Sad Commentary!

This is so, sadly, Pakistani!!!

FAKE DEGREES

by Pervez Hoodbhoy

Sunday, 25 July, 2010

Currently on a short visit to the University of Maryland, I am taking this opportunity to inform readers about the impression created overseas by the fake degree scandal in Pakistan. Major newspapers here, including the New York Times, have carried stories of the scores of counterfeit degrees possessed by Pakistani parliamentarians. The US media has underscored the unwillingness of the government and society to punish this scandalous behavior. Also reported is that the Sindh government has attempted to intimidate and threaten the chairman of the Higher Education Commission, who had been charged with verifying the degrees.

With outright cheaters and crooks sitting in parliament under government protection, it is no surprise that most people here - Pakistanis, Americans, and Indians - feel that Pakistan is headed nowhere. Expatriate Pakistanis, who live in a society that places a premium on personal honesty, are hanging their heads in shame. They have no explanation for why their country has fallen so low. If a state cannot enforce even minimal ethical rules, and if it can live in equanimity with corruption that is starkly visible, then it rightly deserves to be called a failed state. No foreigner is going to think of Pakistan as anything other than a Somalia or Nigeria, lawless and corrupt nations with which we seem to be competing with.

Fortunately, there do seem to be people of conscience in Pakistan who will not let the scandal die and the country sink yet further. It is also fortunate that the HEC, with which I have had strong differences in the past, is apparently holding up against political pressures. One wishes that these forces for good could prevail. I am sad, however, to see some well-respected columnists argue that the fake degree issue is being used to derail democracy and prepare the ground for army rule. This is a specious argument that, carried to its logical conclusion, will allow the grossest and ugliest of crimes to go unpunished.

