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An advice to the government of Mian Nawaz Sharif for avoiding the pit falls of the privatisation.

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

AoA.

Sir,

Please note that privatisation should not be done in such a way, which will not GENUINELY increase the national wealth.

I mean that firstly, in payments of the government’s sold assets, money must not move from just one bank to the other bank, because It will NOT make any ADDITION to the national wealth.

Money must come from abroad, so that NATIONAL WEALTH genuinely increases in sale of the state owned enterprises (SOE’s).

For this to happen, all payments must be made to the GOP in foreign currency.

Secondly, the modus operandi of payment should not be based on the FACILITY to the buyers of the national assets, for making payment in instalments.

This system has the built in fault, of allowing the buyers of the SOE’s, to pay the instalments of the purchased assets from the pockets of the general public, by just increasing the prices of their products or services.

Such privatisations are a NET loss for the public and the nation.

Hence, these types of payment terms must not be allowed to be included in the privatisation deals.

We should also not forget the lessons of the highly dubious PTCL deal, in which the 10 years old outstanding payment of $800 million (which must be worth now $5 billion), by the ETISALAT Telecom, is still due to the government of Pakistan and the telecom company is enjoying the benefits of the default.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad.

An advice to the government of Mian Nawaz Sharif for avoiding the pit falls of the privatisation.

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

AoA.

Sir,

Please note that privatisation should not be done in such a way, which will not GENUINELY increase the national wealth.

I mean that firstly, in payments of the government’s sold assets, money must not move from just one bank to the other bank, because It will NOT make any ADDITION to the national wealth.

Money must come from abroad, so that NATIONAL WEALTH genuinely increases in sale of the state owned enterprises (SOE’s).

For this to happen, all payments must be made to the GOP in foreign currency.

Secondly, the modus operandi of payment should not be based on the FACILITY to the buyers of the national assets, for making payment in instalments.

This system has the built in fault, of allowing the buyers of the SOE’s, to pay the instalments of the purchased assets from the pockets of the general public, by just increasing the prices of their products or services.

Such privatisations are a NET loss for the public and the nation.

Hence, these types of payment terms must not be allowed to be included in the privatisation deals.

We should also not forget the lessons of the highly dubious PTCL deal, in which the 10 years old outstanding payment of $800 million (which must be worth now $5 billion), by the ETISALAT Telecom, is still due to the government of Pakistan and the telecom company is enjoying the benefits of the default.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

ICC’s 3 Idiots.

The big three.

An excellent letter published by the daily “Dawn”.

BY virtue of the constitution the ICC had the privilege of being the ‘world state’ of cricket. All confederating powers as full members, vesting their authorities with the ICC to ethically and equitably govern the affairs, promote cricket the world over.

Unfortunately, over the years the poor working prompted the mandating of Lord Harry Woolf, the former chief justice of England and Wales, to review the governance of the ICC. His recommendations disdainfully discarded so much meat for the mites.

The latest autocratic overreach of the Big Three, sponsored by the ICC, will deliver a severe blow to the body of the ICC. It prompted Lord Woolf to remark ” … if implemented, the ICC would cease to be a global governing body…”

It shall have abrogated its right to rule cricket. It shall die its death and the world will witness the birth of a divided order splitting cricket forever with disastrous consequences.

Fakir S. Aizazuddin

Karachi

Secret of happiness..!

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.

Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.

Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with eachother, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.

At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.

Now each one was asked to randomaly collect a balloon and give it to the the person whose name was written on it.

Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.

The speaker began— Exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.

Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness.

And this is the purpose of human life.

Is this not what you are looking for?

Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she
died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.”

Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.” I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?” “Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.

Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.

Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe.
He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny
and unhealthy.
Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating.
The first thing the man said was, “We can share it.

I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- “Dad, can I play baseball?” He said “You’ll never know until you try.” When I was a teenager, I asked him, – “Dad Can I become a
surgeon?”. He replied “Son, you’ll never know until you try.” Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!