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The condition of Indian Muslims in the light of the Chief Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee Report
The condition of Indian Muslims in the light of the Chief Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee Report
Out of 180 million,these are the tokens that lay claim to fame in Bharat. Each one of them has a story to ell on how discriminaated he or she felt
In a rare moment of integrity and honestly the Indian government actually commissioned a very senior member of the Bharati judiciary to investigate the condition of Indian Muslims in Bharat. After much ado the seven-member Sachar committee Report, was headed by former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajindar Sachar. The other six other members Shri Sayyid Hamid, Dr T.K. Ooman, Shri M.A. Basith, Dr Akhtar Majeed, Dr Abu Saleh Shariff and Dr Rakesh Basant.
The study commissioned by Bharati Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh in March 2005, gathers dust on the bookshelf of the Indian Lok Sabha where it was presented on 30 November 2006. Various efforts to implement the recommendations of the Sacahr report languish in the corridors of power in Delhi. The Sachar report reveals the appalling state of 150 million to 180 million Muslims in India.
It clearly dispalys that in the socio-economic and educational fields the Muslims lack behind because of blatant discrimination. It concluded that the status of Indian Muslims is worse-off than the Dalits and the Adivasis (tribals). In urban areas, the report shows that Muslims mostly live in slums characterized by poor municipal infrastructure. In the rural area they eek out a subsistence level living at par or below with Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Re-instatement of The Chief Justice
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The Reinstatement of The Chief Justice
Precisely a few years ago, we heard the big News, that the chief justice has been reinstated after a tough fight between the lawyers, public and the administration. We witnessed scuffles amongst groups, and police, and there was a lot of stone throwing, arrests, and baton charge. There were many who claimed the responsibility of the reinstatement even the current government who had to do it reluctantly submitting to the
public pressure, a brutal media campaign, and a constitutional carnage. Once again the
millions were give a hope while we all were on the verge of a civil war (as the media projected it, and the international media blew it that time, most of us has even forgotten all
this due to the current crises), and our enemies were penetrating our borders.
The first paradox of the Chief Justice [imbroglio] was that where one General (Pervez Musharraf) was accused of maligning him, another General (Kiyani: who happens to be working under the same General for the same General and was his close confident) was
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hailed for reinstating the ousted chief justice.
The second paradox was and is, that all this popular struggle was initiated by leading lawyers, constitutional experts media specialists, and politicians (in their case it was purely for political gains) for settling certain matters and not just to restore a man on a seat, however we saw a lot of compromises after the CJ was restored and now the nation
is said to be again in the hands of wrong leadership, and on the verge of constitutional, and political collaps. Including all this, the leading hero of the struggle Barrister Chaudhry
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Aitzaz Ahsan, who became very eminent among the revolutionist of the time suddenly got disappeared from the scene (probably due to his relationship with the ruling alliance on one side and the kind of anti-govt. anti-administration relationship with the CJ pro mob on the other). Aitzaz wrote in his article,
”The chief’s reinstatement was finally achieved after another year of struggle spanning countless rallies, sit-ins, protest meetings, and two eventful Long Marches.”
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However in short we didn’t witness any popular gains from this popular movement, and the exhausted groups who went their homes with a hope that the Judiciary will challenge the statuesque and the unjustified rule of the corrupt elite, are still waiting for the CJ and his council to take some real action than just hope.
I think we shall reconsider asking questions about this popular movement, seek an analysis of it and its impacts on our perception of democratic norms, expectations from those who led us into it, and those who are responsible to us after sacrificing for them as a Nation, Individual, and activists.
The Movement must not be lost. Let the lawyers and the Nation be together again in Nation building, and creating a better system of check and balances, allowing none to rule over us but to serve the National cause.
The article projects my personal views, and is based on limited knowledge. However as a common citizen these are the questions that always hovers around my mind.
