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Archive for August, 2013

Mr. PM the huge Quetta tragedy of today is unparalleled in extremely high loss to our police force in the history of Pakistan.

Kindly declare tomorrow, the Eid day, as a national mourning day, in solidarity with the families of the scores of martyred policemen and as a mark of gratitude to ultimate sacrifice of the sons of Pakistan, who laid down their lives in the way of fighting the terrorism, for our better tomorrow.

“If we dealt with our challenges and problems when they were seeds and did not allow them to turn into weeds… we would have a more fruitful and bountiful harvest in our life.”

Learn How to Lead in a Crisis

When you are leading in a time-pressured, make-or-break situation, you might wonder if you should take charge and command action or take the time to enable the innovation of others. You can do both. Here are three things to do in a crisis that are both directive and empowering:
Set a vision that instills both realism and hope. Assess the current situation and how it’s likely to evolve. At the same time, articulate the possibility of succeeding against all odds.
Bring people in. Set clear boundaries for who is on and off the core team, but invite in helpful collaborators as well. People may have to work in fluid, shifting arrangements, rotating in and out of teams as the demands of the situation evolve.
Engage. Dive in and start doing the work. Lead a disciplined, coordinated execution while also encouraging innovation through experimentation and learning along the way.

Adapted by HBR from “Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue,” by Faaiza Rashid, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard.

@nayyarahmad: @PMOIndia @nawaz_sharif @CMShehbaz @MaryamNSharif forget about peace between India and Pakistan till such time Indian establishment headed by Indian army & intelligence agencies has a vice like grip over Indian government.

Mr. PM kindly order inquiry that why PCB is paying Eid bonus to the most undeserving cricket players under most difficult and weak PCB financial situation.

This Eidi decision of PCB Chairman to dish out millions of Rupees to our most undeserving team members, may be a contempt of the IHC decision, wherein, chairman PCB is only allowed to function the day to day affairs of the PCB.

No justification after the debacle of champions trophy and ignominy of South African tour, where our team even got out for 49 runs in a Test match innings.

Beating West Indies was not such an achievement which was the second last team of the CT in UK and last team in WI, in the triangular tournament with India and Srilanka.

Even Indian team did not get any such cash award or bonus on winning CT in England and Triangular tournament in West indies.

Moreover, did we impose any penalty on our players when they abjectly surrendered in South Africa and in the Champion’s Trophy played in England, without even putting up a decent fight? Remember in the CT our team performed worst ever in the history of the CT tournament and was ranked at the last (8th) position.

PCB and the players must know that board is in a very difficult financial condition, wherein, it has been reported that PCB cash reserves have fallen down from Rs.8 billion to just Rs.2 billion.

PCB and players also must know that many international cricket boards are paying much less to their players, than what our board is paying to the Pakistani cricketers. Even in Pakistan no sports organisation is paying so lavishly to their players, compared to what PCB pays to its employees, officials and players.

In Zimbabwe, their cricket board refuses to pay for the players hotel breakfast and meals, but still their players are just playing for the sake of the nation.

As such, the PCB management is requested to immediately withdraw the Eidi cash gift notification to the players, which is absolutely a undeserving and wasteful expenditure and without any justification.

PCB has no right to play wastefully with the public money.

Moreover, as per the IHC decision, the chairman PCB can decide only the day to day affairs. Hence, this Eidi gift apparently looks a violation of the court orders and also may be construed as a contempt of the IHC court orders.

Wishing a very happy 1434 AH Eid Mubarak to all Facebook friends the world over.
Stay blessed.

“Life is just like an Ice Cream, enjoy it, before it melts”.

“Everybody in your situation has the same choice: you can rue your situation or you can dedicate yourself to changing it. Accept responsibility for your future. Refuse to complain, criticize, or condemn.”

— Mark Ford

Practice is a learning method that can lead to perfection.

“Practice is the best of all instructors.”

Publius Syrus –
Latin moralist