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According to a news item datelined Islamabad the Press Information Department (PID) has removed 250 “dummy” newspapers and publications from the Central Media List which is prepared after Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) practical audit of each publication and further scrutiny is going on. 2...

Dr. Shahid Masood in his talk show on 01 February 2016 stated that a Federal Secretary the other day did not appear in the Court in a Contempt case. The Honourable Judge remarked that in case he did not appear again (next hearing) there was enough space in Adila Jail. Enough space had always...

Senior intellectual-anchor Mujeebur Rehman Shami stopped his co-host to start talk show Nuqta-e-Nazar on 27/1/2016. Shami desired to express his happiness and joy over a superior court Judge announcing that from now onward there would be no more adjournment on requests from Advocates and cases...

DELIVERY NOT SEMINARS 23 January 2016 Appearing in a TV talk show the Federal Ombudsman against Harassment of Women at Workplace stated that her office was holding Seminars to create awareness amongst working women. If one minutely peruses the newspapers, Facebook etc, he/she would often...

Nation since long is made fooled that so called foreign “investors” bring efficiency and excellent governance etc. The so called foreign investor so far has not brought fully even the basic initial PTCL Sale Down Payment so far . 2. My daughter recently having cleared her University was in...

“Anchors” are a new breed. In our childhood the film actors actresses were the most near to the peoples hearts. Then became the cricketers and today are the TV anchors. Number of film heroes never increased with that speed and continuity as to this new breed. Our every Anchor is invariably an...

The hottest topic of November 2015 had been the ISPR press release and presidency response thereto. ISPR showed its concern on lack of governance. Though not specifically mentioned it fingered to any governance in Sindh. Presidency immediately jumped responding how not just the governance but...

Recently retired Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja while going said that the state institutions should admit they had “not yet succeeded in providing speedy and inexpensive justice to the masses”. Our national problem is that having long served “as your most obedient servant” the dictators, after...

A civic minded father Muzammil Ahmed who definitely cares for his own children through this esteem of 15 September 2015 has cried over the looming danger hovering over a children park in North Nazimabad Karachi. This kind hearted father despite knowing that our rulers take any talk of...

My Lordship Honourable Mr. Justice Jawad S. Khawaja has by now retired as Chief Justice of Pakistan. 2. Last month our mini scree raised nation’s high hopes on his taking over for a short 24 days. Almost all our Anchors hyped forecasting that remember able national good would come during...

My wife requested the National Savings for opening an account but since every institution today is an independent state within state, it issued her the Certificates instead of Account applied for. A complaint was filed with the Federal Ombudsman the protector of citizens rights. At the outset...

Long once when our ombudsmen system had not only yet started self “reforms” and established a separate new entity viz “Pakistan Ombudsmen Forum” in establishing of which we have attained specialization, the federal ombudsman had also not yet started handling a million complaints a year. The...

There is lot of hue and cry from the business community, from their sympathizer anchors, columns on the recent imposition of 0.6% tax reduced to 0.3 seeing the power of businessmen on the banking transaction. As since 7-8 years our rulers care much for the rich, Nawaz Sharif has imposed a tax of...

By Javed - 13 April 2015 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has advised Government Ministries, Departments etc to nominate a Focal Person in their respective organisations who could take note of hater speeches etc and forward the same to PTA. For quite a decade nomination of a Focal...

Kammi Kammeen in my view are those (generally Tehreek young) who term others Kammi Kammeen. Mian Muhammad Sharif was a very pious man. I have read about him - General Ayub's return from China, his wish of small agricultural tools, Nawab Kalabagh a month later taking General to Kotlakhpat in a...

By Javed : 17 November 2014 Last week a report through “Reuters” read that Senate Standing Committee on Commerce & Textile headed by Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja has suggested to approach, invite and convince rich and businessmen Hindu, Sikh, Parsi and Christian communities which left Pakistan...

Being the most obedient servants the Mahana Amadni Account (MAA) scheme of the National Savings (NS) was closed some 12-15 years back obeying the dictates of international lenders. However, since those old time there still existed a bit self respect, it continued for those who already had their...

04 August 2014 In our beloved Pakistan our politicians, rulers and bureaucracy hand-in-glove due to their deep lasting love and kindness for the masses keep creating welfare schemes in the name of public and for the public. Though from the face such schemes look very attractive but practically...

The senior writer Naeem Sadiq in his Article 15 july 2014 entitled “A lean bureaucracy” describes his visit to a Sindh Government Office at 11.00 a.m where out of nine officers ought to have been present on their seats not one had yet arrived. I wish the learned writer takes up, just to test my...

08 July 2014 No talk show 5 days a week goes by without senior Anchor Nusrat Javed without faily telling his co-anchor Munshtaq Minhas that he (Nusrat) had done proper journalism and practical reporting. No programme of these two senior anchors get concluded unless at least once name of Sheikh...