USA. Mr. Janjua has also done one year's graduate work at the Stanford University in California, USA.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Corruption is a cause or symptom of Government Inefficiency- Challenge for Imran Khan

Asad Umar putting up a great fight against the vested interests in the country, and IK buckling under pressure is a very simplistic explanation of a more fundamental issue plaguing our governance: The fundamental issue at stake is the debunking of the fallacious assumption that "corruption is the primary reason for our economic downslide". Asad Umar's economic performance demonstrates the negation of this fallacious assumption. Corruption is not the cause, but "incompetence" of the Competent Authority is the primary cause of our economic downslide. Corruption is only a symptom but definitely not the cause. Hence, presence of smart, forthright but incompetent leaders has further plunged the country into an abyss.

Iqbal and Ahmedis and Qadianis

ایک پوسٹ کے جواب میں، جس میں قادیانیوں کی حمایت کی بو محسوس ہوئی،
چند نکات پیش کررہا ہوں، امید ہے ٹھنڈے دل سے غور فرمائیں گے، حالاں کہ قادیانیوں کے معاملے پر مجھے یا ملت اسلامیہ پاکستان کو مزید کسی دلیل کی ضرورت نہیں، کہ انہیں ملک کا اعلی ترین ادارہ پارلیمنٹ غیر مسلم قرار دے چکا ہے۔ سو عوام کی اجتماعی دانش پر آپ کا سوال اٹھانا سمجھ سے بالا تر ہے-

علامہ اقبال نے 1902ء میں انجمن حمایت اسلام کے جلسے میں مرزا قادیانی کے دعویٰ نبوت کو جھٹلاتے ہوئے کہا کہ:
اے کہ بعداز تو نبوت شد بہ ہر مفہوم شرک
بزم را روشن ز نور شمع عرفان کردہ

’’سرور رفتہ‘‘ میں صفحہ 30 پرغلام رسول مہر نے ایک نوٹ میں کہا ہے کہ یہ 1902ء کا کلام ہے اور ظاہر ہے کہ اس کے لکھنے کی ضرورت مرزا غلام احمد قادیانی کے دعویٰ بروزیت کی بنا پر ہوئی۔ یعنی کہتے ہیں کہ تیرے بعد نبوت کا دعویٰ ہر لحاظ سے شرک فی النبوت ہے۔ خواہ اس کا مفہوم کوئی ہو۔ یعنی ظلی اور بروزی نبوت بھی اس سے باہر نہیں۔

1903ء کے انجمن حمایت اسلام کے جلسے میں ’’فریاد امت‘‘ منعقدہ مارچ 1903ء میں اقبال نے ایک نظم پڑھی جس کا دوسرا عنوان ا برگہربار تھا۔ اس میں انہوں نے یہ شعر پڑھا۔
مجھ کو انکار نہیں آمد مہدی سے مگر
غیر ممکن ہے کوئی مثل ہو پیدا تیرا

1914ء …میں اقبال نے لکھا کہ قادیانی جماعت نبی اکرم ؐ کے بعد نبوت کی قائل ہے تو ہ دائرہ اسلام سے خارج ہے۔

1915ء …میں رموز بے خودی شائع ہوئی۔ اقبال نے عقیدہ ختم نبوت کا واشگاف اعلان کیا:
پس خدا برماشریعت ختم کرو             بررسول ما رسالت ختم کرو
لا نبی بعدی ز احسان خدا است            پردہ ناموس دین مصطفی است
حق تعالیٰ نقش ہر دعویٰ شکست         تا ابد اسلام را شیرازہ بست

اقبال نے 1916ء میں ایک بیان میں کہا: ’’جو شخص نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے بعد کسی ایسے نبی کا قائل ہوجس کا انکار مستلزم کفر ہو تووہ خارج از اسلام ہوگا۔ اگر قادیانی جماعت کا بھی یہی عقیدہ ہے تو وہ بھی دائرہ اسلام سے خارج ہے‘‘۔

