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The Pakistani intellectuals and government functionaries must realise that the world’s worst collective economic depression of its history is not ahead, but it has already happened. It is not for nothing that the latest title cover of the magazine “The Economist” chillingly states that it was A grim calculus (The stark choices between life, death and the economy).
The adverse impact of such an unprecedented economic slump on Pakistan can only be overcome with prudent and visionary policy decisions of rebuilding our economy inside out and not through an easy way of getting more loans from IMF and other lending agencies, for which Mr. Imran Khan has an opportunity of lifetime, and that it must be realised that the future of Pakistanis can not be salvaged with BUSINESS AS USUAL.

The gravity of this economic crisis of Pakistan can be easily gauged with just one example of how Pakistan was plundered and left hollowed by the current system, owned and managed by (hardly 5 percent of population) the elite vultures, who turned Pakistan into a country only for the rich, of the rich by the rich; and in the process it (the elite class) ruthlessly plundered and badly crushed the middle class and pushed about 13 crore natives below the absolute poverty line, by the misuse of authority through SRO’s, wherein, a detailed study of losses caused by SRO’s for the Indus Consortium reckons that the cumulative losses caused by the SROs (exemptions, non-taxation of benefits given to elites) during the last four decades could come up to over Rs. 100 TRILLION. (Link:- http://www.indusconsortium.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Abolishing-pro-rich-Dr.-Ikram-Final-Study-1.pdf ).

Now again, the PM must not be mislead by the schemes of dishing out Rs.12,000 (which is actually the cumulative payment of four months @Rs.3000/PM for an entire average family of about 7 persons) where private labs and hospitals are charging about Rs.8,000/- per person for a COVID19 test.

The purpose of the above example was to remind our existing rulers, the fact that even during their about two years of governance, nothing repeat nothing improved for the almost non existent middle class and ever increasing numbers of people living below the poverty line, mainly due to the massive currency devaluation’s adverse impact on prices of daily items, rising rates of utilities bills, rapidly increasing unemployment and fast declining agricultural yields.

As such, it is high time that Pakistan must make a sea change from its elitist economy to the economic model of Riasat e Madina, whose edifice must be built on the principles of meeting the basic needs (food, health, shelter and education) of the have nots.

This aim can only be achieved, if our Prime Minister Mr. Imran Khan is ready to show the courage and boldness of “resetting” of our economic system which should be based on the cardinal principles of poors first, for which PTI government immediately needs induction of a new team which can plan, work & deliver according to PTI’s election manifesto promise of rebuilding New Pakistan, on the guiding principles of Riasat e Madina, which goal can only be achieved with immediate imposition of a full fledged all out emergency, for remodelling of the State of Pakistan‘s political, judicial, administrative and economic system on the governance model of Riasat e Madina.

In this regard, Prime Minister Imran Khan must have the knowledge that his success over his crusade against the well entrenched (stronger than the might of the State) Mafia (s) wholly depends on his simultaneous, genuine (not like formation of Task Forces) and fast track actions for the change of system which must be beneficial for over 95% suppressed population of Pakistan.

Kind Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
03219402157
Lahore.

Subject:- Way forward for Pakistan – Focus on development with apolitical decentralised governance

Respected Mr. Imran Khan Sahab.

AoA.

Sir,

The below write up titled “What next for Pakistan after Afghan peace agreement?” (Annex – A) is to invite your kind attention towards the fact that Pakistan can only move forward, if:

~ We decide as a nation to keep domestic politics freezed, for say about next 10 years: and simply focus on national development agenda, by involving the entire nation and not keeping any relevant stake holder at bay. In fact, this will put horse (development agenda) before the cart (domestic politics).

~ Involvement of entire population by authentic decentralisation, without mixing any semblance of domestic politics. Our local bodies system has inherent manufacturing defect that the cart (domestic politics) is put before the horse (development). As such, keeping this objective in view, it has been proposed in the 1 March 2020 write up titled “What next for Pakistan after the Afghan peace agreement?” to wind up the current set up of provincial governance system (in a least disruptive manner) to be be replaced with a set up of an administrative units.

