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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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.]

See Also: 

• DoN godfathers Bench-Fixing and Political Engineering of the SC Bench to Obtain Doctrine of Necessity Judgement

This is the story of mutilation of the constitution and political engineering of supreme court benches which has been repeated each time people's rights were trampled in the removal of their representatives. Each such removal has simply served the neocolonialism interests, and has plunged Pakistan from one emergency to another, and has kept Pakistan perpetually in the emergency of an ICU. It has effectively terminated and neutered anyone who has worked for people fought for their rights, worked for the economy, and/or nuclear program. ZAB is a symbol, metaphor, and a classic case of how this political engineering happens in Pakistan, and has been sustained starting from 1951 termination of Liaquat Ali Khan till the latest termination of Nawaz Sharif in August 2017, and the bench fixing over the last 4 years.

See Also:

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


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


Why Bhutto is Alive: Political Engineering of SC and HC bench and decisions 


Why there are so many intelligence and investigation agencies in Pakistan 


Suo-moto judgment for Criminal Cases vs Summary Military Trials (Kangroo Courts)


Is Pakistan under a Judicial Martial Law? CJMLA parallel with CMLA


Dictator Gen Musharraf as Slave Trader and Bounty Hunter: Costs of Joining War on Terror


How Corruption is being Eliminated in Pakistan since 1950s: Corruption as a Ruse to Maintain Status Quo


Can a Strong Clean Leader or Suomoto Judgments Solve All Problems of Pakistan


Agenda to Ensure Supremacy of Law and Constitution in Pakistan


Is Illiteracy Responsible for Problems of Pakistan? Narrative to Justify Neocolonialism and dictatorial rule


Pakistan Helped US Become Superpower- In the Service of Neocolonialism


DoN godfathers Political Engineering of the SC Bench to Obtain Doctrine of Necessity Judgement


Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Covey's First Habit Advice to Chief Justice of Pakistan


Baba Rehmatay- From Chief Justice to Chief Executive: Tilting at the Windmills?


Constitutional Solution to Curb Horsetrading in Pakistan 


How Neocolonialism Keeps Developing Countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan Perpetually Destabilized


What Options Gen Musharraf had after 9-11 when US threatened to send Pakistan to stone age? 


Is Justice Munir's Doctrine of Necessity Dead or Alive?


Narratives Designed to Dishonor Popular Choice and Support Neo-Colonialism 


Why Dictator Generals are Weaker than Civilians Rulers in Withstanding External Pressure


Doctrine of Necessity from CJ Munir to Judge Khosa: Role of Judiciary in the Service of Neocolonialism


SC Judgement as Project Assignment for Finance Accounting Students: SC Disqualifies PM on not Declaring Uncollected Receivables as Income


SC Interpretation of Sadiq and Ameen in Disqualification of PM Nawaz Sharif


SC Panama Case Judgement and Crowds Clamoring for the Heads of Rich under Robespierre


Essential Law for Masses: Perry Mason and my Learning


Role of Sharifuddin Pirzada in Promulgating Martial Laws for Every Dictator of Pakistan


Why Dictatorships are Weaker in Accountability than Constitutional Governments


Importance of Literature in Law: A Case Study of the Panama Case Supreme Court Judgement


At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions


Who has Greater Will and Resolve in controlling Karachi Disturbances: Dictators vs Civilian Governments


Traitor/Foreign Agent Production Factory of Pakistan


Field Marshals of Pakistan: Costs of Sycophancy and Political Expediency


Costs of Justice Munir's Doctrine of Necessity: 4 Martial Laws and 35 years of dictatorships


Costs of Military Dictatorships of Pakistan


Costs of General Musharraf's Dictatorship


Costs of General Ayub's Dicatatorship


Why Pakistani Democracies are a Sham? Costs of Controlling a Democracy from Outside


Costs of General Zia's Dictatorship in Pakistan


Costs of Sham Democratic Governments in Pakistan


Remembering East Pakistan: We look before and after, And pine for what is not


At What Cost! Fazle Hasan of IBA and our Computation of Economic Costs

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. 

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

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. 

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,...
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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.

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. 

See Also:

• Baba Rehmatay- From Chief Justice to Chief Executive: Tilting at the Windmills?
• Dr Muhammad Mahmud of IBA: A Self-made Industrious Faculty Member
• Dr Wahab and IBA of 1980s and 1990s
• Edhi, Old Home and our Bari Bi
• Exemplary Inspirational and Collaborative Leadership - Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad - New!
• Growing up with Mohammad Ali's Legend
• Mukhtar Masud's Awaz-e-Dost and Love for Literature and History
• Rememberance of the Loved Ones and Life
• Role Model of Forthrightness, Calm and Resourcefulness: Daud Khaloo
• Sardar Mamoo - Reliance and Tawakal on Allah- Life is to give and not to take
• Shahjehan S Karim - Visionary Social and Ethical Leadership
• Sir Najmul Hasan of IBA and How to Determine the Extent of Your Success in Life

Growing Up in the 1960s-70s: Recollections of Rauf Mamoo by his Daughter

Recollections of Faryal Osman daughter of Rauf Mamoo (Major Shah Mohammad Ismail, Artillery SP3), while growing up in Nowshera when Rauf Mamoo was a Captain and later in Hyderabad where he was posted as Major before his retirement. The chronicle is interesting because it describes the life and times of junior army officers during those times.