1. What did we achieve of this whole movement?
2. Were the national expectations from these heros of the movement addressed in reality?
3. How can we shape more effectively our future struggles that it bear the fruit we intend and not whatever it produces?
4. How can we effectively communicate our expectations across disfferent pressure groups, state departments,and organisations to promote our national purpose than propmoting third party agenda?
5. How should we react to the future call for such movements?
(The article will be updated and edited further)
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Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak
to some today to some tomorrow
London: First of all Eid Mubarak to all of my regular visitors and non-regulars, and people who either didn’t had a chance to visit my blog, or deliberately ignored to visit (come on guys you really need to read my post).
We were hoping the Nation will this time celebrate a One Nation Eid, but like any other Eid this Eid also couldn’t escape from the hands of Mufthi Munib, who solely holds the authority to confirm whether the moon has been sighted or not, even if more than enough people has already seen it communicated their ‘Shahad’a” and has the support of all zonal committees.
One of the famous saying was again on display in media that Pashtun has a separate moon and the rest of the country has theirs, a display of politicizing even the ‘moon sighting’. I think the statement should have been that ’ the whole world has one moon, but Mufthi Munib owns a personal moon which always completes its cycle around the earth a day later than the one seen by the rest of the world’. Surprising isn’t it?
A few year before the same controversy obscured the moon sighting meeting (RHC) when one of the prominent Aalim was about to declare that the moon had been sighted and Mufthi sahib was seen on camera snatching the microphone from the committee member to refrain him from the anouncment. probably all of us has seen Mufthi sahib taking the matter in his hand declaring the committee as a kitchen cabinet where one NO is powerful than 10 YES.
I think a dignified man would prefer to step down from the chairmanship considering the every time controversy fatal for his career….but Bili Ke Gale Me Ghenti Kon Bandhe Gaa?
The Balochestan Dilemma!
Follow me on twitter
Follow me on twitter
The more I live the more I learn, and I learn it consciously with a will and deep desire for learning. That’s why I have so much to share and indeed you all have more than me to share with me and the rest of us arround you, so I was thinking why not we share it more often, more accurately and with more ease through every available mean in a way that it never let us find an excuse that why we missed it.
There are so many people whom I have met and who I meet every day at work, on my way to work, in the library, on the train, but they don’t even know my name (well, some of them might know excluding them), the purpose I want to serve and ways they can contribute to me and others and neither do I know their names, about their life, troubles, and so much about them where I might be able to help them. And all this has created in me a huge vacuum for knowing more people, learning about them, what they strive to achieve, and what they want me to do for them or their goals.
This wasn’t the case in past, I was too choosy or picky, and always looked in to people for things that were not explicit so I missed even sharing with common things, and now I realise how many beautiful and simple things I have missed…OMG I am in loss.
So hey from now on I want to know about you, like old days, remember ‘Pen Pals’. Well you can reach me through email, may be through blogging, may be through twitter, or any other way, but don’t miss out like me…..I missed a lot I am telling you. Even though I invested in phone, international calls, websites, still I have never spoken to some of my loved ones, teachers, school friends, people living on my street in Pakistan, and so many…there is no count. And you won’t believe what hurts more, I had their names email IDs, cell numbers addresses etc. but every day I told myself I will call them, email them, or contact them tomorrow, and that tomorrow never comes. Some of them or most of them might have changed their cell numbers, email ids etc.
How would I explain it, it’s more like a nice song that you heard long before but then as you didn’t listen to it for a long time, you have a vague memory of its melody, and you are searching it on YouTube, and you try every familiar phrase, search through every lyric that you have ever known and every time you squint your eyes and look more closer at your computer screen biting your lips and cursing your self inside that how can you not find it. Every friend and every one arround us is like that sweet melodious song! never ever miss it.
Indeed I am the first you need to seize….Follow me on Twitter
The world stands aside to let pass the man who knows where he is going
The world stands aside to let pass the man who knows where he is going.
