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A New Pakistan?Mirror ,mirror on the wall!

2013-05-01T19:45:00.001+05:00

11th May 2013 will be a very important day for Pakistan. Its political stewardship may show immense promise and focus or if the state succumbs to violent opposition to its system there maybe doom or gloom. Pakistan Tehrike Insaaf led by Imran Khan ex cricketer turned politician has struggled 17 years and made a party mainly of young followers who want change and are sick and tired of same old

A Mother's Prayer...Maa Ki Dua.

2013-02-26T08:10:00.000+05:00

Poem by Meherzaidi Aye Allah Parwardigaar Pak Rab Meri nanhi si gudrya sada sukhi rahe Aye hamd ke haqdaar Paalenhaar yeh naari har aanch se bachi rahe Eishwar sab ko deney waaley Is ke bhojan mein koi na kami rahe Har Qismet ko chamkane waaley Meri gudriya sone chandi mein sajee rahe Aye merey Paak Rabb e Ghani Meri gudriya har dam sada sukhee rahe (This poem was written in Urdu,Roman

Land Reforms In Pakistan;Akhtar Ali describes the issues.

2013-02-07T10:23:00.000+05:00

http://www.brecorder.com/articles-a-letters/187:articles/1150829:is-land-reform-off-the-menu-i/?date=2013-02-06

Pakistan Happenings..A Hot December.

2012-12-16T01:25:00.002+05:00

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. Richard M. Nixon As the first cold wind blows in Karachi after a winter shower and warm december, the shocking news of an attack on Peshawar airport is on television.The Tehrike Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has accepted the attack with a complicated name mentioning sending the infidels to hell in Arabic as reported by Salim Safi on Geo News.

A Red Rose For Saveeta Parveen..Abortion Issues In Pakistan.

2012-11-23T19:22:00.001+05:00

An Interactive Article by Dr Meher Zaidi The news that caused heartbreak was the preventable death of Saveeta Parveen ,a dentist in Ireland, beloved wife and a young woman full of life. She was denied abortion by hospital authorities in Ireland and after death of her fetus died. Ireland does not permit abortion and this obstetric emergency which should have been handled medically once again

Child Marriages In Pakistan.

2012-11-19T23:03:00.001+05:00

An interactive article by Dr Meher Zaidi Pakistan faces many legal and moral challenges. Child marriage is one such issue which has to be taken seriously if it wants to justify itself as a modern, progressive state. There are many issues which make this more complicated. According to religious scholars and almost all Islamic schools of thought, child marriage is allowed in Islam. There is no

Salam Malalai...Salam Girls' Education.

2012-10-12T18:53:00.005+05:00

http://nyti.ms/Q2QyEu

The State of Civic Bodies in Karachi and Lahore.

2012-09-12T15:12:00.000+05:00

By Dr. Meher Zaidi. The recent fire accidents in which 22 and 21 people were burnt alive in factories located in Karachi and Lahore respectively, speaks volumes of the neglect and insensitivity on the part of public officials and civic agencies officials to the safety and life saving measures for the workers and workplace.http://dawn.com/2012/09/12/at-least-63-

Pakistan Happenings...Of Local Government Elections,New Alliances & Karachi.

2012-09-08T11:33:00.000+05:00

As the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) reach accord for a new Local government ordinance, the other political parties like the Awami National Party(ANP),Muslim League ,Functional (ML-F) which are coalition partners of the PPP government in Sindh are opposing this ordinance.The local government has been successful in Karachi & Hyderabad, two cities governed by

Ending Hunger.

2012-09-05T21:28:00.000+05:00

http://youtu.be/twGev010Zwc http://www.endinghunger.org/en/educate/green_economy.html

Minorities In Pakistan, A reflection in the mirror?

2012-08-18T03:44:00.000+05:00

http://tribune.com.pk/story/180431/a-question-of-faith-repeal-blasphemy-law-or-make-it-flawless/ http://tribune.com.pk/story/422933/hate-crime-legislation/ http://tribune.com.pk/story/407850/visualising-a-tolerant-pakistan/ Today as I write there has been a bomb attack on a bus in Karachi in which one is reported dead and ten injured, on a bus carrying Shia students for a protest rally in favor

Controlling Narcotics In Pakistan.

2012-06-26T10:34:00.000+05:00

Controlling Narcotics in Pakistan. By Dr Meher Zaidi. Ministry of Narcotics control, government of Pakistan writes in its advertised section in newspaper today that it has devised a National Anti- Narcotics Policy and the 5 year drug Control Master Plan will be implemented. Mr Javed Iqbal emphasizes that all this will be done with international and local stakeholder support.organisations like

Pakistan Happenings..Who Will Bell the Cat Species.

2012-06-19T21:27:00.000+05:00

"I'm not okay and you're not okay, and that's OKAY" Elizabeth Kubler-Ross As I fall down into the abysmal abyss of the Pakistan politics and pseudo-media world I hear voices all around. My head spins as a viewer, spectator and a mere female thing. "In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane" Leo Buscaglia So to keep sane I try to see in front in a straight line. "To

Pakistan's Ostrich People.