1935ء…اقبال نے ضرب کلیم میں اپنی نظم جہاد میں قادیانیوں پر تنقید کی:
فتویٰ ہے شیخ کا یہ زمانہ قلم کا ہے
دنیا میں اب رہی نہیں تلوار کارگر
ہم پوچھتے ہیں شیخ کلیسا نواز سے
مشرق میں جنگ شر ہے تو مغرب میں بھی ہے شر
حق سے اگر غرض ہے تو زیبا ہے کیا یہ بات
اسلام کا محاسبہ، یورپ سے درگزر

پس چہ باید کرد 1936ء میں شائع ہوئی۔ اقبال لکھتے ہیں:
عصر من پیغمبرے ہم آفرید
آنکہ در قرآں بغیر از خود ندید

شیخ او مرد فرنگی را مرید
گرچہ گوید از مقام بایزید

گفت دیں را رونق ز محکومی است
زندگانی از خودی محرومی است

دولت اغیار را رحمت شمرد
رقص ہا گرد کلیسا کرد و مرد

اقبال نے نہرو کو جو خط کا جواب دیا اس کے مندرجات بھی ملاحظہ فرمائیں-
اقبال نے اپنی ایک بیان میں نہایت مضبوط اور قطعی لہجے میں مرزائیت کے باطل ہونے کا اعلان کیا اور مرزا غلام احمد قادیانی کو جھوٹا نبی قرار دیا اور انہیں اسلام اور ہندوستان کا غدار قرار دیا۔
اس پر پنڈت نہرو نے اقبال کے نام خط لکھا، جس میں کہا کہ یہ تو مولویوں کا ایشو ہے، آپ جیسا سمجھدار، پڑھا لکھا شخص کس طرح ایسی سخت بات کر سکتا ہے قادیانی حضرات کے بارے میں ، اس پر نظر ثانی کریں۔ اقبال نے جوابی خط میں تین باتیں کہیں:
پہلے تو یہ لکھا کہ آپ لوگ یعنی ہندو، نبوت صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے مقام کی تفہیم کر ہی نہیں سکتے ، اندازہ بھی نہیں آپ لوگوں کہ سرکار مدینہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کا کیا مقام ہے۔
دوسرا رسالت اسلام کا مرکزی عقیدہ ہے، جو ختم نبوت کا قائل نہیں، وہ کافر ہے ۔
تیسری بات یہ کہ معاملہ آج کا نہیں، آج تو ہم لوگ مرزائیت کے حوالے سے دھوکا نہیں کھائیں گے، معاملہ مستقبل کا ہے۔
اگر آج اسے یعنی قادیانی گروہ کو دوسرے مسلمانوں سے الگ نہ کیا گیا تو پچاس سال بعد بہت لوگ دھوکا کھا سکتے ہیں
از افادات ڈاکٹر وحید عشرت، محمد عامر ہاشم خاکوانی

ابھی صرف اقبال کے حوالے سے گزارشات کی ہیں، امید ہے اس پر سوچ بچار فرمائیں گے- اقبال مولوی نہیں تھے- اس وطن کا خواب انہی کا مرہونِ منت ہے۔ کہیں گے تو پھر یحییٰ بختیار کی قومی اسمبلی میں تقریر بھی شیئر کردوں- وہ بھٹو صاحب کی پارٹی کی اکثریت والی اسمبلی تھی۔ بھٹو صاحب اور پیپلز پارٹی والے بھی مولوی نہیں تھے۔
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Judicial Murder of Bhutto: Political Engineering and Bench-Fixing of SC and LHC bench

"Bench Fixing" by CJP Anwarul Haq was responsible for the judicial murder of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1979.

بھٹو کیوں ذندہ ہے

Why Bhutto is alive? Bhutto is alive because of the political engineering and "bench-fixing" that led to the (1) removal of PMs, (2) violation of the constitution and law, and (3) manipulation of judicial benches is alive and kicking in Pakistan as it happened with ZAB during 1977-99 leading to the execution of Bhutto on 4th April 1979, 40 years ago. DoN (Doctrine of Necessity) dictators in cahoot with weak and spineless judges continue to play the charade since the 1950s to usurp power and to serve their vested interests through politically engineered premature terminations of 16 civilian prime ministers, which also includes the judicial murder of ZAB (Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto).

