Sunday, August 25, 2019

Far From the Madding Crowd, Hardy and Me

Today I got off from the board meeting early and my flight was in the evening. I had a few hours to kill with nothing to do. I chanced upon a YouTube video snippet of Bathsheba Everdene and Sergeant Troy's sword scene of 2011 remake of Far From the Madding Crowd. I didn't like it at all, there was no mystery, no suspense and no thrill that I remember experiencing when I first watched the scene in the original 1967  British movie starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Peter Finch and Terrance Stamp. Knowing me, YouTube presented the Terrance Stamp interview recorded just before the remake. He had played Sergeant Troy in the 1967 BBC movie. The interview opened a flood of memories flashing across my mind of the various times of my life when i had seen the movie and the times that I have read the book. It brought to my mind my struggle to derive meanings of various scenes. My first viewing was at a time when I had limited understanding of what was happening as our exposure to the themes discussed in the book were not discussed openly in my time. The book itself dealt with these themes in a roundabout manner making it difficult for school boys to fathom. I first saw the movie around 1977. I started going through the various scenes being presented by YouTube and connecting them with my earlier stage. Terrance stamp was saying that the original 1967 team involved in the movie consisted of luminaries of British Film making and were the who-is who of the British cinema. He predicted that it would be really difficult for the remake to break the spell weaved by the original. How true was that:

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Forthright and Courageous Gentleman-Col Raza Kamal at KIET

Col (r) Raza Kamal from 17 Baluch (2 Sind). A thorough gentleman and a great colleague. His commitment and dedication as Director College of Management Sciences at PAF KIET was exemplary. I had a long 10+ years association as Dean n Vice president of PAF KIET with Col Raza Kamal. It started during KIET's initial years at Korangi Creek Base Campus. I had joined in Feb 2001 after leaving IBA. This time was about six months after KIET had moved to its PAF Base campus from its city campus location on Shahrah e Faisal. The campus had been vacated by CBM. KIET got the contract with PAF after after obtaining the charter. 

Col Raza had been with KIET since its inception in a Sindhi Muslim Society Banglow in 1997. When I joined PAF KIET, he was HoD of Management Science department. HoD Computer Science department was Mr Adnan Manzoor. A few months later there was a change in higher management and Air Commodore Khalid Husain took charge as the President from Mr Adnan Arabi. 


Sunday, August 11, 2019

Dynamic Role of Abstract in Guiding the Flow of Writing of a PhD Dissertation

Abstract is the first thing in a dissertation that is read, and is often the last. A dissertation is at most read by 1.6 people from end to end, including the author [1]. PhD dissertation is written to enable a researcher to find all information necessary for replicating the results and understand the thesis. Hence, the detail. However, most readers are only interested in finding out a few items about the research which are typically provided in the abstract. These include the problem statement, thesis statement, contribution, and significance. Details of what a dissertation should contain has been amply documented elsewhere. In this post, I will discuss the role of abstract in guiding the flow of PhD Dissertation during its writing stage. 

Islamabad Think Tanks Running Out of Options: Tanks without Think

[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions]
"Think-tanks" have yet again run out of options when IK exclaimed in the joint session of parliament:
ہم کیا کریں؟ کیا انڈیا سے جنگ شروع کر دیں؟
This indicates No "think", only "tanks"! It is pathetic that there are No out-of-the-box thinkers!



Is there a severe قحط الرجال and dearth of thinkers in scores of Islamabad "think-tanks"? Do these think tanks only consist of visionless ex career bureaucrats and ex generals whose distinctive qualification is often their career promotions based on a system that only rewards obeying orders diligently? What great distinguishing accomplishments of enterprising, creative, innovative breakthrough and out-of-the-box ideas in successful execution do they have in their testimonials?


They stand blinded, listless and clueless the same way they stood after 9-11 when threatened by US, and capitulating on a single call from Assistant in State Department.