In view of the fact that after wasting almost three quarters of a century in doldrums, Pakistan must now make up the lost time, without any further delay, because, it is certain that no amount of wealth or resources can develop our country, without first changing the existing decadent system, which was and is, basically designed to serve the elite, at the expense of the teeming millions, turning it into a country of ONLY the rich, for the rich by the rich.

As such, our motherland needs every Pakistanis personal contribution, by way of our intellectual involvement, in bringing a genuine CHANGE of system in Pakistan, focussed on the needs of the have-nots of Pakistan.

Warm Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
03219402157
Lahore.
7 March 2020

(Annex – A)
What next for Pakistan after Afghan peace agreement?

We must remember that behind this defeat of the 50 NATO countries alliance in Afghanistan is Pakistan (the biggest proof, evidence, testimony & symbol of their defeat is that the sole super power of the world called the United States of America was forced to sign the peace deal not with its puppet government in Kabul, but with the Afghan Taliban Organization, which USA till date, has not officially recognised).

The defeat of NATO forces and victory over of Taliban in Afghanistan war can also be measured with the statement of Dr. Henry Kissinger quoted as below:

Quote:
“ The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.” Unquote.

Moreover, the set back to the Indian designs (of sandwiching Pakistan from two fronts) far more outweighs its impact over the western countries.

For Pakistan this is a moment of retrospect and thanksgiving to Allah (SWT) Who has blessed us with the total withdrawal of the inimical forces and its operatives, from our western frontiers, which has been achieved by the supreme sacrifices of the hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis blood, under the able civilian and military leadership of the country.

Now, specially India (to safeguard its commercial interests) will need unhindered access through Pakistani land, air and sea space for connecting with the CAR countries.

Further, the CPEC has suddenly become strategically even more important, for the regional countries of Arab peninsula up to Bangladesh, for approach to CAR countries.

In view of the foregoing, now Pakistan can be truly and suddenly turned into the gateway of China and CAR countries, for the this part of the fastest developing nations of the globe.

As such, Pakistanis must UNITE immediately to minimise politics from our body politic; and devote our entire repeat entire energies to aim for the following targets in next 10 years i.e., by the year 2030.

1. 100 % literacy of the population
2. 100 % education in population
3. 100 % Polio free population
4. 100 % toilets in homes
5. $200 billion per year exports target
6. 10% GDP growth
7. 100 % self sufficiency in oil and gas supplies from domestic sources
8. Construction of dams for the next 75 year’s water & power needs.
9. 100 % villages to be provided electricity power from renewable power sources and construction of 100% farm to market metalled roads.
10. Radical reforms in the Judicatory, Police and the Administration sectors to cope with the modern day needs of the 21st century.
11. Creation of administrative units by eliminating the current governance system based on HUGE sized provinces.
    In this regard, each division should be called a unit and named as PK-1 to onwards. There should be no set up of governors and chief ministers. Rather, each unit should be governed by an elected (on non party basis at least for first ten years) person who may be called Ameer or Mayor of the unit.
    This new set up is necessary, keeping in view of the failure of all other systems and set ups in Pakistan; and considering that decentralisation (not in just name but in true sense with total autonomy of all administrative and financial powers) is the main key for extremely fast speed development of Pakistan, with the sole aim of uplifting in ten years, more than 120 million poor people from below the 2 Dollar per day income level of earnings.
    Else, no civil or military government (led by any honest, sincere and honest leader) with the current system of governance (political, judicial, Police & Administration) can ever deliver for teeming millions of Pakistan, which unfortunately are being pushed below the poverty line threshold, with the advent of every new government.
    
    As such, CHANGE is the name of the game for the survival of Pakistan, which has been unfortunately, left behind by ALL the countries of our region.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
1 March 2020

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IMF and Argentinian financial melt down.

The story of Argentina’s financial melt down reported today, as below:

[Argentina faces March deadline to Pay $ 30 billion.
Link:- https://www.dawn.com/news/1535971/argentina-faces-march-deadline-to-pay-30bn

Argentina is battling to avoid another situation like 2001 when it defaulted on $100bn, becoming a market pariah.

