Progressive Pakistan

                                                              Introduction: Palestine issue manifests the deprivation of Muslims' right of self-determination. Gaza ,Israel and West Bank were once known as Palestine. The conflict between Jews of Israel and Palestinians after World War 2  led to several wars but none of them gave Muslims rights of sovereign and independent state rather clashes over religion ,borders and territory soared over the period of time. The history of Jews is no better. Anti-Semitism across the world alienated Jews ,they were considered money grabbers and racially polluted therefore they migrated to Middle East and South East Asia in search of adequate living. Zionist movement of Jews started in Palestine since 1820. In 1897 first Zionist Congress was convened b...

Overview Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) also known as One Belt ,One Road (OBOR) is a trans-continental project that connects China with Asia, Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks under six different corridors. An investment of 6-7 Trillion USD morphed global economy. China adopted "Go west Policy" because eastern China is thickly populated therefore she thought to establish economic zones in western China to boost economy ,globalization ,GDP and Purchasing Power Parity. The name BRI was first coined by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013.It was first a strategy then termed as initiative.This program is now open to all countries as well as international and regional organizations. It is bifurcated into; v   Silk Road Economic Belt v   Maritime Silk Road Silk Road Economic Belt It is the land route that links China with South Asia,South East Asia,Central Asia, Russia and Europe. Maritime Silk Road The sea route connecting coastal region...

Claustrophobic George Floyd's words "I can't breathe and don't kill me" before his death morphed into slogans of those who are up in almost 40 states and 75 cities of United states of America against racism ,injustice and fascism. The death of Floyd 46 has wobbled and challenged the system of governance in USA.Law enforcement bodies imposed curfew to handle law and order situation amid a deadly pandemic Corona.Police in most of the states has to use rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protests.Experts and analyts substantiated the unrest more critical and horrendous than the crisis witnessed in Martin Luther King's era (1955-1968). Progressives ,humanitarians and even White people of America joined agitations against structural violence,injustice and inequality across the country.Protests are also being witnessed in Canada against racial discrimination and crippled policing of USA.The american police brutality, festering the wound isnot new either.Buil...

Social and electronic media is inundated with a video in which a lady ; self-proclaimed wife of a Colonel is ostensibly outrageous on police at Hazara Motorway police check point.She is lambasting the police officer on duty to let her car pass the obstacles while in flaunting her husband's ranks.This incident sparked a raucous debate culminated in sheer criticism against whole institution of Army. The mundane apprehended and discerned the attitude of lady as superiority complex and mindset of elite that has entrenched in our society.The very mindset is contemptous towards down trodden and lower tier of our society. There is a school of thought which calls this incident a conspiracy cooked to malign the stature of Army.In accordance with this school she is lawyer by profession and wife of an advocate Farooq based in Abottabad. It is pertinent to ask whether this is the first incident where influential people either from Parliament ,Civil-Military bureaucracy or from Feuda...

"Corona Vs Pakistan" Corona is something serious having drastic perils.Unfortunately it is condoned so far.Developed countries like Germany has shut borders.Italy is striving hard to pull it from quagmire.USA has no better fate.China locked down whole Wuhan when it was spreading.Death toll in Iran crossed 1000. Where does a developing country like Pakistan stand which has to receive aid from World Bank and ADB an amount of $588m to fight Corona ?Sindh government has been doing best ,then comes Balochistan but Punjab/Federal failed to manifest readiness and Preparedness as it ought to because deaths just started.People are roaming around.Sacred Makkah and Shrine of Iran are closed but Mosques in Pakistan are open.Tablig gatherings are still held.Isnot this a crisis why no lock down?  Evidently there is a lapse while providing required equipment to doctors to pacify this pandemic.They are our saviors-the frontline.If they survive then they can give adequate treatment.They must ...