The unfortunate thing is that none of us realize this fact due to our promptness to the apparent opposition and our ignorance of the secret submission of many who oppose us in the first place. The story with the wind of change in Pakistan is something like this. The wind of change is always strong when it starts blowing but it may not sweep everything in the first blow; change also needs to absorb and feel the strength of the resistance offered in its way; so that it can re-muster its potential and reassure its existence. Our national struggle has suffered a lot such resistance yet it grows stronger every year and has always shown us silver lining in the dark clouds created through anti-Pakistani media. We shall realize that we are not the only nation suffering from weaknesses and that we definitely are a nation recovering from the wounds of history. The major element that will play a crucial role in our success is sticking to the bright side while on the way to our total recovery. And indeed one day we all will witness that the price we paid and the opposition we suffered wasn’t a vain attempt..
The fabricated uncertainty about our norms
The main stream media has always created uncertainty for the nation in order to achieve its short term goals while serving an undefined purpose. Indeed we cannot ignore the important role of media; however we shall not let media become a major influence on us particularly the portion of media that influences our cultural values and tries to redefine our cultural boundaries. Otherwise one day we will remain nothing but the Xerox copies of cultures to whom we don’t even belong, we will start taking pride in things immoral to our original code, and we will start denouncing our own cultures…
Uncertainty, reaction expected and over reaction
It is quite common that when in hot waters one disparately looks for good news and comforting literature however one must be aware of the poisonous dagger hidden in the sweet words of the writer. It has been a common finding with a major portion of our society that when bombarded with cheap electronic and print media, specially news that has promoted uncertainty amongst our nation, most of us lost our hopes and showed very strange attitude towards our national institutions and different circumstances that prevailed. The most affected of our nation was our youth influenced on one side by the extremist elements and on the other side over taken by the secular preachers, leaving them uncertain and confused with their original identity and national manifesto…
The question arises what should be our plan and how should we react in such extreme circumstances in future.
Democratic Norms and how we might perceive them
The Dilemma of our perception of Democracy and its Norms
In an ignorant world, Democracy means a License to say foolish things whenever one wants to say, a license to degrade others while one thinks one has acquired freedom of speech, and a license to torch others’ properties while one think one shall enjoy equal rights.
However in the minds of learned and wise democracy is the tool invented for the people who use their intellect before they act, utter, or even light a candle. The issue is not with acquiring or snatching ones rights, the issue is what duties are bundled with the package of rights one has acquired and snatched and whether one is in a position to respect and perform those duties. Let’s not forget that those duties are the rights of someone standing nearby you.
One thing more when these rights acquired and these duties performed belong to the nation and state exclusively the phenomenon is known as Patriotism.
Pakistan Zindabad and everyone within its boundaries Paindabad
India must be compelled to resolve all outstanding issues and handover all wanted criminals to pakistan
India must be compelled
to resolve all outstanding issues and handover all wanted criminals to Pakistan
“There is no point is just talking to Bharat (aka India)–that has been going on for six decades. If Bharat is interested in any meaningful discussions it should resolve Sir Creek, and Siachin immediately, stop cross border support for the TTP and the BLA, banning the terror groups Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, and the RSS and those types of organization, handing over Colonel Prohit, Mr. Adhvani and Mr. Thackery who are wanted for crimes in Pakistan and Bharat should immediately cease pogroms against Muslims in Mumbai and Gujerat. These would be good Confidence building measures for starters.”
Pakistan may use the following useful cards;
1. Her links to the Central Asia and EU through roads and rail.
2.Her new pipeline projects with Iran and future pipeline projects with China.
3.Her strategic participation and membership in ECO, SCO, and other South Asian Countries
4.Her future strategic role in the development of Afghanistan
5.Her brotherly relations with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and the future prospects in the region.
Pakistan shall not let India benefit from any opportunities unless She commits herself to the resolution of all the above issues, and must not fell to the stall and irrational excuses of India.
will be updates soon for full story.