The country currently owes $311bn – more than 90 per cent of its GDP.

It’s hoping to renegotiate $195 billion, including the $44 billion it owes the IMF.]

is a clear warning and writing on the wall, which loudly announces that international loans are a sure recipe for financial disaster, economic melt down and bankruptcy of any nation, more so Pakistan, which is (for about 40 years) under unabated shadows of war and terrorism since 25 December 1979, when the USSR invaded Afghanistan and about which our own governor SBP said on 20 February 2020 that Pakistan stood with Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen and Ethiopia in terms of exports adding that with this trend, no country could be run successfully. The authenticity of Reza Baqir’s statement can be gauged with the fact that as on today (22 February 2020):

• One PKR was equal to 0.50 Afghani
  
• One PKR was equal to
  0.34 Sudanese pound
  
• 0.62 PKR was equal to 1 Yemeni Rial
  
• 4.87 PKR was equal to 1 Ethiopian Birr

In this regard, I have personally requested Dr. Zubair Khan [ who has approached the Supreme Court against very high interest rate of 13.25% https://tribune.com.pk/story/2159153/2-ex-imf-official-challenges-high-interest-rate-sc/?amp=1 ] to also take up the matter with IMF and the Supreme Court that although, Pakistan took IMF loans to repay their old loans, yet, IMF is charging service charges ($51.6 million over $6 billion) besides the INTEREST on its loans.

As such, Pakistan must immediately inform the IMF that under the circumstances the service charges must not be demanded from Pakistan, as a special case and in recognition of its almost four decades of sacrifices, as a front line state against the world’s war on terror in Afghanistan, resulting in almost a trillion dollars accumulated loss to its economy and opportunity costs, incurred for almost four decades, which also resulted in deaths of about seventy thousand civil and military persons and severe injuries to about three times of the fatalities.

In view of the foregoing, it is incumbent upon the world community to collectively help Pakistan, rebuild its total infrastructure, with a Marshall plan type scheme, to turn this country (which didn’t even demand overflight charges of about $400 billion from America and 49 other NATO countries in 40 years war on terror) into a bastion of peace and tranquility in the whole region, rather than again ditching Pakistan, as was done after the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Afghanistan.

“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”
— Author Unknown

Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability
“If you really want world-class success, decide today to stopcaring what other people think and keep your own counsel.Others may or may not have your best interests at heart, butyou always will. Calm down and listen to the little voiceinside and have the guts to follow it. Trust yourself and know that if you’re wrong you have the ability to bounce back.Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability.”
— Steve Siebold

Famous Quotes
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.- Malcolm Forbes
I cannot afford to waste my time making money – Louis Agassiz
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. – Unknown
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein

Motivational Stuff..!

“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”
— Author Unknown

Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability
“If you really want world-class success, decide today to stopcaring what other people think and keep your own counsel.Others may or may not have your best interests at heart, butyou always will. Calm down and listen to the little voiceinside and have the guts to follow it. Trust yourself and know that if you’re wrong you have the ability to bounce back.Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability.”
— Steve Siebold

Famous Quotes
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.- Malcolm Forbes
I cannot afford to waste my time making money – Louis Agassiz
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. – Unknown
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein

True to his reputation, Mr. Imran Khan led from the front, on behalf of the sleeping Muslim Ummah to ensure that blasphemous caricatures issue is nipped in the bud.

The greatness of a general not lies in waging and winning the war, but in achieving the objectives, without waging a war.

It is one of the traits of a world level statesman to diffuse any potential crisis, before it blows up into a problem of life and death, for the humanity.

In this regard, the whole world must be thankful and the UN Security Council should pass a resolution of thanks to the proactive leadership of Mr. Imran Khan, in saving it from plunging into a serious challenge of an highly inflammable conflict between followers of different major religions of the world.

Full marks to statesmanship of Mr. Imran Khan, for personally taking the charge to effectively serve the cause of Muslim Ummah.