  • اسلام آباد تھنک tanks میں قحط الرجال: 
    sycophants جن کو جنگ اور آدھ گھنٹے کے مظاہرے کے درمیان کوئی out-of-the-box اسٹریٹجی نہ سوجھی
  • PTI Think Tanks:
    معیشت میں 4 مرغیاں و 1 مرغا، کٹے سے شروع ہو کر IMF تک- اب diplomacy میں جنگ سے شروع ہو کر آدھ گھنٹہ مظاہرہ تک


Government Spending, Keynesian Economics and Pakistan's Economic Slide in 2018-19

This issue was the beginning of the start of destruction of economy. So many apparently sane people people lost it through his charisma.
We need to take a hard look at how criticism for the sake of criticism destroyed the "development" cycle of Pakistan's economy. Development expenditure on flyovers, metros, motorways etc increases the money circulation, which increases the disposable income of people, which increases the GDP, which increases the growth, which increases the tax/revenue collection of the government, which increases the "development" expenditure. This cycle was destroyed by IK and his uncouth advisors. This is macro economics 101. Take any first level textbook of economics and turn to chapter on Government Spending and growth. Grand Tabdeeli: For the first time in decades our debt is more than our GDP. A two pronged attack on economy (1) destroy GDP, (2) increase debt by the Economic Hitmen of IMF.





From Atiq Rehman's wall:
The economy, which is growing at 7%, doubles its size in 11 years. If the economy is growing at 3% then it needs about 25 years to double, while the economy growing at 1% will double in about 50 years.
Our growth rate had reached 5.8% but thanks to Tabdeeli, we everted the growth momentum back to its natural value. We are currently being counted among the slowest countries in South Asia. If this is the case, Bangladesh's income would have doubled after 8/10 years. and we???
To say the growth in Pakistan was 3% but let's look at a few facts
1. In 2018-19, 4% of Pakistani GDP was paid to banks as interest payment. The interest paid for interest in 2019-20 accounts for 5.7% of GDP. Earlier, payments to banks were 3% of GDP in 2017-18. The addition in GDP that we see, goes to banks as interest payment. Therefore, the increase in GDP for the public is almost zero.
2. The population growth rate is about 2%. Thus the increase in per capita GDP is negative
So after seven to ten years, countries like Bangladesh will have doubled their production and Pakistan will be cited as eample of depreviation and backwardness instead of Ethiopia

Imran Khan's Criteria of Fascism and Treatment of Opposition

[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions]
Our Honorable Prime Minister Imran Khan in the recent joint session of Parliament on Kashmir's annexation by India, reminded the MNAs and Senators about Hitler's fascism and Nazi Party. He explained fascist governments are those that "drive opposition to the wall'. IK reminder comes as Déjà vu in the situation we confront. Thank you IK for reminding Pakistanis about Nazi Party's Germany: Hitler-Modi's Fascism: 1)Imprison all opposition, 2)Total censorship, 3) Dreaded SS & Gestapo agencies, 4) Forced disappearances:

How to Deal with Personal Criticism by People

Consider the posts like these running around on social media:
"If you're skinny, you need to gain weight.... If you're fat, you need to lose weight. If you smoke weed you're a druggie. If you drink, you’re an alcoholic. If you get dressed up, you are vain, If you dress down you've let yourself go. If you speak your mind, you are rude. If you don't say anything, you're snobbish. If you are sociable, you're a party animal. If you keep yourself to yourself, you’re detached. If you are young, you are immature, if you're old you're dispensable.

YOU can't do anything without being criticized. We live in a society where people can't survive if they're not judging the next person. Love me or hate me, but you will never change me. Get to know people before judging them. Let's build each other up. We are all doing the best we can, in the same game called life!!

If you're proud of who you are copy and paste this with a pic of you!!"

Sunday, July 28, 2019

I'm OK, You're Not OK: My Government is OK, Your Government is Not OK (Corrupt)

I am OK, You are not OK: I am (my government is) OK, you (opposition) are not OK (corrupt)
This refers to Harris' acclaimed book "I'm OK, You're OK" (psychology, self help to help people grow out of childhood into adulthood: 
It discusses the psychology of a child as it grows up to become an adult. The mental state of a person can be explained using these four states: (1) I'm OK, You're OK, (2) I'm OK, You're not OK, (3) I'm not OK, You're OK, and (4) I'm not OK, You're not OK.

