Owais Mughal

Curtain Raiser: A friend of mine came up with a very creative motto for KESC during our school days at NED Karachi. It said:

zor ka jhatka..zara dheeray se lagay

It seems true now as KESC is giving lots of jolts to its customers. These jolts come slowly but linger longer than before. Power failures are more frequent now and the cost of electricity is highest ever.

Why this Post? Living abroad the ideas for a Pakistani blog mostly come through electronic news media. There is however, an unconventional source also. And that source is talking to one’s family in Pakistan. The idea for this post comes from this second source. For the past many months whenever I call home, one news always reaches up to my ears and that is ‘beta bijli buhat jaati hai’ (son, the electricity fails a lot). Finally I’ve decided to do something about it. That is, I am going to write about it.

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Adil Najam

This one should be easy. Too easy maybe. But, then, the purpose of these posts is not really to test your knowledge. It is – like everything on this blog – to initiate conversations. To kindle thought. And maybe remind ourselves of things we should never have forgotten in the first place.

Anyhow, don’t read too much into that little stream of consciousness. Just go with your instincts; sometimes the heart is a better judge of history than the mind!

My opponents sometimes say: ‘This man is a dictator; he has all the power in his hands.’ How? I do not know. After all, there always has to be someone finally in charge whatever the system, be it parliamentary or presidential, a monarchy or a dictatorship. There are many to assist but, in the ultimate analysis, one man has to take the final decision. This has been the case throughout history, and it is so even today all the world over. If the man is chosen by the people and if he is a good man, he has to be trusted and given full co-operation.

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Guest Post by Syed Ahsan Ali

Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan premier batsman and Abdur Razzaq, all-rounder with destructive hitting abilities, few months back look all set to be the regular features of Pakistan cricket for another three to four years, but change is the only thing constant in life.
T20 version of the game changed that certainty of few months back into the biggest dilemma for selectors regarding mid-August announcement of final squad for the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. Arguments of poor fielding agility across the park, against these two cornerstones of Pakistan’s 50 over cricket, are put forward by several veteran cricketers and think tanks in Pakistan cricket board.

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