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Now the time has come to separate the growth, development, education, eradication of poverty & security of Pakistan from the politics, forever.

All stake holders in Pakistan, must immediately come forward for deciding about the direction of the future of the nation.

In this regard, it is suggest that, we should aim to bring Pakistan, to the level of Singapore of 2010, by the year 2030.

All politics & considerations should be made subservient to this target for 2030, even if we have to abolish weekly holidays for the next 20 years & reduce our daily sleeping time to 6 hours.

I am more than confident that by the dint of sheer hard work, sincerity & honesty, which is imbibed in the bones of Pakistani work force, we can surely re-build our country into the comity of 20 developed nations of the world, in the next 15-20 years.

Senate of Pakistan has passed a resolution calling writing off of entire debt of Pakistan. President, PM & Interior Minister, Mr. Rehman Malik, are on record, demanding loan write off for Pakistan. Also, Oxfam has campaigned internationally for write off of Pakistan’s Foreign debt.

However, our worthy Finance Minister, Hafeez Sheikh, has the guts to say that Pakistan will not seek debt waiver. And in fact, he is negotiating more & more loans for Pakistan. (Why stars should then be thy friend’s enemy? Huway Tum Dost Jiskay Dushman Uska Aasman Kuion Hoo.)

Security of Pakistan’s future depends in its economic growth & development. Moreover, we Pakistanis must know without any doubt, that the easiest and surest way of moving ahead, is to stand on our own feet.

Foreign aid, can keep us afloat but won’t allow us to swim. Biggest factor in any victory is self confidence. Anti thesis of terrorism is education, coupled with economic emancipation of masses.

As such, the nation must embark upon the following four point agenda, for the economic salvation of the country, without any further loss of time.

1. Request to all foreign donors for a 5 years moratorium, on all debt repayment by Pakistan.

2. 20% per annum reduction in all non-developmental government expenditures, plus total freeze in all perks paid from the national exchequer, involving foreign currency.

3. Increase in productivity & exports with liberal tax relief to industry, commerce & trade.

4. Set a target for 20% per annum increase in foreign remittances, by offering innovative incentives to expatriate Pakistanis.

The silence of  world human rights champion governments & organizations, over India’s use of brute force, is very strange and to say the least, in-human.

During the decades’ long struggle of Kashmiri people, India has killed over 80,000 unarmed men, women & children, just for their un-pardonable crime of demand, for right of self-determination.

Lately, India has adopted a new method of genocide, by killing innocent children, sick, old ladies & men of Kashmir, by holding back availability of milk, medicines & other civil supplies for Kashmiris, through the imposition of curfew, stretched as long as, 15 days in one go.

We urgently appeal, to the conscious of the world peace loving people, organizations & governments, to stand up & help the poor Kashmiris in exercising their right of self determination; to overcome this 63 year old humanitarian issue, without any further delay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many congratulations to the Pakistani nation & Mrs. Bushra Aitzaz Ahsan, Chairperson, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women`s Wing, on winning the Gold medal by Pakistani Women Cricket team in the Asian Games.

Now it is high time & I appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari, to immediately appoint Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, as Chairman PCB, for uplifting the men’s Cricket in Pakistan.

The other advantages of appointing Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan are as follows:

1. He is a non-controversial person and shall be acceptable to all and sundry.
2. He is a man of integrity with a clean reputation.
3. He possesses vast experience of man management & is an expert communicator, which are critical requirements for the job of chairman PCB.
4. He is a brilliant legal mind of international repute. This aspect will weigh very strongly in Pakistan’s favour, because ICC will think 100 times before talking or taking any non- sense decision against our cricket or players.

In view of the foregoing, I earnestly appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari to appointment Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan as Chairman, PCB.

I am sure this master stroke of the President will be very much appreciated within and outside Pakistan.

I would like to suggest  that the State Emblem of Pakistan, which was approved by the central government in 1954, needs to be slightly modified, in line with the changed realities.
 
The shield in the center of the Emblem, with four partitions, is still showing two crops (Jute & Tea, related to the then East Pakistan) along with Cotton & Wheat. 
 
As such, it is proposed that the images of jute & tea may be replaced  with another two major crops of Pakistan i.e. Sugarcane & Rice , on the State Emblem of Pakistan.

Senate of Pakistan has passed a resolution calling for writing off of entire debt of Pakistan. President, PM & Interior Minister Mr. Rehman Malik, are on record, demanding loan write-off  for Pakistan.  Also, Oxfam has campaigned internationally for write off of Pakistan’s debt.

However, our worthy Finance Minister, Hafeez Sheikh has the guts to say that Pakistan will not seek debt waiver.  And in fact, he is negotiating more & more loans for Pakistan.(Why stars should then be thy friend’s enemy? Huway Tum Dost Jiskay Dushman Uska Aasman Kuion Hoo.)

By My Late Father Syed Shahab Uddin Ahmad, former lecturer of Chemistry,  Aligarh  Muslim University during 1941-1951 & warden Sir Syed Hall.