DoN (Doctrine of Necessity) godfather Dictator Gen Zia usurps power on July 5,1977: He proclaims martial law, violates and shreds the constitution, imprisons ZAB using the doctrine of necessity, and makes a travesty of law and justice. He then appeases the judges by appointing them as the provincial chief justices as ceremonial governors of their provinces. He then starts to mutilate the constitution by adding and removing clauses at will. Using such alterations, he removes two clauses of the constitution which enabled him to remove the incumbent CJP Justice Yaqub. He then replaces Justice Yaqub with Justice Anwarul Haq who harbored a grudge against Bhutto because he had superseded him with Justice Yaqub when he was elevated as CJP. He then installed Molvi Mushtaq as Chief Justice Lahore High Court. Interestingly enough he too harbored a grudge against Bhutto.

General Zia then went on to politically engineer the Lahore High Court bench and Supreme Court bench with judges of his choice. In doing so he excluded the independent-minded judges from the benches. He removed the judges whom he feared were moving towards an independent view as ascertained from their remarks. The SC bench of 9 hearing Bhutto's case was then artificially reduced to 7 judges. ZAB was hanged by a 4-3 decision with 4 judges from Punjab in favor of hanging against 3 judges from minority provinces who were not in favor. The agreed-upon judgment drafted by judges was changed, records tampered, witnesses' statements and evidence were altered, ignored,... .
A fit case to be labeled as judicial murder with a notorious judgment that no one has cited since or has ever been used as a precedent in any court of law...

[Source: See Hamid Khan's "A History of the Judiciary in Pakistan", OUP, 2016 for details of each of these points.]

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Why there are so many intelligence and investigation agencies in Pakistan

Why in Pakistan we have so many investigation agencies and intelligence agencies? These include Police, FIA, NAB, CID, ISI, SIU, IB, CTD, Sp Br, ATF, MI, ISPR, FBR, JIT,... Our history tells us that with each new agency, there has been an increase in corruption and law-breaking. Instead of decreasing corruption, they continually cause of the increase in corruption due to the maze of complex inter-dependences and conflicting turfs, which no one knows how to resolve. The following tale from Aesop's fables indicates this contradiction.

Why there is such a widespread epidemic of depression and psychosis in the world?

Why there is such a widespread epidemic of depression and psychosis in the world?
Too much change, happening too fast and robbing us of the familiar anchors in life; anchors in beliefs, anchors in thoughts, anchors in our habits, anchors in families, anchors in "Old Familiar Faces", anchors in furniture and household items, anchors in the neighborhood.

I wrote this post based on my deep contemplations on Future Shock which is a 1970 book by the futurists Alvin Toffler,[1] which defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies emanating from personal perceptions of "too much change in too short a period of time". The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.

Modern man feels shocked from rapid changes. For example, when we go to our childhood neighborhood, we find nothing that is familiar; the corner shop which was there for decades is no more. Our grandfather clock is now just a disposable digital clock, long gone. We don't even need a clock. Our corner hair-cutting shop is not there. This was a place where we had been going since childhood to get the neighborhood updates. Our neighborhood has been uprooted. Neither there are erstwhile neighbors nor the old homes which we frequented. Old houses have been uprooted, replaced by hideous lifeless structures. Our household items are all disposable even the furniture is disposable. There is no antique rocking chair that was used by our grandfather or his father. Our relationships are now disposable, our relatives are disposable, our parents and children are disposable, not to speak of our extended family members,. Our professions, our skills, and our jobs are all disposable...

