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Dr Farid A Malik

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Job description of Chief Justice

Writing the job description (JD) of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) was a daunting task. As Chairman, Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), I...

05.11.2024 40

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Dr Farid A Malik

Jamandru faults

Jamandru is a Punjabi word which means ‘At birth’. Pakistan was born on August 14, 1947, with serious birth defects. Predicted survival time was...

14.10.2024 30

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Dr Farid A Malik

Technology prevails

Technology; the strongest resource of our times, is grossly mis-understood in the Islamic World. While technology produces, science consumes...

10.10.2024 100

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Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee surrendered to...

09.10.2024 50

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Qarz Mubarak!

There is jubilation all around in government circles, The IMF has agreed on a $ 7 billion loan package at 5% per annum interest rate. This is the...

03.10.2024 50

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Aaeen Saazi

It seems Aaeen Saazi (Constitution Making) is an unending struggle in the land of the pure. Perhaps the only democratic country in the world that was...

20.09.2024 10

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Struggle for steel continues

Steel is the basic building block of development. It was due to the influential import lobbies that Pakistan lagged in this vital area. In Kalabagh...

05.09.2024 30

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Selected or elected PMs?

Despite being a constitutional democracy since August 14, 1973, mass confusion prevails in the mechanism of transition of power in the Islamic...

04.09.2024 40

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Customers are missing?

The entire quality movement is based on customer satisfaction. For an organization to grow and prosper it must have satisfied customers. Mainly it was...

30.08.2024 20

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Languishing losers

The American system is based on competition. Only the ablest and fittest survive, losers are cut to size and left to languish. The United States of...

28.08.2024 20

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Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?

With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo. Once the dust settles, future course...

22.08.2024 50

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When the courts surrender?

During the devastation of WW-II Winston Churchill said, “Thank God. If the courts are working, nothing can go wrong”. When all defences failed,...

21.08.2024 40

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Moving the capital back to Karachi

To save Jinnah’s Pakistan, voices are being raised to move the capital back to his city from where the journey had started. Shabbar Zaidi, the...

11.07.2024 40

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Business & politics: highly questionable relationship

States are run on compassion not commissions and kickbacks. People come before profits. Businesses must be profitable otherwise they go under....

07.07.2024 40

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Election Commission of India saved Indian democracy?

The Election Commission of India (ECI) saved Indian democracy by holding free and fair, credible elections. While Narendra Modi, the incumbent Prime...

05.07.2024 50

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Return of the East India Company?

In the year 1874 the East India Company was dissolved. The British Parliament took direct control of the Indian Sub-continent sending home the board...

25.06.2024 60

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Our Constitution: A sacred document

Confusion prevails over the definition of state (Riasat). Perhaps Pakistan is the only country in the world that was forced to formulate four...

24.05.2024 100

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Developing the semiconductor industry

After being a part of the team that developed Intel’s Pentium microprocessor, I returned to my motherland in the year 1992 hoping to develop the...

18.04.2024 40

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