Needs of the Pakistanis for a Digital Pakistan
Needs of the Pakistanis for a Digital Pakistan
DIGITAL PAKISTAN
The first step towards a “Digital Pakistan” is the establishment of goals for the next five years, the next ten years and the next generation.
Past US presidents established the goal to build a network of roads, railroads, and a goal to reach the moon. Other presidents established goals to place all documents on the internet.
If we do not have a vision we will never be able to get there. A Digital Pakistan is the vision of the next decade and beyond. Each successive generation can and must establish a vision and then work hard to achieve it.
This is one version of the “Digital Pakistan” that is the right of the next generation.
NEEDS OF THE PAKISTANI NATION
Without a lot of ceremony, here is a list of requirements of the Pakistani nation:
1. For our role in the proxy wars of the past century Pakistanis deserve the following. Here a bill to be handed over to “the powers to be”.
2. We want Bullet Trains running from the Karakorum’s and beyond to Gwader and beyond.
3. We want a modern train system and underground railways for our cities.
4. We want Water and sewage lines in our major cities and our towns and villages.
5. We want 1000 proper schools for our children and we want $100 million
6. 2500 brand new world class hospitals. $ 1 Billion million.
7. Compare to the USA: (Total Number of all U.S. registered hospitals: 5759
8. Total staffed beds in all U.S. registered hospitals: 955,768
9. Teach Urdu, English, Farsi, Arabic and Chinese in all schools. Also optional languages Punjabi, Kashmiri, Pahari, Hindkoh, Saraki, Pushto, Baluchi, Brahvi, Sindhi, Darri, Potohari. $ 50 million
10. We want 500 modern libraries spread all over the country. Build a library larger than the one in Alexandria. $250 million compare to 117,378 libraries in the USA
11. We want a Motorway system to link all cities of Pakistan, North and South, East and West. $10 billion
12. We need 10 new major airports linked by High Speed Trains. $10 Billion
13. We want 50 million “$100 computers” for Pakistanis in Urdu and all local languages. $100 million
14. We want “kachi abadis” to disappear from our cities. We want to see skyscraper and government housing for all the poor who can be used for labor to build the building. $ 5 Billion
15. We want 100 power plants to eliminate the shortage of electricity in the country.$ 500 million
16. We want 5 major dams and 100 minor dams to prevent the acute water shortage in the country. $ 500 million
17. We want 100 ships for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation so that Pakistan can become a major sea faring nation able to handle the trade. $ 5 Billion
18. We have to quadruple the yield for our Cotton, Milk and Wheat production benchmarked against the USA, Australia and Canada. $1 Billion
19. Get ship load of Sri Lankan teachers to eliminate illiteracy in Pakistan. $ 10 million
20. Get boatloads of Malaysian manufacturers to setup electronic manufacturing in Pakistan
21. Get train loads of Koreans to build 10 new planned cities in Pakistan. $ 10 Billion
22. Get a plane load of the Swiss to build world class ski resorts and amusement parks and develop our archeological sites as wonders of the world. $ 2 Billion
23. Get busloads of Chinese to build industrial parks in Pakistan. $ 10 Billion
24. We want to reclaim millions of acres of desert in Baluchsitan for our future generations. $ 3 Billion
25. And Oh! Yes Northern Areas are part and parcel of Pakistan not to be bartered away to anyone. Don’t even think of giving up Kashmir!
26. Does this list look expensive? Not really. The cost of all this is in the league of $38 Billion that was offered to Turkey for transit rights into Iraq, which the Turkish parliament turned down. Even if it double or triple that amount, we deserve it.
27. Pakistan’s largest Park Ayub National Park is today a moth eaten park. General Ayub Khan stole half of it for golf. Other military orfficers and others took portions of the park and build their homes. The park needs to be restored to its original boundries and all illegal construction needs to be demolished. Vast areas in Balauchistan, the Norhtern Areas, Punajb and Sindh need to be designated as Pakistan National Parks on the lines of the US National Parks. No construction would be allowed on the large national parks.
