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Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Our Heroes on September 7th, 2010
Mir Ibrahim Rahman has joined the distinguished ranks of alumni awarded the Robert F Kennedy Public Service Award from Harvard University, one of the top centres of learning in the world.
“Mir is the first Muslim and only the second individual from South Asia to have received this Award. The Award is considered the most prestigious honour for students of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and is presented to those who have not only made a mark in the past for their distinguished public service work but also excelled in this field during their educational career at the university. The committee that selects individuals to be honoured comprises senior professors of the institution.”-IAP
MIR’S SPEECH AT HARVARD
Being the grandson of the founder of the largest circulated Urdu newspaper of the world, I remember (when I was in 2nd grade) asking him why he put me in an American school – a quite novel and somewhat controversial move in Pakistan at the time. My grandfather smiled,
FLOOD VICTIMS’ RELIEF, NOT ANOTHER MONUMENT WITH PUBLIC MONEY
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Articles on September 2nd, 2010
To all Pakistanis who care – please take 2 minutes out of your time and sign this petition against the use of Rs.1 billion of state funds for the building of a monument to Benazir – demand that funds be used for helping our 21.6 million countrymen who are suffering the worst conditions. We need that money to help build Pakistan, and we need signatures – please circulate to all Pakistanis that you know!
Click this link: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/flood786/petition.html
Benazir monument plan approvedBy Syed Irfan Raza
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government has approved the Benazir Monument Complex plan that will be constructed through taxpayersJF-17 Thunder fighters
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Defense on September 2nd, 2010
Chinese planes will make a
India among 55 most corrupt countries
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Articles on September 2nd, 2010
A Commentary on Corruption in IndiaThe difference between the people of India and Pakistan is their perception of national corruption. Pakistanis make no bones about corruption in all walks of life. Pakistani media shines the light of investigative journalism on corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, media men, feudals, and industrialists. Even, retired generals are taken to task for real or perceived suspicions of corruption.Pakistanis beat their chest and rightly blame corruption for national malaise and bad governance. They are constantly debating this issue, as the number one national problem. This debate has reached a crescendo,since the accession of the usurper, Asif Zardari. He belongs to the Crooks Hall of Fame (along with Marcos, Mugabe, and Baby Doc). He is also”endearingly,”known as Mr.Ten Percent (this may have changed to Mr.Fifty Percent) by the global press.Indians on the other hand see corruption everywhere in India, but are either hypocrites or in a constant state of denial. They do not consider civil malfeaseance as a national issue. The jingoistic nature of Indian hindu psyche prevents them from recognizing rampant bribery, nepotism, and casteism as national problems. Indians follow the teachings of three siblings of Hanuman (Hindu Monkey god): hear, see, or speak no evil. Their attitude towards national corruption is that of an ostrich; whose head is eternally buried in sand. Indian national arrogance blind sides Indian people towards rampant corruption in all spheres of life in India. In the socalled “democratic” India, rarely, the issue of endemic national corruption is even raised, except in occasional articles in the press. An example follows.India is among the 55 most corrupt countries in the world and has done little to clean itself of corruption than Pakistan, according to the Corruption Perception Index, 2004, report.Releasing the report here today, Transparency International India Chairman Admiral Tahiliani (retd) said India had been given a score of 2.8 on a scale of zero to 10, with zero indicating the most corrupt country.Whereas Pakistan has done much better in cleaning itself up of corruption, improving its score from 2.1 in 2002 to 2.6 this year, IndiaPandat Shankar Dayal Sharma
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Religion on September 2nd, 2010
Pandat Shankar Dayal Sharma
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