(Kal  Kay Leay Kar Aaj Naa  Khissat Sharab Mayn)

O! cup bearer store not thy wine for the morrow,

And thus belittle the boundless bounty

Of one, Who has promised to serve on Reckoning Day,

From the Fountain Divine, to Heav’n bound souls.

Abased today why we must be, for till

The Yestermorn the haughty angles were

Despised for disobedience to man?

O! why alone the mystic songs

Our senses stun,

Lo! when the self-same notes come out

From all the reeds and wires and drums?

Age rides a galloping steed;

Unbridled and saddle-less it is,

Then who can say when it will stop?

So little of self I know, as much

Aware about others I am.

When all creations manifest the Omnipotent

I wonder, why should nurture hope

To witness Him on Judgment Day?

Probabilities on realities thrive

Like drops and waves and bubbles

Which, on the existence of the sea depend.

Her coyness is a ruse;

Thus exposed more than veiled

She is to her dear one.

Hasn’t done with cosmetics yet,

The mirror is insight always under the veil.

What we think is manifest, is yet unknown,

He is still in dreams, who is awake in dreams.

Ghalib! the scent of Friend

Comes from the Friend’s friend;

And I am engrossed in the Truth

In my obedience to His disciples commands.

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(Sab Kahan Kutch Lala-o-Gul Mayn Numayan Ho Gian)

Many a form under a mould is hid,

Only a few as a rose or tulip shine.

Even to me were known the revelries,

But with the youth have fled all these,

And now their very thought is growing dim

Like figures in the limbo of oblivion.

The corpse bearer of the universe at day,

Behind the curtains were, but lo!

At night what stirred their hearts

That they, their veils did throw.

Tho’ Jacob asked not for his son in the prison,

His eyes like holes in the walls grew lusterless.

The Egyptian queen might be displeased

With all her rivals, but was

Happy with the ladies of Egypt

As, they were lost in admiring her proud choice,

The moon of Cana’n.

Let streams of blood ooze out of my eyes

On sep’ration eve, and I will think

That candles two are lit to shed their light.

My vengeance I will take on these beauties

In Heav’n, if God turns them there to houries.

Peaceful slumber, sweet dreams and restful nights

For him are meant,

On whose shoulders thy tresses have

Scattered been.

As I wandered into the grove,

As if, a school’s teaching session began;

The nightingales on hearing my laments

Began reciting my ghazals.

O! God those gazes are piercing my heart,

Which to my misfortune

Have turned to eye lashes.

I restrict my laments and they

My heart did fill and served

To mend the tear of my neck-cloth.

I have exhausted all my well wishes

To bless the gate keeper,

Now how shall I respond

To her welcoming abuses if

At all I go to her.

The Wine’s necter for him who holds the cup,

The lines of his hands are all, as if turned

Into veins thro’ which the life blood runs.

I believe in Unity;

My religion is non observance of rituals;

When sects dissolved, arose,

Bases of pure faith.

If man becomes accustomed to grief,

They lose their pangs,

And I, in constant hardships comfort feel.

If Ghalib thus will mourn, then you beware

Desolation will spread on every place.

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(Koi Umeed Bar Nahi Aati )

All hopes elude and prospects fail,

When death must come why then these sleepless nights.

There was a time when heart I smiled away,

Now naught there is to win my smile.

I know that piety goodness breeds,

But O! the heart reluctant feels.

Something there is that holds my tongue,

Else what cannot the words convey.

Why should I not wail in anguish?

My love searches for me when my wailing stops.

The stain on my heart cannot be seen,

Nor the odor coming out of it can be smelled.

So lost in the maze of thoughts I dwell,

Not knowing ought of my own self.

I long for death to come, but woe?

It only seems to flit away.

How will you Ghalib Ka’ba face,

Ashamed of self you do not seem.

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(Naqsh Faryadi Hay Kiss Key Shokh-e-Tehreer Ka)

Whose daring drawings

The pictures are complaining of;

Each one of them draped

In paper raiment is?

Ask not about the arduous, die hard

Struggling, lonely life;

The restlessness from dusk to dawn

Is cutting like a sweet water – course in the rocks.

Behold the fervent fond emotions bursting forth!

Indeed the cutting edge of sword is found

Away from sword’s heart!!

Awareness may lay its snares

To listen to it, all along the way,

Yet, the meaning of my writings

Will ev ‘r elusive remain.

Even in confinement O! Ghalib

Restless I am, as if, tortured

By fire under the feet;

But the ring of my fetter is witness to

The heat of blazing fire.

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In order to put a full stop to the daily doze of humiliation being churned out to Pakistan by the ICC,  government must disband PCB & all cricket in Pakistan.

This will choke to death, match fixing mafia (consisting of management, players & bookies) in the country & abroad, once forever, which has defamed Pakistan & damaged its image, beyond the tolerance level of any self respecting  honourable nation.