Neocolonialism Objectives for Third World Countries like Pakistan

[To understand the context of this post, please read At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions]
Work in Process:
خبردار جو ایمپریس مارکیٹ کی طرح ٹھیلے/پتھارے سے حلال روزی کمائ! انہیں تباہ کر کے تاجِ برطانیہ کا طمطراق واپس لائیں گے: کالے انگریز

ٹیکس چور deserve کرتے ہیں!
آٹوموبیل سیکٹر میں اربوں کے خسارہ کے بعد مہینے میں دس دن کام بند، ایک شفٹ بند، ڈیڑھ لاکھ ملازمتیں ختم

Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2019

آج وطن پرستوں سے مکالمہ
"یہ افغانی ہمارے ملک کا کھاتے ہیں اور سپورٹ افغانستان کو کرتے ہیں۔"
"تماری طرح وہ بھی اللہ کا دیا کھاتے ہیں، اپنی تقدیر کا کھاتے ہیں، کوئی کسی کے حصے کا نہیں کھاتا۔ اللہ کی زمین پر رہتے ہیں، تمہاری ملکیت پر نہیں رہتے۔ جب کوئی پاکستانی برطانیہ، آسٹریلیا، نیوزی لینڈ میں رہ کر وہاں کی شہریت لے کر پاکستانی ٹیم کو سپورٹ کرتا ہے تب تمہارے پیٹ میں مروڑ کیوں نہیں اٹھتی؟"
"لیکن یہ غدار ہیں، یہ ہمارے ملک میں دھشتگردی لائے، منشیات لائے۔ ہم نے ان کو پناہ دی اور یہ اب بھارت کے حواری بن بیٹھے۔"
"دھشتگری امریکی جنگ سے آئی جسے تم اپنی جنگ کہتے نہیں تھکتے ورنہ اس سے پہلے افغان سرحد تمہاری سب سے محفوظ سرحد تھی۔ طالبان تمہاری دوست حکومت تھی جو افغانستان میں امن قائم کر چکی تھی، منشیات کی کاشت ختم کر چکی تھی۔ تم نے نیشنلزم کے نام پر اس دوست ریاست کی بلی چڑھائی اور جب اس کے نتیجے میں امریکی نواز حکومت قائم ہوئی اور اس کا جھکاو بھارت کی طرف ہوا تو تم نے اپنے گریبان میں جھانکنے کی بجائے افغانیوں کو غدار قرار دے دیا۔"
"جاو یار! یہ قوم تو ہے ہی ترقی اور امن سے نفرت کرنے والی۔ اس قوم کو لڑنے کے علاوہ آتا ہی کیا ہے۔ ان سے جان نہیں چھڑائی تو یہ ہمیں بھی پسماندہ کر چھوڑینگے۔"
"لڑائی کی جس صفت کو تم تذلیل کی نظر سے دیکھ رہے ہو یہ صفت تاریخ میں تماری محافظ رہی ہے۔ جس قوم کو تم پسماندہ سمجھ کر تحقیر کا نشانہ بنا رہے ہو اس قوم نے پچھلے ہزار سال درجنوں ریاستیں قائم کی ہیں۔ غزنوی، غوری، خاورزمی، تغلق، لودھی، ابدالی، خلجی، ہندوستان اور وسطی ایشیاء میں اسلام کی تشہیر و حفاظت کا بڑا سہرا ان افغانوں کی اس ہی دلیرانہ صفت کے سر ہے۔ مراٹھوں سے تمہاری جان چھڑانے، برطانیہ کی وسطی ایشیاء میں توسیع روکنے، کمیونسٹوں کی کمر توڑنے میں انہی کا خون ہے۔"
"او جاو یار! میں یہ سب نہیں مانتا۔"
"تمہارے ماننے نہ ماننے سے حقائق تبدیل نہیں ہوتے، صرف تمہاری کم علمی اور تعصب ظاہر ہوتے ہیں۔ تم دوست اور دشمن کا فرق بھول بیٹھے ہو۔ تم امت کا تصور اور تقدیر پر ایمان بھلا بیٹھے ہو ورنہ تم وطن پرست نہ ہوتے۔"


Finally would you believe the founding father Iqbal or some 5th Generation media campaign

Can Corruption Problem be Solved by Hanging a Few Thousands?


کیا 5 ہزار کو لٹکانے سے کرپشن سے نجات ملے گی؟ انقلاب فرانس 40 ہزار مارے، انقلاب روس 20 ملین مارے: کوئی افاقہ،  بہتری، حل نہ ہوا!
1. Nations that forget history are forgotten by history. History tells us that mass killings, mass purges, indiscriminate hanging of suspects has never solved any problem for any nation. Whether it was French Revolution in 1789, or Russian Revolution in 1917, or Iranian Revolution in 1979. Several despots has tried this recipe and have failed miserably.