2012-06-10T10:27:00.000+05:00

Akhtar Ali's writes in his "Mirror Mirror on the Wall article" http://www.brecorder.com/articles-a-letters/187/1198747/ that "Three steps could reduce budgetary deficits, theoretically speaking; reducing military expenditure, taxing agricultural incomes and reducing waste, inefficiency and profligacy in government. It is the last one which government could have done with relatively lesser

Issues in Governance by Akhtar Ali.

2012-05-30T12:06:00.000+05:00

Akhtar Ali writes in Business Recorder on Issues in improving governance in Pakistan. In part 1 he gives a very humanistic and pragmatic outlook . He writes "A good governance system is expected to be effective and efficient in overseeing, guiding and regulating economic activity and social development, with democracy, consensus, participation of the people, in a transparent manner, keeping

Issues in Constituency Delimitation in Pakistan.

2012-05-28T09:13:00.003+05:00

Akhtar Ali in his bold and candid article in the Business Recorder newspaper discusses the issues and solutions of constituency delimitation in Pakistan. "Holding of census is a constitutional requirement and the honorable Supreme Court has also not taken any notice. Word goes by, that the delimitations' basic work was done by the security/intelligence agencies, which usually have all the data

Women & Children of Lyari..Children Of A Lesser God.

2012-04-30T10:01:00.000+05:00

Dr Meher Zaidi. (An interactive article). Residents flee Lyari (DAWN). Armored personnel carriers hand grenaded, heavy assault weapons used mercilessly, three apparently non-criminal youth lying dead on roads, a school teacher injured by bullets inside her home later dying in hospital, children crying and hungry with sounds of heavy gunfire reverberation in background, sounds familiar? Or

Pakistan Happenings...An April's Foolery.

2012-04-25T17:56:00.001+05:00

Pericles This last week of April, Pakistan stands at crossroads where the Pakistan Peoples Party once again will have to choose a noose.Either way it will suffer tremendous losses apparently but will again emerge triumphant and more popular after some years of repression.What is it that keeps this party so popular with the masses? In history it will be counted as most loved leaders, Zulfikar

The Future Roadmap For Pakistan Peoples Party.

2012-02-22T11:41:00.000+05:00

The Future Roadmap For Pakistan Peoples Party. Dr. Meher Zaidi. Pakistan Peoples Party was formed by Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in Lahore in 1967 after Pakistan and India 1965 war.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was elected its Chairman.According to Fakhar Zaman, . Among the express goals for which the party was formed were the establishment of an "egalitarian democracy" and the "application of

Pakistan Happenings:Privacy, Civil Liberties, Media Ethics, Morality,Medical Ethics.

2012-01-25T01:06:00.000+05:00

Friedrich Nietzsche believes that we have to assess the value of our values since values are relative to your goals and yourself. He emphasizes the need to analyze our moral values and how much impact they have on us. The problem with morality, according to Nietzsche, is that those who were considered “good” were the powerful nobles who had more education, and considered themselves better than

Pakistan Happenings :Women In Political Pakistan.

2012-01-19T11:08:00.001+05:00

Women In Political Pakistan. An interactive Article By Dr Meher Zaidi Pakistan has entered the middle of the 21st century ill prepared and poorly armed to face the gigantly immense challenges facing its polity, political future and economic well being. Its literacy rate not being improved as much as it should have been. The quality and quantity of education has not been up to a standard

Pakistan Happenings...The Gas And Electricity Riots.

2012-01-03T12:13:00.002+05:00

The Gas And Electricity Riots; Failure of stable policy inputs.Dr Meher Zaidi. Due to shortages of gas and electricity , both for industrial and domestic users, rioting has erupted in many cities of Pakistan. The violent demonstrators are burning public and private transport. This is ominous for future investment in Pakistan as both national and foreign investors will hesitate. It seems that a

The Young Benazir Bhutto.

2011-12-27T08:28:00.000+05:00

Benazir Bhutto , the clear foreign policy leader. Benazir Bhutto was a political leader of Pakistan whose charm and charisma swept the people's vote towards Pakistan Peoples Party in elections all over the country. From Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's dynamic, populist political legacy to Benazir Bhutto's determined thrust towards democratic people's rule we see how this young, Oxford educated leader

The Memogate Conspiracy:The Emperor's New Clothes!

2011-12-02T01:01:00.000+05:00

Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do So says Christopher Marlowe. As all hell seemingly broke lose in Pakistan in the Hussain Haqqani "Memogate" affair many a clothed people appeared nude. Bereft of the clothes of modesty and fairplay, their ugly inner selves showing grotesquely.Whither honor, whither shame. We in Pakistan as a society appear to be paranoid, delusional, amnesic. We forget the

Pakistan Happenings..Attacks In Autumn.

2011-12-01T01:18:00.000+05:00

Pakistan Happenings..Attacks In Autumn. Twenty four jawans and officers killed tragically in morning attacks on 25th November, 2011 by NATO forces from across the border. The commander says it is being investigated. No submission of guilt or regrets . The female anchor Sana Buccha grills the commander again and again as to what punishment will be given if it was an individual act. The