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ELECTRICITY GAME BY OUR LEADERS IN PAKISTAN

Taken from Source

Dear Pakistani's Read & Think!!!!! Dear Pakistanis! Read, Think & understand the game International Powers are playing with us with the help of! Electricity produced in Pakistan is from three main sources. 1). Hydral 2). Thermal (Gas/Steam/Furnace Oil) 3). Nuclear There are four major power producers in country which include Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). Below is the break-up of the installed capacity of each of these power producers (as of June-2008). 1. WAPDA a. WAPDA Hydal Terbela                                                            3478  MW      Mangla                                                             1000  MW      Ghazi-Brotha                                                     1450  MW        Warsak                                                              243  MW      Chashma                                                            184  MW      Dargai                                                                  20  MW      Rasul                                                                    22  MW      Shadi-Waal                                                           18  MW      NandiPur                                                               14  MW      Kurram Garhi                                                           4  MW      Renala                                                                    1  MW      Chitral                                                                     1  MW   Jagran (AK)                                                            30  MW Total Hydal                                        ==>       6461 MW b. WAPDA Thermal    Gas Turbine Power Station, Shadra                             59  MW    Steam Power Station, Faisalabad                              132  MW      Gas Turbine Power Station, Faisalabad                      244  MW      Gas Power Station, Multan                                        195  MW      Thermal Power Station, Muzaffargarh                      1350  MW      Thermal Power Station, Guddu          1655  MW      Gas Turbine Power Station, Kotri                               174  MW      Thermal Power Station, Jamshoro                             850  MW      Thermal Power Station, Larkana                                150  MW      Thermal Power Station, Quetta                                   35  MW        Gas Turbine Power Station, Panjgur                            39  MW   Thermal Power Station, Pasni                                     17  MW Total Thermal                                     ==>        4811  MW WAPDA's Total Hydal + Thermal capacity is  ==>      11272 MW. 2. Karachi Electric Supply Company    Thermal Power Station, Korengi                               316  MW      Gas Turbine Power Station, Korengi                            80  MW      Gas Turbine Power Station, SITE                              100  MW   Thermal Power Station, Bin Qasim                          1260  MW Total (KESC)                                        ==>      1756  MW 3. Independent Power Producers (IPPs) Hub Power Project                                                     1292 MW   AES Lalpir Ltd, Mahmood Kot MuzaffarGarh                    362 MW   AES Pak Gen, Mahmood Kot MuzaffarGarh                      365 MW   Altern Energy Ltd, Attock                                                 29 MW   Fauji KabirWala Power Company, Khanewal                    157 MW   Gul Ahmad Energy Ltd, Korengi                                      136 MW   Habibullah Coastal Power Ltd                                         140 MW   Japan Power Generation, Lahore                                    120 MW   Koh-e-Noor Energy Ltd, Lahore                                       131 MW   Liberty Power Limited, Ghotki                                         232 MW   Rousch Power, Khaniwal                                                412 MW     Saba Power Company, Sheikhpura                                 114 MW Southern Electric Power Company Ltd, Raiwind                135 MW   Tapal Energy Limited, Karachi                                        126 MW   Uch Power Ltd, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad                 586 MW   Attock Gen Ltd, Morgah Rawalpindi                                 165 MW   Atlas Power, Sheikhpura                                                225 MW Engro Energy Ltd, Karachi                                            ----- MW   Kot Addu Power Company Limited (Privitized)                1638 MW Total  (IPPs)                                              ===>   6365 MW 4. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission KANUPP                                                                     137  MW   CHASNUPP-1                                                              325  MW Total (Nuclear)                                          ===>   462  MW Hydal Electricity generated by WAPDA varies between two extremities i.e. between minimum of 2414 MW and maximum of 6761 MW depending upon the river flow through the whole year. Total Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan (including all sources) is 19855 MW and the electricity demand (as of today 20-04-2010) is 14500 MW and PEPCO is merely generating 10000 MW. So it is obvious that these 15-20 hrs power shutdowns in most parts of the country are not because of the lack of generation capacity but only because of IMF / World Bank policies imposed on our nation by Govt. The Power Generation companies are not buying Furnace Oil from PSO by saying they don’t have money to do that but we are all paying for Electricity that is generated from Furnace Oil. This is the reason that top refineries like PRL are operating at 40% capacities. IMF / World bank has imposed to reduce budget deficit by importing less crude oil. But due to this fact all our industries are under severe crisis. None of our political party who are in Assembly is ready to speak on it because every one is blessed by US / IMF / World Bank. Dear Pakistani’s, This is a time to show your social activism your power and strength. It is your silence which is deafening and your couldn’t care less attitude which makes the people in power more powerful evasive and secure in their Air conditioned offices. PLEASE STAND UP AND BE COUNTED:  Please don't stop this e-mail and forward it to as many people as possible. Thanks WE WANT ELECTRICITY IN PAKISTAN. Electricity now is @11 Rs. per unit, and it will increase after every two months as directed by (American) IMF policies. Also CHINA offers to Pakistan Electricity for just Rs.200 Monthly Bill and Unlimited Usage of Electricity but our government is not taking the offer seriously. This is because there will be neither kick backs nor any commissions to be pocketed by the strong mafia of politicians and bureaucrats. These people are there because of your votes. Let them serve you rather than rule you…… NOW THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHOW THE GOVERNMENT YOUR STRENGTH. PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE OF THIS MESSAGE MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRUTH

To everyone that uses the road

Hello everybody,

Yesterday the 5th of july a youngster in a 7 series BMW almost killed himself and me in my car! I tried to pull him over to put some sense in his head, but he would not budge, to cut a long story short I finally got him in a spot where he had no choice but to stop and listen, he was young under 18 I suspect had no license on him, said it was at home, said his father is Sardar Asif (??!!)

But I read him the riot act he  could only keep repeating the word sorry! I made him listen to what he had not been taught at home, that his life and those other road users lives were very valuable and that it was because of individuals like him that people died or were maimed each day of the year on our roads! Please make sure you do not neglect your responsibility to your children, your fellow road users and to yourself.

Yu know what each of us MUST do to put things right and the hard work starts at home.

This needs to be watched by everyone who has the keys to a vehicle ....and to young people BEFORE they get their drivers
license. This is perhaps one of the most INTENSE commercials that I've ever seen and well made.
I think Australia should be complemented on having the guts to "tell it like it is" and get this campaign out to
all of its licensed drivers and to air it on TV...it is very moving and very life like…it has a very strong impact.
Not easy to watch...but necessary to watch.

Just press on the DUI !!! link below
DUI !!!
Thanks ,