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Sirajuddin AzizThe News International |
In the past 75 weeks, I have contributed management articles on these pages, where I have tried to concentrate largely on the value of instituting the...
The general perception of the HR department/division, and of the function itself, is that it is arrogant. Since the inherent quality of the HR...
Networking is not necessarily a great virtue. The ability to network may not necessarily be the most desired trait that will unfold success, both...
“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. ...
‘I think, therefore I am’, wrote Rene Descartes in 1637. This assertion was the foundational principle of his philosophy. He highlighted through...
Karachi stands deprived of water and energy resources. All residents ‘buy’ water from the tanker Mafia, which operates under the cover of corrupt...
All societies, cultures and nations need to have in place some standards of behaviour that is generally accepted by all the people across the various...
I had just entered college, and in those growing years, I would passionately watch every single speech and press conference of President (later prime...
This writer resisted temptation to use the plural, ‘pieces’, as against the singular, largely to zero in on a few of the missing pieces and not...
All progress comes to a halt when delusional thinking becomes a national pastime. We refuse to accept results as they are obtained in black and white....
Are we a senile nation at a young age? Perhaps, yes. The current life expectancy average, globally, is 73.5 years. The males have a shorter life span...
The developed nations of the world are a reflection and testimony to the need for bureaucratic input alongside its efficiency. Those countries that...
India took more than a thousand years to arrive at the conclusion of living in peace in a multi-cultural environment. From being just a Hindu/Buddhist...
Perhaps in everybody’s mind the word “leader” or “leadership” conjures images of power, pelf and splendour. The quality of leadership across...
The initial intent was to caption this article as “Ummah in Disarray” but then dawned the realisation that there is no Ummah as such, so how can...
Perhaps the caption might startle the reader! An obvious question that would immediately seize you for an answer is on what exactly is the co-...
Over centuries humanity has been brutally murdered by humans. Relentless is the devilish pursuit. The blood-soaked pages of human history are a tale...
In the aftermath of the 1971 war and from the results of 1970 elections, a fresh wave of displaced persons from East Pakistan, settled in Karachi,...
The current and continuing collapse of economic and social fabric/ structure of the largest city of the country is a matter of grave severity. Any...
NICs is the abbreviated form to describe the Newly-Industrialised Countries. These countries are predominantly located on the Asia Pacific rim....
Narendra Modi came to power when BJP swept the elections in 2014. Modi earlier had become famous for having orchestrated the genocidal killings of...
Gen Ziaul Haq promised elections within 90 days; they actually exceeded 1000 days. He put Bhutto to the gallows on trumped charges of conspiracy to...
Against all odds of what appeared as insurmountable obstacles, Mohammed Ali Jinnah carved a Nation for the Muslims of the subcontinent. He is possibly...
Perhaps, Hamas, Israel, and the rest of the world did not in their wildest imagination perceive that the blitzkrieg launched by Hamas on October 7th,...
To preside over an opinion or judgement on an issue that is likely to have either beneficial positive or negative impact upon one’s interest is a...