میری پیدائش حیدرآباد کے سی ایم ایچ میں ھوئ ۔جس دائ کے ہاتھوں ہوئی بہت بعد میں عمران کی پیدائش ،جو کہ اسی سی ایم ایچ میں ھوئ، وہ بھی اسی دائ کے ہاتھوں ہوئی ۔امی نے اسے پہچان لیا تھا ۔ہم سب ایک دوسرے سے مل کر بہت خوش ھوئے ظاہر ھے اس خوشی میں عمران کا آنا بھی شامل تھا ۔ اس زمانے میں امی کو سوا مہینہ نانی نے گھر میں رکھا ۔ابو کی پوسٹنگ  پشاور میں تھی ۔امی ابو دونوں جاب کرتے تھے ۔لہازا سوا مہینہ بعد امی مجھے میری نانی کے پاس ہی حیدرآباد چھوڑ کر چلی گئیں ۔میرا خیال ھے جاب کا بہانہ ہی تھا، اصل میں ہماری امی جان سے ہمیں سنبھالا نہیں جاتا تھا کہ وہ بہت نخریلی اور نازک مزاج تھیں ورنہ جاب چھوڑی بھی جا سکتی تھی ۔ عجیب بات ھے اس زمانے میں لوگ بہت آرام سے اپنا بچہ کہیں بھی چھوڑ دیتے تھے ۔عثمان کے ایک بھائ بھی پیدا ھوتے 

ہی اپنے ماموں جان کو دے دیئے گئے تھے ۔

Zauq-e-Aagahi, Quresh Pur and PTV's role in Inspiring a Generation of Knowledge Seekers

Once upon a time on PTV we used to have quiz competitions of the highest order. I grew up with many such programs that made me look up to the contestants as the wizards of knowledge. Unfortunately today on TV we find nothing except crass, gross, coarse and vulgar competitions like programs where they are competing on everything except knowledge. These so called competitions have promoted lust for money and has encouraged people to perform any wild and vulgar act just to gain a gift for which begging and stooping low becomes the order of the day. They have any thing except inspiration for pursuit of knowledge.

Exemplary Inspirational and Collaborative Leadership - Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad

Today (Sep 10, 2018), with the departure of Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad for the hereafter. I lost a mentor, a guide and a trail blazer who exemplified what does it mean to be an inspirational leader. Inna lillah e wa inna ilaihi rajioon. A loss that seems more acute because I could have learned much more from him than what I did. Here I relate my observations about his achievements as a great collaborative leader, an inspiration for all those who met him, and my learning from him.

"Skin in the Game" Public Service Reforms in Pakistan- A Proposal

The fastest way to reform the public sector is to bring the bureaucracy's skin in the "game" of changing the bureaucratic structures and increasing the efficiency. Unless the decision makers are themselves going to feel the adverse consequences of their decisions and hurdles they would not be willing to make positive changes in improving the efficiency and reducing the long term costs of their decisions. Here are some of the reforms that will expedite the change in bureaucratic structures and efficiency for the better by involving all ministers and grade 18 and above officers (VIPs). (i) All ministers and grade 18 and above bureaucrats must be forced to get medical treatment only from government hospitals. They must be compelled to use the same process, same queues, same medicines, same wards and same food that is being given to any other patient. This is being implemented by Indus Hospital and even SIUT for all patients irrespective of the status or affiliation of the patients. (ii) Similarly, all ministers and grade 18 and above bureaucrats must be forced to get their children enrolled in government schools and universities. This should be done with a provision that no two VIPs are allowed to go into the same school till all the schools have at least one VIP. The latter provision would force all schools to be upgrades instead of a few reserved for VIPs. (iii) Similarly, such provisions could be designed for all other public services using the parameter of average case disposal time. (iv) For example, to reform AGPR's pension process, the VIPs should not be allowed to get their pension process approved in a time period less than the average time taken by other pension applicants. (v) (vi) Similarly, to expedite the passport or CNIC application process, the VIPs should not be allowed to get their application process earlier than the average time taken by the people. (vii) There should be no special protocol for any VIP of any stature whether from judiciary or intelligence or military. VIPs should be entitled to that security which is available to common people. (viii) To improve the public transport service, all grade 18+ officers must be forced to travel via public bus services or Pakistan Railways to their nearest destination irrespective of the nature of their work. No official cars should be allowed on routes where public bus service or railway service is available. All air travel should be banned for the VIPs. (ix) Similarly, disposal of cases of serving judges and other VIPs should not be done earlier than the average time of disposal of all cases at a particular stage (trial court, high court or supreme court stage). (x) For Police Reforms, no VIP's case should be taken out earlier than any other applicant in the queue. The procedure must be the same for everyone. Any exceptional call that is received by the police on any mobile number of office number must be visible to all the public. One can then work out other such processes for all the other public services.

