Human Rights

Muslims as a nation suffer from collective amnesia when it comes to drone attacks and human rights atrocities committed by West against Muslims. Life of an American or a European is more valuable than a life of a Pakistani, Afghan or a Palestinian. I would like to draw reader’s attention towards the contradiction. United Nations On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the universal declaration of human rights as below given:
 

Total articles are 30 but the most important ones are mentioned below.

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience & should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of a person.

Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their form.

Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition, everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7: All are equal before law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 16: 1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to make family; they are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thoughts, conscience and religion, this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in the community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

All these UN articles mentioned above are applicable ….TBC

The Magic Penny

If you were given a choice between taking $3 million in cash this very instant and a single penny that doubles in value every day for 31 days, which would you choose? If you've heard this before, you know the penny gambit is the choice you should make—you know it’s the course that will lead to greater wealth. Yet why is it so hard to believe choosing the penny will result in more money in the end? Because it takes so much longer to see the pay-off. Let’s take a closer look.Let’s say you take the cold, hard cash and your friend goes the penny route. On Day Five, your friend has sixteen cents. You,however, have $3 million. On Day Ten, it’s $5.12 versus your big bucks. How do you think your friend is feeling about her decision? You’re spending your millions, enjoying the heck out of it, and loving your choice.After 20 full days, with only 11 days left, Penny Lane has only $5,243. How is she feeling about herself at this point? For all her sacrifice and positive behaviour, she has barely more than $5,000. You, however, have $3 million. Then the invisible magic of the Compound Effect starts to become visible. The same small mathematical growth improvement each day makes the compounded penny worth $10,737,418.24 on Day Thirty-one,more than three times your $3 million.In this example we see why consistency over time is so important. On Day Twenty-nine, you've got your $3 million;Penny Lane has around $2.7 million. It isn't until Day Thirty of this 31-day race that she pulls ahead, with $5.3 million. And it isn't until the very last day of this month long ultra marathon that your friend blows you out of the water; she ends up with$10,737,418.24 to your $3 million.Very few things are as impressive as the “magic” of compounding pennies. Amazingly, this “force” is equally powerful in every area of your life.


 The Compound Effect-Darren Hardy

Smart Workers

I would like to draw attention towards the fact that we are probably amongst the least productive nations of the world. Not only is our GDP per capita amongst the lowest in the world our working hours per year are also amongst the highest in the world.

Just think about it if we divide Pakistan's GDP per capita which is approximately $1000 by actual hours worked approx 8hrs per day & 2304 hr per year, you'd probably find that Pakistani’s are amongst the lowest returns on work-hours invested. Our GDP per capita per hour stands at $ 0.43 per hour. This approximately amounts to only 36 rupees per hour & 4608 rupees per month. If we compare this GDP per capita per hour with other developing nations we are no way near them.

You go to any government or even a private office in Pakistan just spend a day over there you will come to know how productive this nation is. Our government & private offices start at 8:00AM but actual work starts not before we have tea at 9:00 o’clock. We spend time in office sipping coffee & tea. Whatever time we are left with we spend it chatting with our colleagues using facebook & youtube. We sit all day in office acting as if we are working ‘Jali Masroofiat’. From top to bottom we all possess excellent acting skills. We are smart but in a negative way.

In order to make this nation progressive we all have to increase our productivity, leave the habit of laziness. Winning is not about working hard it’s about working smart.

KING

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a ‘KING’ very considerate, caring and kind. His country had food, clothing & shelter for everybody. Excellent law & order condition prevailed. He kept his promises, delivered when & where it mattered. He had an independent foreign policy. This king had an army like no other; they were trained well equipped & motivated. People loved their KING prayed for his good health & prosperity…..they all happily lived ever after…. I am joking no such thing ever happened. In fact the opposite prevailed. KING was the biggest culprit, thief of this land spending most of his life behind bars. He inherited throne of far, far away from his wife. Rumors were that this KING killed his wife, or for sure knew the where about of those responsible. Monarchy prevailed under him; hereditary rule was such that his son was in line to take place after him. The only quality this son possessed was that he was born and brought up within a royal family otherwise like his father he was also incompetent. People belonging to Far, far away had a history of electing incapable rulers……to be continued….

SAARC

The scope for co-operation between the South Asian counties is enormous. The region has a potential market of 1.6 billion consumers, the largest middle class in the world, as well as a hardworking, low wage labor force. The challenge is now squarely before the SAARC countries, and if they fail to seize the opportunity and meet the challenge with courage, they will have no one to blame but themselves. Let’s hope sound judgment will prevail, and soon. SAARC—the regional association has multiple roles to play. It should not be assessed just with regard to what it has or has not done with regard to regional co-operation per se, but its importance lies for the countries individually in enhancing their national prestige, managing their bilateral relations and having a regional identity.

While trying to write the blog on a regional association—SAARC which was established twenty two years ago—one should be very clear that the answer cannot be either categorical ‘pass’ or ‘fail’. That would be a very narrow way of looking at things. For that matter any regional association in the world has a mixed bag of results—certain areas in which they have achieved success, in others failed to take off and in still other issues where new mechanisms of co-operation are being developed.