یہ کوئی ڈھکی چھپی بات نہیں کہ پاکستان کے علماء میں زیادہ تر نے اپنی ڈھیڈ انچ کی مسجد بنائی ہوتی ھے اور منبر  سے نت نیے فتووں سے عوام میں اشتعال پھیلاتے ہیں پھر جب سافٹ ویئر اپ ڈیٹ ہوتا ھے تو بلکل ٹھیک ہوتے ہیں- میری ناقص عقل کا یہ ماننا ھے کہ دین اتنا مشکل نہیں جتنا ان لوگوں نے بنا دیا ھے - دین انسان کے لئے آسانیاں پیدا کرتا ھے- ایسے حالات میں دین بتاتا ھے کہ ہم اپنے گھروں میں رہیں تاکہ کسی اور کا گھر نہ اجڑے   کچھ علماء کا یہ ماننا ھے کہ مساجد کو بند نہیں کرنا چاہے -  کعبہ ،مسجد نبوی ،مشہد، نجف بند ہو گئے پر بند نہیں تو صادق آباد  کی ایک مینار والی مسجد - لوگ جوق در جوق جماعت کے لئے جاتے ہیں ،جمعہ بھی کندھے سے کندھا اور ٹخنہ سے ٹخنہ سے ملا کے ہوتا ھے - ہم تبلیغ میں بھی اسی عقیدت سے جاتے ہیں بس چند کپڑے ،مسواک اور چپل - کرونا سے کیا ہونا ھے جہاں موت آنی ھے آ جاۓگی - کیا یہ روش ٹھیک ھے ؟  کچھ دن پہلے طارق جمیل کا ایک بیان آیا پھر بعد میں دوسرا جو پہلے سے بلکل مختلف ،علامہ جواد نقوی کو سننے کا اتفاق ہوا موصوف بھی مسجد کو بند کرنے کے حق میں نہیں- یہی لوگ ہیں ج...

"Corona & Ramadan" Happened to visit market in Saqidabad area.It was jam packed and crowded.People weren't having face masks,no social-distancing and there was a feeling as Corona is not an issue and Pakistanis will easily fight this pandemic. Ramadan asks to feel for poor via hunger but No we need to buy Fruits,Drinks and food items more than our regular consumption.Without "Samosa and Pakora" we cant break fasting.First we will take a light Iftar with fruits,drinks,dates,Kajori,Finger chips then we will have a heavy dinner.We have to eat to our full as we keep fasting throughout the day.This is something antithetical and opposite to Islamic teachings. The mundan's attitude will never let the government and authorities flatten the curve.WHO already warned Pakistan to mend it's ways to fight Corona else it will have to face the music.Meanwhile government,judiciary and heath care are not on the same page.Pakistan Medical Alliance of expert doctors alr...

Bureaucracy has three major roles to play: maintain social order, implement laws and policies framed by legislature and regulate government functionaries’ working.  It is fortified by and draws power and authority from the constitution to regulate and ensure administrative measures. Being the frontline officers to serve public, bureaucrats need to create goodwill and friendly environment for the people in their jurisdiction. At times they have to use tools to promote peace and fraternity among various segments of a society.  Sadly, in Pakistan bureaucracy had inherited the colonial legacy and over a period of time has now become highly politicised, thus resulting in misuses authority and powers bestowed upon it by the constitution. Although Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s historic speech is often recalled, but they never follow it in practical terms. In his address to civil servants in Peshawar on April 14, 1948, Jinnah had advised civil servants not to be influenced by any political pr...

Insistence on offering prayers in mosques during the pandemic, knowing you can contract a virus and spread around is something very dangerous expression on irresponsible behaviour. Does it make one non-religious or infidel if he stays at home and thinks about others who can fall prey to the virus because of him? Is a very pertinent question to ask here. Religions tell us to help others, save humanity, promote empathy and love. How come any religion allows you to contribute to spreading the virus and putting others’ lives in danger? Believers have faith in God, I do possess but my faith does not allow me to put other’s lives at stake as it is tantamount to killing humanity. Prayers and supplications are for purgation of soul, heart and conscience. If God forbid, I contract the virus by going to a mosque as we never know about symptoms till 14 days or it might be asymptomatic, am I not piling up the burden on my conscience? What if an elderly falls infected because of my obstinate piety?...