2. We in Pakistan must remember that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

3. Also note that 60,000 were killed in Iranian revolution + millions killed in Iran-Iraq war imposed by USA as a revenge for revolution. Nothing got sorted out.

4. I first wrote about sentiments of hanging people and French revolution years ago  in the blogpost during Panama Case when they were clamoring for retribution with off-with-their-heads slogans.

See other posts on Corruption: 

  1. Can Corruption Problem be Solved by Hanging a Few Thousands?
  2. Can Corruption be Eliminated by Hanging a few Thousands through Panama Case like Judgments
  3. Corruption is a cause or symptom of Government Inefficiency- Challenge for Imran Khan
  4. Covey's First Habit Advice to Proponents of Corruption Eradication First 
  5. How Corruption is being Eliminated in Pakistan since 1950s: Corruption as a Ruse to Maintain Status Quo
  6. How to Eliminate Corruption in Pakistan: Simplicity and Transparency of Bureaucratic Procedures
  7. It is not corruption but incompetence and inefficiency that is the fundamental problem of third world countries 

Booby Traps Inserted in 1973 Constitution by DoN Godfathers that Perpetually Keep Pakistan in an ICU Emergency

Doctrine of Necessity (DoN) godfathers have inserted booby traps in the 1973 constitution that strangulate and throttle the elected governments in their functioning and also keep on exploding every few years keeping the country perpetually in an ICU emergency. The moment an elected government reaches a stage where it can start asserting the will of the people, a booby trap explodes plunging the country in to uncertainty and hopelessness. Since my childhood in early 1970s, I have experienced being in mortal fear of the country disintegrating. I am told that the same fear of disintegration and dismemberment has characterized the existence since independence.

This post reviews the history of three such provisions inserted in the constitution of 1973 by dictator General Zia through the machinations of Jadoogar of Jeddah Sharifuddin Pirzada who has the dubious distinction to be the legal architect of MLOs, PCOs, MLRs and other intricate insertions in the constitutions such as 58(2)b, 62(1)f, 183(4) and others of the ilk. Pernicious influence of such booby traps are only now being recognized by the elected lawmakers, who originally thought that they are donewith the dictatorial alterations once they got rid of 58(2)b.

  1. Gen Zia
  2. Junejo
  3. BB1
  4. NS1
  5. BB2
  6. NS2
  7. Gen Mush
  8. Yusuf Raza Gilani
  9. Raja Ashraf
  10. NS3







Covey's First Habit and Depression

Worry about the things that are in your control. Don't worry about the things that are not in your control. This is Stephen Covey's First Habit from his highly acclaimed book 7 Habits of highly Effective People. What this means is that we need to have the mental capacity to block worring about the things that are not in my control and shift the focus to the things that are in my control. 

This wonderfully expressed and portrayed in the famous quote referring to "I wouldn't think of things that are not in my control today" because those are in my circle of concern about which I can't do any thing today. "I would only think of them tomorrow. Because tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara makes this resolve at the height of disappointment when she reaches her palatial house Tara to find that the strength and support she was looking for in her household, and her father is all gone as related to the plight in which the rich found themselves after the civil war ended as depicted in Margaret Mitchell's famous book/movie "Gone with the Wind". This resolve points out that I want to be fresh tomorrow to focus on how to bring things in my circle of concern into my circle of Influence. I will start by only focusing and working on things that are in my control. This will expand my circle of Influence and the consequent expansion will eventually encompass things that were previously only in my circle of concern. This expansion will bring them in my control.

Depression is a state in which we keep on thinking about the things that are not in my control and about which we can't do any thing. This saps our energy as we keep going round and round thinking about things of which we do not have any convincing solution. We only get depressed when we keep on thinking about things that are not in my control (that is,  those which are in my circle of Concern). And we don't convert the things which are in my control in to action items that can be completed in specific time frame. 