Mr. Imran Khan rightly deserves the title of Khadim ul Muslameen or Khadim e Islam and also deserves Nobel Peace Prize for a great service towards the cause of interfaith peace and harmony.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

We the peace loving Pakistanis wish the entire humanity a very peaceful, prosperous and joyous Happy New Year 2017.
We wish the UNO and the world leadership will ensure that no torture is inflicted upon humanity in any part of the world by either the war mongering people/groups; and by no government perpetuate terror, as a state policy; and no humans are subjected to genocide/state terrorism in any part of the world by any means of burning homes, use pallet guns or long uninterrupted curfew.
We also request the Indian government to not to stage any false flag drama on New Year, like it did previously by the burning of a boat in the sea by the Indian Coast Guards (as admitted by the DG ICG who was dismissed later on), just to put blame on Pakistan or like the massacre of Sikhs in Kashmir on the eve of arrival of US President Bill Clinton.
Let us make a new peaceful start and let bygones be bygones.

India admits two things:

1. When the (so called) abducted Police officer told his story to his seniors they ignored his version being non serious.

2. The million Dollar question is still unanswered that how so many very heavily armed attackers entered the fortress like airbase (which probably has Indian nuclear weapons and thus has extremely high level of security) without any clash with the guards?

Now read this latest Barkha Dutt’s following NDTV story:

They Came Back To Kill Me, I’m Innocent, Says Cop Abducted In Pathankot

Barkha Dutt | Updated: Jan 05, 2016 12:55 IST

“They (terrorists) didn’t know I was a police officer,” said Punjab cop Salwinder Singh who was abducted
Chandigarh: At the heart of decoding the many lapses that allowed a huge attack on the Pathankot air force base is a senior police officer who was abducted by the terrorists that are believed to have come from Pakistan.

On the night of December 31, Police Superintendent Salwinder Singh was travelling with two other men following a visit to a shrine near the border with Pakistan. He was not in uniform, but was using his official car which was not, at the time, using the beacon that gives it the right of way in traffic.

“They were armed with AK-47s and spoke in Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu,” said Mr Singh to NDTV, amid reports of inconsistencies in his account shared with central investigators, by whom he was interrogated for six hours yesterday.

The Pathankot attack martyred seven military personnel and injured another 20 at the sprawling base where attack helicopters and fighter jets are kept. “There is nothing dodgy about what I have reported. Is my only fault that I am still alive? Hang me if I have done something wrong. I am a God-fearing man,” the officer said to NDTV.

He said that after his car was hijacked, his arms and legs were tied up and his mouth and eyes were taped. “It was dark as well, so it was hard to count how many men they were,” he said, explaining why he has provided inconsistent accounts of how many terrorists he encountered. Intel officers believe the six terrorists moved in two groups.

“They didn’t know I was a police officer,” Mr Singh said as way of explanation for why the attackers did not kill him. “When they found out who I was, they came back to kill me and warned that if I tried to do anything to alert anyone, I would pay for it.”

Mr Singh says the men took two of his three cellphones. When his gunman or security guard called his mobile, he claims the terrorists answered, saying “Salam Alaikum” (Urdu greeting). That call from his gunman alerted the terrorists to the fact that he is a cop, he said, adding that men at a check-post confirmed to the attackers that the car they were traveling in was a police vehicle.

He said he managed to break free eventually and trekked to a nearby village from where he used the third cellphone still with him to call his senior in the early hours of Friday morning. It turns out that the action that followed was grossly insufficient.

“The truth is that we did not take Singh’s complaint seriously, because his record has not been clean,” a second senior officer in the Punjab police told news agency Reuters, on condition of anonymity.

Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has said despite the information from Mr Singh, the location of the attackers was only pinpointed as Pathankot on Friday afternoon.

That was at least 12 hours after the seizure of Mr Singh’s unmarked vehicle.

One local report said the assailants dumped Mr Singh’s car 500 metres from the base. How they got into the compound is still unclear. Once inside, they burst into a guards’ mess and fired indiscriminately.