Flight from Bedar when Hyderabad Deccan fell to Indian Invasion in 1948

This post describes my maternal family's flight from Bedar Hyderabad at the time of the annexation of the Nizam-ruled princely state of Hyderabad Deccan by Indian forces in September 1948. 

See podcast of my mother's sister Arsalan Khatoon who was among the group that had to run empty handed with her mother, brothers and sisters. 

https://soundcloud.com/citizensarchive/arsalan-khatoon-podcast

"Operation Polo is the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the newly independent India against the Hyderabad State.  It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-ruled princely state, annexing it into the Indian Union. At the time of Partition in 1947, the princely states of India, who in principle had self-government within their own territories, were subject to subsidiary alliances with the British, giving them control of their external relations. In the Indian Independence Act 1947 the British abandoned all such alliances, leaving the states with the option of opting for full independence. However, by 1948 almost all had acceded to either India or Pakistan. One major exception was that of the wealthiest and most powerful principality, Hyderabad, where the Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII, a Muslim ruler who presided over a largely Hindu population, chose independence and hoped to maintain this with an irregular army recruited from the Muslim aristocracy, known as the Razakars." [Wikipedia]

See also:

• Sardar Mamoo - Reliance and Tawakal on Allah- Life is to give and not to take
• Traditions of Ramadan: Reflections of Past Ramadans for Rekindling
• Role Model of Forthrightness, Calm and Resourcefulness: Daud Khaloo
• Sardar Mamoo - Reliance and Tawakal on Allah- Life is to give and not to take
• Smoking and Childhood 
• Recollection of an Unforgettable Recitation of Majaz's Nazr-e-Aligarh
• Ethical Standards for writing Recommendation Letter: A Deputy Commissioner's refusal in 1943
• Family Tree of Sadat e Nehtaur: A Case Study of Compilation of Social History
• Edhi, Old Home and our Bari Bi
• Rememberance of the Loved Ones and Life
• Remembering East Pakistan: We look before and after, And pine for what is not
• Computer Revolution and Moore's Law: A Personal Journey
• Companions of Hajj: Dekh mera Zauq o Shauq (Yearning and Passion)
• Pursuit of Excellence vs Guzara: How to teach excellence through everyday examples
• Of Achars, Chutneys and Halwas: A Lifestyle Getting Lost Through Branding and Mass Production
• Secret of Happiness: One Simple Rule
• How Language Acquisition is Made Difficult for Children: Eight Lessons from an Urdu Acquisition Case Study
• Of Jungles, Streams, Berries and Wild Pink Flowers: Costs of Commercialization of Islamabad
• How to find "Buzurg" and "Wali" of Allah
• How to Sprinkle Happiness Around You: Javed Bhai (Dr Zaeem Jafri) – A Jolly Good Fellow
• Ansari Sb: Khawjgan e Chisht Ahle Bahisht
• Rauf Mamoo - How to Make People Feel Special and Close

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.

Videos

• Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms
• Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
• Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
• Angela Duckworth: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
• John Hunter on the World Peace Game
• Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes
• Sam Richards - A Radical Experiment in Empathy
• Kiran BirSethi teaches kids to take charge
• SugataMitra's new experiments in self-teaching
• Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs
• Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning
• Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
• Deb Roy: The birth of a word
• Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!
• Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are by Amy Cudy 
• Parhogelikhoge by Dawn News Channel
• Alan Kay shares A powerful idea of ideas
• Play is more than Fun 

Essential Blog Posts

These are the essential blog posts from my blog at syedirfanhyder.blogspot.com:

• How STEM and Learning is made difficult
• Why Project Based Learning? An Experiential Learning Case Study of Language Teaching
• How Language Acquisition is Made Difficult for Children: Eight Lessons from an Urdu Acquisition Case Study
• Subject Compartmentalization vs Holistic Learning: How to align with natural process of learning of a child
• Problems with Bloom's Taxonomy: Impact on Curriculum and Motivation of Students
• Education as Tazkia: Is a child like a clean slate?

See also:

For the list of all my posts on School Education, click here

For the list of all my posts on Higher Education, click here

For the list of all my posts related to PhD and Research, click here

Suo-moto judgment for Criminal Cases vs Summary Military Trials (Kangroo Courts)

I would like to invite those interested in law and constitution to comment on this post. Here I am looking at the role of Suomoto Judgment in criminal cases and cases related to corruption. I think suo-moto was originally conceived in the constitution for constitutional cases and constitutional rights cases that require immediate action where general interest of people is being violated.

How suo-moto cases of supreme court
compare with summary military trial courts

How to be a Change Leader and a Job Creator

[IoBM Orientation for New Students Sep 1, 2018]
As I look at your beaming faces, your youthful energy, and your ambitions for shaping the future of our nation and our dear country, I am filled with hope. I am sure that our future is destined to be better than our today. It is also welcoming to see that "change" and "job creation" are among our top national priorities today. Today I would like to share with you how you can be a change leader and how you can be a job creator.