How to help poor in supporting their marriage costs

I find several NGO initiatives that would like to help the poor in supporting the expenses of the marriages of their daughters. I appreciate their energy and enthusiasm, but feel that there initiative is misplaced and directed not at the cause by the symptom. At best collecting donations for marriage purposes and helping the poor in marrying off their daughters is at most a band-aid or a sani-plast solution. It is not a long term solution. The objective of a foundation or an NGO should be to create a culture where marriage costs are low. Why there is such a mad race to spend exorbitant amount on marriages. Our objective should be to try and make Halal (marriage) cost a fraction of haram (zina). This is also support by the traditions of our Holy Prophet. However, our society is going in the other direction where halal (marriage) costs are running into millions and haram (zina) costs are reducing and are in thousands or a few lacs. We need to create awareness, appreciation of low cost marriages. Need to identify and stimulate rich people who are willing to become role model for this purpose. Development of such a culture is a worthwhile objective and yield much longer term solution to this problem.

Sunday, January 20, 2019

What is meant by Aala Zarf اعلی ظرف

ظرف = Zarf means capacity to hold
As in a jug or a container. Magnanimity

It denotes the capacity to hold when Allah gives some person His bounties and blessings. What is the capacity of that person to hold that bounty or blessing without spilling. Zarf is therefore the capacity to hold a blessing from Allah such as power, or wealth, or beauty, or status, or command on language, etc....

A person with Aala Zarf can hold the blessing with magnanimity without spilling. Example: A typical کم ظرف، نو دو لتیا will spill the wealth with ostentatious displays, cheap and horrendous show offs. On the other hand, an اعلی ظرف will judiciously spend the wealth for his own betterment and for the betterment of the others...

When a کم ظرف gets too much power, he will spill it through humiliating بے عزتی and disrespecting of others, he will lash out with his tongue and actions without probity, introspection and judgment. A good example of today is the way our information minister Fawad Chaudhry lashes out on his opponents or more importantly Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. The latter's humiliation of respectable Senior Surgeon and social worker Dr Saeed Akhtar who was humiliated without considering his contributions to the society.

المسلم من سلم المسلمون بالسان و یدہ

A person with Aala Zarf has a capacity that keeps expanding as more bounties are received so that his power to give to others increases without any spillage. This elasticity of the container is the measure of the ظرف

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Can a Child Learn a Foreign Language without obtaining full competency in First language

بچے کی زہنی نشو نما و خود اعتمادی کا گلا گھوٹنا ہو تو اس کو "پہلی زبان" پر دسترس ہونے سے قبل انگریزی زبان کے جبر میں قید کر دیں

I got this comment on the above FB post:

Actually kids can learn multiple languages early in life a lot easier than later. But the downside is often that they take longer to speak. Girls tend to do better than boys. I learned to speak two and understand a third language all before 3 years of age:

The advantage of parents knowing multiple languages and sharing them with children will ONLY accrue once the child has obtained "full" competency in the "first" language(s) in which parents, grand parents, uncles, aunts, extended family, neighbors converse and the child finds himself immersed after his birth. By full competency I mean that the child can understand a joke, crack a joke, relate a hilarious (make believe) experience that will make family members or friends burst out with laughter. Once a child has this level of competency in the first language, then competency in any other language is a piece of cake. Without this level of competency in the first language, gaining full competency in any other language is wishful thinking.

پہلی زبان
First language is the language in which the child opens his eyes and hear his parents speaking. It is the language with which the child learns to interact with parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, neighbors and friends. Articulation of thoughts into words and sentences is a complex learning. Then development of verbal skills to express abstract and complex ideas and learning to crack jokes and appreciate humor are the most difficult skills. Once a child has reached this state, learning any other language is a piece of cake.

The friend (Omer Dossani) further clarified that:

Irfan, our servents spoke Bengali, grandparents spoke Katchi, mother and father spoke 40% Urdu and 60% English. So, I cannot relate to what you are saying but maybe you are correct. From the research done by TCF in Pakistan they strongly stand behind their commitment to stick to Urdu as the medium of instruction based on the research that shows that kids learn best in their native language and so far their students are doing well

Articulation of complex ideas requires complex linguistic skills. The added pressure of not having enough verbal skills in a foreign language, stultifies expression of complex ideas, destroying self confidence and impedes mental development. Once complex verbal skills are fully developed in the first language, the child gains confidence to tackle any other language. Eg Schools where speaking in English is must, and the child is being bullied, the child is afraid and hesitant in complaining because the teacher will scold him for speaking wrong English instead of patiently trying to understand child's grievance. The child's emotions get strangulated and destroys his self confidence.