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
  1. 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. 
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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. 
  5. 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
  6. SAEEDUDDIN HYDER, SYED - (1) Syed Wahiduddin Hyder Nihtaur - Bijnor (2) 20.3.1907 (7) B.Sc. 1927. Elder brother of Rashid uddin Hyder
  7. 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. 
  8. 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). 
  9. 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. 
  10. ZAHEER HAIDER, SYED- (1) S.Zamir Haider (2) 20.8.1922, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A.; B.T.
  11. 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. 
  12. AKHLAQ AHMAD, SYED- (1) S. Rashid Ahmad, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.T. 1941.
  13. AKHLAQ AHMAD ZAIDI, SYED- (1) S. Ashfaq Ahmad, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (3) 1932 (7) B.A. 1934.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. KHALIDA HYDER, SYEDA- (1) S. Naseeruddin Hyder, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 8.4.1926 (7) B.A. 1946; M.A. 1948.
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. FARHAT AFZA ZAIDI, S.- (1) Syed Habibul Hasan Zaidi, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 2.1.1941 (7) B.A. 1961; B.Ed. 1966.
  21. HAMIDA ZAIDI- (1) Syed Mustahsan Saeed-Nihtaur- Bijnor (2) 27.3.1928 (7) B.A. 1946.
  22. 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.
  23. «IBNAY ABBAS- (1) Syed Nazeer Abbas, Nihtaur, Dt. Bijnor (3) 16.10.1911 (4) III Year.
  24. 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.
  25. IJMAL MEHDI, SYED- (1) S. Iqbal Mehdi, Nihtaur, Dt. Bijnor (2) 1.7.1942 (3) 25.8.56 (7) B.Sc. 1964.
  26. 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.
  27. ISHTIAQ AHMED, SYED- (1) Syed Rashid Ahmad, Nihtaur-Bijnore (2) 3.5.31 (7) B.Sc. Engg. 1951.
  28. KHURSHID IQBAL- (1) Iqbal Mahdi, Nihtaur (7) B.A. 1956, B.Ed. 1960.
  29. MANZUR AHMAD, SYED. – (1) Syed Ali Asghar, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 5.12.1905 (7) B.A. 1927; B.T. 1930.
  30. MAQSOOD HOSAIN, SYED – (1) S.Tajammul Hosain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 11.3.1907 (7) B.A. 1929.
  31. MASOOD HUSAIN, M. - (1) S.Tajammul Husain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 16.10.1902 (7) B.A. 1926.
  32. MASUDUL HASAN, SYED. - (1) Syed Mahmudul Hasan, Nihtaur-Bijner (7) B.A. 1925; M.A.1936; LL.B.1937
  33. MAZHAR HASAN, SYED. – (1) S. Mehdi Hasan, Nihtaur (2)17.5.1909 (7) B.T. 1939, M.A. 1948.
  34. MOHAMMAD AHSAN (1) Mushtaq Hussain, Nihtaur-Bijnor (2) 10.6.1924 (7) B.A. 1945.
  35. MOHAMMAD AMIR MASUD (1) Mohd. Amir Husan, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 13.3.1922 (7) M.A. 1943
  36. 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.
  37. MUTI-UL-HASAN, SAIYED (1) Saiyid Mohd. Rafat Husain, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A.1926
  38. NASIRUL HASAN ZAIDI, SYED (1) S. Nazeer Hasan (2) Nihtaur (Bijnor) (7) B.A. 1920 (10) Retired Tehsildar U.P
  39. 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
  40. NISHAT PARVEEN ZAIDI, SYED (1) Syed RAzauddin-Haider Zaidi, Nihtaur (2) 8.7.1941 (7) B.A 1963 B.Ed. 1969 (Bijnor)
  41. 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.
  42. SAFIA WAHEED - (1) Syed Abdul Waheed, Nihtaur (Bijnor) (2) 14.4.1938, (7) B.A. 1960.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. SUFIA KHATOON, SYEDA – (1) Syed Abdul Waheed – Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 21.3.1929 (7) B.A., 1949 (10) Pakistan.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. ZAHIN AHMAD NAQVI, SYED-(1) Syed Aqeel Ahmad, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 1.1.1944 (7) B.Sc. 1965.
  51. ZAIR HUSAIN, SYED- (1) Ahsan Husain, Nihtaur, Bijnor (2) 3.7.1907 (7) B.A. 1932; M.A. 1950. Karachi.
  52. 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. 

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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:
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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.
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[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.

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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.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

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.]
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    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.

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    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...