A term coined in "Aurat March 2019" against Patriarchy in Pakistan.The slogan raised has been misinterpreted by psuedo intellectuals ,who are often seen on social and electronic media stigmatizing woman's role and intersectionality. The overwhelmed feelings of chauvinist men of conservative society of ours are hurted ,their chest thumping ego plummeted as they opinionate and confine the slogan to sexual whims of women however it is broad if thought out of box.The problem is patriarchal men dont even know what is inside the box. To construe : this slogan embodies the will of women to work and utilise her phsyical strengthen in accordance with her desires.It is a NO to men who thinks women a commodity not an entity of a progressive society.It is to warn man not to throw acid on her if she rejects him.An alert not to marry anyone against her choice.A red light to a Rapist.Mera jism meri merzi is ok with a man who dresses,shaves,cut his hair as per his wishes so why is i...

Woman is the bed rock of a family system.She makes inextricable bonds through her love,devotion and courage, culminated in an institution called family.She renders her services in chores and running errands under the garb of housewife and adds her share to domestic financial structure as working woman.Ostensibly today's woman isn't oblivious of the affairs inside house and the world outside being completely antithetical to women of agricultural and pastoral society.Hence her say has become phenomenal to meet the modern challenges of life. With the advent of technology and formation of novel institutions ,she became adaptive and agile to address the challenges of contemporary era rather she has an imperative role to build an egalitarian society.She stands high on pedestal against patriarchy.Her notions cant be waned as she is now a bolstered entity.She is well aware of her rights and responsibilities.Therefore her consent is pivotal in epochal decisions of a family ,office,fi...

Corona virus is spherical in shape with a crown or corona. This virus reproduce like other viruses once it finds host. It is also called Corona Virus Infectious Disease 19 (COVID-19).It is the sixth novel virus existed in the world. Other five viruses of the same family includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-COV).It is zoonotic i.e an infection or disease that is easily transmissible from animals to humans under natural settings. It is identified for the first time on 31 December,2019 in Wuhan ,the capital of China's Huabei province and spread ed like wildfire globally as a pandemic ,2.8 million cases have been reported in 185 countries causing 201,000 deaths worldwide so far. The unprecedented pandemic  has caused uncharted and evolving crisis ,hit world economy worst than the 2008 recession.USA has witnessed depression ,more drastic than depression of 1929-30.The petroleum industry of USA is in turmoil. Many countries ac...

ہم برملا کہنے کی جسارت کرتے ہیں کہ ہمارا شیوہ رہا ھے لوگوں ک نجی زندگیوں میں بے جا مداخلت کرنا ،کامیاب لوگوں کی ٹانگیں کھینچنا، باپ دادا کی ناراضگی اگلی نسل کو ورثہ میں دینا،  چند پیسے کما کے مشہور ہونے مسجد و امام بارگاہ میں پیش پیش ہونا ،  زمینوں میں تجاوزات کرنا ، بیواوں کی حق تلفی کرنا ، فصلوں کی زمین میں مویشی باندهنا،  پراپرٹی میں خورد برد کر کے حج کرنا ،حج و زاواری کر کے مسجد کی ٹینک کے نل سے گھر کے لئے پانی بھرنا ،  غریب پہ ظلم کرنا ،مسجد اور امام بارگاہ کی بنائی گئی انجمن کے پیسہ ڈھکار کے امام بارگاہ میں قمیض اتار کے ماتم کرنا ، بغیر نماز پڑھے فقد سنگتوں میں ماتم کرنا اور نوحے پڑھنا ، خطیب منبر رسول سے جو بھی پڑھے اسپے بغیر تحقیق کیے نعرے مارنا ، پورا سال لوگوں کو تنگ کر کے گھروں سے محرم میں علَم برامد کرنا ،  لوگوں کو دکھانے نیاز کی دیگیں تبرک دینا ، سرکاری نوکری کے دوران رشوت، ظلم، زیادتیاں اور ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد تسبیح، سفید ٹوپی اور مسجد کی پہلی صف میں نماز پڑھنا -  جب ہم گناہ کے قابل نہیں رہتے تو تب ہم سب مسجد کا رِخ کر لیتے ہیں- ایسی عبادات کی ش...