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Top Mayors of the World
While the domestic media continues to sing the praises of Mustafa Kamal (and he deserves a lot of praise) for his #2 ranking by Foreign Policy magazine, bad reporting is in play. If you check the ratings that were issued by Foreign Policy magazine, you will find that Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of the great [...]
Failed States Index 2008
Foreign Policy Magazine has released their new “Failed States Index for 2008” ranking countries based on specific criteria. Pakistan has placed 9th. What is interesting to me are the graphs that have been included to support the fact. For example, the powers of Parliament in a failed state: Sphere: Related Content
KESC Rewards Incompetence By Punishing Karachi
Naveed Ismail, CEO of KESC Pakistan, refuted this story from The Nation and other media outlets in a press conference this morning. His statement is that “he works for a public limited company and his salary will be printed in the annual report. But the reports of the salary are much higher than he actually [...]
Pakistan: A Country on Fire – Ayesha Siddiqa
The bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on 20 September 2008 has hit Pakistan hard. The reputation of the hotel as a meeting-point and social hub for the capital’s political and diplomatic class ensured that the attack – which killed fifty-three people and wounded 250 – would receive the maximum worldwide publicity that the [...]
Colour Me lndian – Mohsin Sayeed
Aishwarya Rai with her annoyingly plastic and butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-my-mouth (although bigger and more solid things would) smile blowing at us. Abhishek Bachchan with a cat-who-just-licked-the-cream satisfied smile lying seductively in a big circle. No, no, this is not about the wedding or their post-marital relationship, which has been discussed and printed ad nauseum. Because we also [...]
The Identity Crisis
While the bigger questions such as our raison d’etre and existence make thinkers around the planet engage in discussion that brings history and culture to life, there is a more important question that intrigues me. Our identities are our visual and sensory barcode amongst the array of humanity. Traits specific to our upbringing and cultures [...]
The Many Good Things
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. The many [...]
Proud to Be Here – The People of Pakistan
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. Proud [...]
As They Do It In Our Part of The Globe
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. As they [...]
Positives Where Criticism Reigns
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. Positives where [...]
Money = Respect
When the majority of your populace is only mildly educated, it’s quite easy to fall under the spell of money. Those who have it are in positions of prestige, power and (what we think) success. Those who have it are also able to wield unstoppable power over government officials, industry leaders and politicians. Thus, those [...]
We Are Not Pakistani
“A Nation Without Heroes is a Nation without hope.” When you look around the world, every country has heroes that children look up to, that mould their characteristics as a person. Can you think of your childhood heroes? Can you think of the people that you model yourself after as an adult? Why did you [...]
Gora Complex
This dates back, from what I am told, to the time of the British Rule of India prior to Partition. The British were colonial masters, draining the Subcontinent of its riches and resources, and relegating the Indian to the status of servants. From that point onwards, there has been a Gora Complex. The Gora Complex [...]
Self-?
When you combine No National Identity with a Gora Complex, it becomes fairly easy to understand why most Pakistanis have little to no self confidence or self worth. Now, this should not be confused with professional arrogance. Demanding a salary is not the same as demanding respect, as the latter is more difficult to achieve. [...]