Sunday, December 23, 2018

How to Eliminate Corruption in Pakistan: Simplicity and Transparency of Bureaucratic Procedures

Corruption is directly proportional to the complexity of bureaucratic procedures and is inversely proportional to the transparency of bureaucratic procedures. The bureaucratic procedures are being made more complicated (eg. even a pencil purchase requires approval) and censorship is being imposed, which will further decrease transparency and will thus increase corruption. For a perfectly transparent process, Each and every step of the bureaucratic procedure must be transparent and visible on government websites for all cases without exception. All decisions for all cases must be visible to all.

Is Criticism of Imran Khan as PM something new?

Saw this post: ‏عمران خان کا1،1دن گناجارہاہے
میں حیران ہوں اس ذہین ترین قوم پر پچھلے70سال کیسےگزرگئے
Here is the history for youth who do not read history. Pakistan has never been a bed of roses, even for military dictators. There were mass protests every year since 1950. Here are some from my memory: 1952 qadiani riots n Lahore Martial Law, 1954 bengal riots, 1955-7 five prime ministers changed, 1958 martial law, 1962 BD elections, 1964 Fatima Jinnah elections protests, 1965 Operation Gibraltar leading to war with India, 1967 Karachi language riots, 1969 sugar price hike riots, 1970-71 lost half Pakistan, 1972 Balochistan ptotests and language riots, 1973 anti qadiani movement, and Pakistan constitution, 1974 mass protests, 1976-77 elections and pna movement closures for several months with curfew, 1977 gen Zia's martial law, 1979 Bhutto hanging closures, 1980-81 alzlfiqar, 1982-83mrd movement, 1985 till today nearly every week of every month there were mass killings, blasts, protests,...
(pl add and fill in the blanks in comments. I will update here)

Overcoming Forex/IMF Problem through Incentivizing Small Producers of Solar Energy

How to resolve Dollar PKR devaluation problem and avoid IMF loan. 

I think PTI Imran Khan's strategy to focus on small producers has a lot of potential. Here is what can bring tabdeeli through massive generation of jobs and overcoming the foreign exchange issue of rising dollar and devaluation of rupee. I think experts in PTI with ability of out-of-the-box creative thinking must look at this proposal. 

Solar incentives can create massive saving on the $10bn/yr oil-gas imports. It can create at least 2m home entrepreneurs and other supporting businesses along with pumping and generation of economic activity of Rs 4 trillion!

Instead of IMF bail out, PTI can go for a massive crowd funding investment in energy sector. Here is how: 

PTI should give the same subsidy to home solar energy producers on self generation of solar energy and net metering equal to that offered to PPIs for energy generation from wind or gas. Government must ensure availability of low cost and high quality solar panels through Incentivizing their imports or their local production. I am sure at least 20 lac home owners can easily invest around Rs 20 lac each in solar generation for their homes with their surplus energy getting  pumped into the grid. This is 20lacs x Rs 20lacs = Rs 4 trillion investment. It will generate 20 lac entrepreneurial jobs generated by home owners who have become self employed through this. In addition there would be at least 5 lacs to 1m support jobs of installers, maintainers, equipment traders, importers, suppliers. It will also say good bye to at least $4-5bn of imported oil n gas for energy sector. This is going to be a recurring saving and will substantially improve our balance of payment woes, strengthen the rupee, reduce devaluation. Furthermore, it will increase our self-worth, will reduce meddling of IMF and World Bank in the manipulation of our economy. We will also become resilient to single point of failures often witnessed due to the problems of distribution.