28. Development of Horticulture: Pakistan has the means to develop the production of roses and other horticultural materials that can be exported in frozen format to countries in Europe and the US. The flower market is a multi-billion Dollar market and needs to be expoited.
29. PTV needs to be revamped so that it can provide information and entertainment to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. If Al Jazeera and Press TV can do it, so can Pakistan.
30. Pakistan needs to actively participate in Clinical Research Trials which is a multi-billion Dollar industry.
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Was Ghandi a great leader or a failure?
Was Ghandi a great leader or a failure?
“The 109th Congress of the United States of American condemned him for his racism, and the Nobel Peace prize Committee criticized him for his war mongering, and requesting the Government of Bharat (aka India) to wage war on Pakistan. That telegram according to the Nobel peace prize committee clinched his dumping.”
I use to be a fan my self, and tried to aquire his biography, and quotes, however I found my self out of waters when I read the detailed article on www.rupeenews.com by Moin Ansari, with references from books and newspapers.
The sad thing is that though Indian themselves, US, and English historians has criticised Ghandi’s character for so many reasons; and even Ghandi himself confessed of his being a failure, failed to influence the current Indian leadership to give up the anti-Pakistani struggles and find a solution to this long enmity, resolve the Kashmir dispute, and stop middling in the affairs of neighbouring states. Moreover the current leadership will once again fail if it didn’t realise how important it is to abolish the prevailing caste system and promote Human Rights while considering the right of self determination of different states in India who are fighting for freedom.
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Barking Dogs Seldom Bite, Gen. D. Kapoor
Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
His (Gen Deepak Kapoor) remarks don’t show Indian Capabilities but do express Indian fears of defeat in South Asian Affairs
It is not his first time, and surprisingly such a qualified General couldn’t understand to weight his remarks before passing them on to his emotional listeners and media. There are two possible assumptions that one can make.
First that General Kapoor is not mature enough to guess what are the chances to win such a war, and whether it would depend on India to end the war(as termed by India ‘a limited’) or on the countries in defence position who are not only capable of thwarting such an attack but are capable of causing serious damage by engaging enemy on multiple war theatres. And
The second is that General Kapoor is aware of these facts, but is pressurised by the anti-Pakistani and anti-Chinese lobby in the defence ministry. This argument can be further certified by the recent speech of Indian defence minister who rejected the assumptions that India has the capability to wage a war against Pakistan while presenting solid and classified proofs in the Indian congress.
General Kapoor’s frequent remarks doesn’t even sound serious any more, and it seems that he just says such things to keep his bosses happy, and enjoy the promised prerogatives while being in his office. After all the Generals in his neighbourhood has always ruled the nation, and were famous around the world for their leadership skills and diplomatic competencies. Any one in his position will like to be famous particularly when he is in such a neighbourhood.
However General Kapoor should remember that such warnings might initiate primitive strategies on the other side of his country borders. And before even any of his stall strategies are brought in operation he finds himself engaged in a mess that then he cannot put straight.
A General’s job is to protect his nation and guard there interest; not to put them in danger by provoking civilise enemies while showing them green gardens of post war prosperity.
UPDATES
And the Gentalmann retires
I think after his comments the pressure mount to a level that couldn’t save the Genral’s position and he had to retire with whatever reason he could.
iPhon blogging experience
iPhon: A blogging experience
In the current race of technology and the advent of smart phones the decision of buying a smart a phone has become so much important that I had to call my service provider more than seven time making sure that the phone I get has all the required functions and fulfil my blogging and networking needs as a computer with wi-fi might do.this decision even took me to the O2 shop in the busiest time of my academic career where I am head to toe busy in my assignments thAt might decide the fate of all three-year hard work. After visiting mobile phone shops and researching online i found iPhone again the only one that can fulfil my needs. However what scares me is the huge applications that I might wanna explore while making a cup of tea, and my history of burning tea-pot is so trodden that I don’t disqualify the possibility of burning more pots than before. Further I am worried about getting around London, as my past is full of wrong destination due to Reading on trains and buses. I always realise after crossing two-three station and finishing the chapter that I have missed my station. Thus iPhone will for sure make me repeat my mistakes and give me a chance covering them with my habitual excise that I was doing some thing good or beneficial. You won’t realise I have typed this post on iPhone unless you notice the spelling mistakes, however I still need to re-assess my decision as I don’t wanna generate potential possibilities of burning our house down.
