Entries for December 2008

THE NATURE OF INDIAN AND INTERNATIONAL COERCION OF PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN’S PRESENT AND FUTURE WAR

By Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf (PTI Defence Analyst)

Before I elaborate on the existing education system, it is important to highlight the system we inherited from the British Raj in 1947. A classic example is NJV High School on Bunder Road, presently Mohammad Ali Jinnah Road. I joined the school in 1949, at that time this Sindh Government School was considered the elitist school where the cream of the crop of Sindh used to send their children for education from class 5 to 11.

My choice is road, because it’s shared by each & every person 24/7. A man interacts with other people from all walks of life once he’s on the road. And this is the time when he thinks & reacts to use this shared medium with rest of the people.

While attending the energy delta convention 2008 held in the Netherlands, I listened to the brightest minds from around the world share their vision on energy.

To achieve your own dreams it takes a lifetime but to achieve the dream of millions, it’s a feat only a few can perform in the history of mankind. And Jinnah was one of them. And to achieve that one has to rise above the fear and display courage. The ability and skills which he manifested in the process of creation of Pakistan and the fight he carried in all quarters, with reason and logic to bring the dream of a lifetime for millions of souls was unsurpassable. We will always remain in debt to this man and those millions of sacrifices.

The latest IRI survey has initiated a silent debate in academic circles. Since it has shown decrease in popularity of judicial movement as well as that of PTI, Imran Khan and Chaudhry Iftikhar.

I just wanted to bring into everyone's attention the address by the founder of this nation. I don't need to say anything, just read it and you will realize that it is even more relevent today. Unfortunately, the government and we as the citizens of Pakistan did not address any of the the problems highlighted by the father of this nation.

This small poem was written to describe the concept of status quo vs anti-status quo. It is dedicated to Imran Khan and PTI UK Team and to all who will bring a change in Pakistan and here in UK and from all quarters of this world, the ordinary Pakistanis through these tumultous times. These events will determine how strong we are and can we cope with challenges of our times and opposition brought forward.

Mr. Ansar Abbasi in an investigative news repored how "the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad has illegally awarded extra marks and upgraded the examination results of the daughter of the country’s top judge."

Mr. President your actions following the joint session of parliament are speaking otherwise & you by yourself damaging the purpose for which you are advocating time & again.

The evil of terrorism is not the religion (be it Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and so forth) but the politics.Politics when it completely ignores the basic principles of humanity, their needs and expectations. Politics when it fails to appreciate the problems and all the issues that surrounds nations be it Pakistan, India or anyone for that matter. The hidden beast which the Politics have carried within the policies of the West and its propagators to resolve the problems of the world by force rather than dialogue, through oppression rather than understanding; through acceptance rather than alienation; and through concepts appealing rather than advocating we are right and you are wrong. Pakistan has seen enough of this in its last sixty one years of existence and how all what has happened for all the wrong reasons brought a nation into turmoil..It is this he needs to understand v- the core issue and its impact and protest about it rather than being the mouthpiece for another ideology, for another half-baked solution and for another article to illustrate his ignorance and behavior which creates confusion and breeds hatred.

Those who claim the leadership of Pathan and Mohajir communities as well as the PPP have disowned that they have any hand in the Karachi Carnage.  In fact they state, that they have said this in a coalition meeting with Kalima to convince each other (they were suspicious of each other too).  Now the best thing they can do is to actively be on the streets and rush to all trouble spots and diffuse the situation.  If they do this now I am confident the tensions would ease within a day.

This poem is dedicated to Dr Aafia Siddiqi and all those innocent people product of betrayal by our own country.