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An old but still relevant letter to Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UNO

H’able Mr. Ban Ki-moon,

Secretary General,

United Nations Organisation,

New York,

U.S.A.

Dear Sir,

Your statement ( at the Major Economies Forum. L’ Aquila, Italy, on 9 July 2009. ) that we stand at a historical crossroads. Business as usual is no longer viable, has motivated me for this writing. I am convinced that the secret of future world peace, lies to a very large extent, in the total re-building of Pakistan, on the same model on which Japan was re-built after WW II.

However, this help of Pakistan will require a very well planned & concerted long term commitment of the entire world, including all the neighboring countries.

One thing is for sure; Pakistan will never improve, develop & change with the current world policy of helping it through loans & aid plans. Mainly, because this model of help is riddled with corruption, inefficiency & the vested interests of the donor countries/agencies, wherein, up to 90% of the loan amount is wasted & the poor people are forced to pay back the loans with added interest, without getting any benefit. This breeds abject poverty to the extent that increasingly people here are committing suicides on daily basis, (although suicide is strictly prohibited in ISLAM) to get relief from their economic woes. This poverty phenomenon is being easily & increasingly exploited by the terrorist organizations.

We can easily understand how gradually & steadily this area is being pushed towards extremism by the poverty, which to a large extent, is the result of the current economic model of aid/development through loans.

Under the circumstances UNO under your dynamic leadership, is the most competent & relevant organization to develop a ten year re-building model for Pakistan, which must broadly include the following strategy.

Immediate writing off of the entire foreign & domestic loan of Pakistan.

Allowing 100% duty free imports of Pakistani goods in all the countries.

Revamping of entire Pakistani educational system on modern lines.

Providing of world class health care system.

Development of world class transportation infrastructure.

Focus for development on small & medium size industry.

Development of agriculture, livestock & dairy sectors on world standards.

Settlement of Kashmir, water, Siachin & all other issues between Pakistan & India.

Building of Maximum possible dams on the river system.

Development & exploration (as per world standards) of natural resources.

Development of wind energy to the maximum potential of the country.

Development of a modern Social Welfare set up.

It is hoped that the UNO will truly live up to the message of your above quoted statement & lead the world in attacking the menace of terrorism, directly at its roots i.e. abject poverty. Moreover, the above plan may not even cost more than two years war expenditure of NATO in Afghanistan.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
Lahore – Pakistan

Strength is the ability to withstand.

“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”

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Mr. Imran Khan leaders never shy away from accepting the responsibility in their failures…!

People are getting greatly disillusioned with the leadership failure(s) of the PTI, with particular reference to the very disappointing performance of Mr. Pervaiz Khattak, CM KPK.

His blatant lie, about the DIKhan jail break incident that it was a “failure of intelligence” has proved to be the last nail in the coffin. Today, all the news papers of the country has exposed the incompetence of the CM KPK and his team, by revealing that the entire KPK government machinery was informed three days in advance, about the imminent attack on the DIKhan jail. Not only that, but the CM KPK’s shameless and blatant lie that this jail break was an “intelligence failure” was also thoroughly exposed.

Now the question is, who in the entire PTI is going to apologise firstly, with the intelligence agencies and secondly with the nation, for this demeaning statement of the KPK CM? Not accepting responsibility and not apologising gracefully is timidity. A timid person can be a ruler but he can never be a leader.

If I was Imran Khan, by now the CM KPK would have been dismissed, irrespective of the consequences of the fall of the KPK government.

Now a stage has come where even the credibility, image and reputation of Mr. Imran Khan is on stake, just because of this nincompoop KPK CM. If he fails to act today, it will be the end of his own credentials, as a leader, worth his salt.

Moreover, if Mr. Imran Khan fails to rise to the occasion now and immediately, PTI may well see the consequences of the leadership failure, in the results of the coming by-elections.

The proof of pudding lies in its eating.

Mr. Imran Khan leaders never shy away in accepting the responsibility of their failures..!

People are getting greatly disillusioned with the leadership failure(s) of the PTI, with particular reference to the very disappointing performance of Mr. Pervaiz Khattak CM KPK.

His blatant lie, about the DIKhan jail break incident that it was a “failure of intelligence” has proved to be the last nail in the coffin. Today, all the news papers of the country have exposed the incompetence of the CM KPK and his team by revealing that the entire KPK government machinery was informed about the imminent attack on the DIKhan jail, but the CM KPK had the audacity to shamelessly say that it was an intelligence failure.

If I was Imran Khan, by now the CM KPK would have been dismissed, irrespective of the consequences of the fall of the KPK government.

Now a stage has come where even the image and reputation of Imran Khan is on stake. If he fails to act today, it will be the end of his own credentials, as a leader, worth his salt.

Moreover, if Imran Khan fails to rise to the occasion now and immediately, PTI will see the consequences of the leadership failure, in the results of the coming by-elections.

The proof of pudding lies in its eating.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

If ever PTI went drowning to the bottom of the sea, the one and only person responsible will be the CM KPK.

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan

Optimism is having the most favorable outlook.

“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”

Maori proverb –