Wake Up
Why is ”HOPE” important for our national integrity?
The vitality of ‘HOPE’ to our National Integrity
Don’t be hopeless my dear people, the storms will soon be over and our valleys green again, however we shall not forget how hard our enemies hit us, and how hard it was to bear the global harassment and discrimination of every form. If we are the children of our land and we do believe in ourselves we will realize our ideology we will not only recover from the trauma of statuesque but will give back in return peace, prosperity and hope to the falling nations of the world as our ancestors did. We always had great chances of success than failure, we just kept on taking our chance….it’s time to change now!
Suleman Hadi
Why is India scared?
Why Is India So Scared?
Since 14th of August 1947 India is playing every of its card to somehow come up as a Regional Power either by proving that it is much more powerful than Pakistan, the sole Nuclear Islamic Power, or boosting about its defence and economic capabilities to shoulder itself with China. However in its overall propaganda against Islamabad and its weak campaign to deter Beijing and confine its influence in South Asia and Fareast every move that India had made had propagated a message of hatred, power hunger, and its fear of the past experiences of failures and self intoxication. All this can be seen not only in the speeches of Indian Prime Ministers and other public figures but has also been woven in its electronic media, entertainment and film industry financed and supported by Hindu radical organisations. Been scared India on the front shows its deterrence capabilities but behind the scene is mourning the interstate war on resources, liberation movements, and freedom movements which are further worsen by the level of poverty and ignorance prevailing across most of the country.
The article will be published in detail soon. Thanks for reading.
further read ”Pakistan thus won the war without firing a single shot. Now Bharat is going to put more emphasis on covert actions–stuff that RAW is already doing in Baluchistan and FATA” by Moin Ansari
گلزار ہست و بود نہ بيگانہ وار ديکھ
گلزار ہست و بود نہ بيگانہ وار ديکھ
گلزار ہست و بود نہ بيگانہ وار ديکھ
ہے ديکھنے کي چيز اسے بار بار ديکھ
آيا ہے تو جہاں ميں مثال شرار ديکھ
دم دے نہ جائے ہستي ناپائدار ديکھ
مانا کہ تيري ديد کے قابل نہيں ہوں ميں
تو ميرا شوق ديکھ، مرا انتظار ديکھ
کھولي ہيں ذوق ديد نے آنکھيں تري اگر
ہر رہ گزر ميں نقش کف پائے يار ديکھ
Its Time To Send UN Peace Force to Afghanistann
The withdrawal of NATO Forces from Afghanistan is in US benifit
The failure has been witnessed since the very first entrance of the NATO forces in Afghanistan in the form of Civilian Massacres, high collateral damage, and the current situation in the northern areas of Pakistan, which is feared to worsen further after the arrival of more US troops. After witnessing human loss on such a large scale in both the neighboring countries, the failure of the armed campaign, and the current suicidal attacks on every day bases, most of the influential think tanks, famous public figures, policy makers and military strategist suggest only one solution to the troubled region of South Asia, “The withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan”.
For further inquiry read;
Senator says Afghan forces, not US, key to success
by Suleman Hadi
The illegality of drones
The illegality of drones
By Dr Tariq Hassan
“The US does not have any legal right to launch missile attacks on Pakistan through drones or otherwise. Under international law, it is only entitled to self-defence pursuant to Article 51 of the UN Charter which preserves ‘the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations’. This limited use of force under Article 51 is an exception to the general prohibition prescribed by Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.”
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