Who will lead the resistance to change. This is going to be Oil lobby who are going to scream and oppose this scheme. Oil and Gas Sector vested interests and IMF/World Bank type big lenders will be most worried and will try their bests to throttle the initiative. 

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Love of Research and Books-Prof Ahmed Saleem

I went to meet Professor Ahmed Saleem at his home library. His house is in Judicial Town near Chhattar Park in a very picturesque setting at the foot of the hill with stream flowing near by. His library consists of his personal collection of over 45,000 books and a collection of newspapers since 1947 of Jang, Imroze, Pakistan Times etc. His room is next to the library and resembles more of a bed placed in a library room with a nearby desk-chair and a small sofa.

The library is divided into various sections. Sections on East Pakistan, Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan had around six shelves each containing several thousands books. He has command over Punjabi (mother tongue), Pushto (grew up and did his early schooling in Peshawar), Sindhi (taught for around 5 years in Sindh University) and has a working knowledge of Balochi. There is a separate sections of Urdu literature (he taught for around 5 years at KU). There are additional sections on Iqbal, on feminist authors and their works. He also has a shelf filled with his own books. It contains a large number of research oriented works that he had produced as a researcher for SDPI, an NGO in blue area Islamabad with which he had been associated with over 20 years. He proudly showed me some precious collection of magazines and newspapers and documents dating to mid 19th century. There are valuable issues from over hundred years of monthly Ismat and Tehzeeb e Niswan.

I had gone there to collect articles by Mrs Altaf Husain Fatima Khatoon. She was the mother of my late father-in-law Ausaf Husain, and she was also my father's second cousin. Apa Fatima Khatoon's articles and poetry was published in monthly Ismat from 1950s till her death in 1983 under the name of Mrs Altaf Husain. I had around 50 articles and pieces written by her in Ismat that I got from my father's collection. In researching about her I happened to meet Ms Safoora Khairi, the current managing editor of Ismat. She connected me to Prof Saleem. My objective was to see if I can get more articles from Prof Saleem's collection.

I managed to get 20 more pieces by Mrs Altaf Husain from Prof Saleem's library which has Ismat issues since its inception in 1908 by Allama Rashid ul Khairi till present. Prof Saleem has also published an index of all the articles published in Ismat from 1908 till 1947, a work that he got completed as part of the MPhil thesis of his student. The newly obtained articles when added with 50 that I have from my father's collection are sizable enough that I am planning to publish in a book form (inshallah). While searching for these in Prof Saleem's library, I managed a wonderful discussion with him on his associations with literati, their works and his learning from them.

He talked about his association with Ahmed Faraz while he was growing up in Peshawar, and his association with Faiz and his association with Ibn e Safi. He told how his parents would not allow him to read ibn e safi while he continued despite their punishments. He talked about his love for books and how he collects them. He said that he knows several second hand junk dealers. They call him whenever they get some old document that they think would be valuable for Prof Saleem.

He mentioned that he is planning to create more space by either moving on the second floor or obtaining a place nearby. There is a need for preparing a proper catalog of all the books and the need for more space for shelving. The books did not have that stuffy smell that comes in collections that are not properly exposed to sunlight and fresh air. Both these things were there. However, since his movement to this place in recent months, the books need to be properly shelved. Given his age and his recent operation, this appears to be a tall order. He said he would be getting some full time assistant as soon as there is more space for him to be seated. He has only a daughter who lives in Rawalpindi. There is a this treasure of books that needs a proper institution for preservation and access.

Anyhow, it was such a pleasure knowing and meeting him. You should all seek him out through his employer SDPI's office in blue area. A treat to meet a knowledge encyclopedia like him.

Monday, September 3, 2018

Essential Orientation for Teachers and Faculty Members

Essential Orientation for Faculty Members, Teachers and Facilitators embarking on a journey to understand experiential learning and weaning away from the conventional mode of teaching. In my opinion this is the minimum level of understanding required by teachers of schools and universities.To maximally gain from this material, watch the following videos and read the following blog posts. Then write your reflections by connecting the ideas to your experience or observation.

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