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Governance Practice

Governance Practice

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...

02.03.2026 50

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Arrogant Function?

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...

23.02.2026 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Networking Doesn’t Work

Networking is not necessarily a great virtue. The ability to network may not necessarily be the most desired trait that will unfold success, both...

16.02.2026 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Let’s re-start

“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. ...

12.02.2026 10

Business Recorder

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Followers to Leaders

09.02.2026 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Personal Development

02.02.2026 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Menace Of Nepotism

26.01.2026 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Ideas and implementation

‘I think, therefore I am’, wrote Rene Descartes in 1637. This assertion was the foundational principle of his philosophy. He highlighted through...

23.01.2026 30

Business Recorder

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Mind Your Language

19.01.2026 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

OPINION: Karachi: A tale of woes — II

Karachi stands deprived of water and energy resources. All residents ‘buy’ water from the tanker Mafia, which operates under the cover of corrupt...

19.01.2026 10

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

Likable Managers

12.01.2026 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Need for good governance

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...

08.01.2026 50

Business Recorder

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Reconciliation: an option never to lose

I had just entered college, and in those growing years, I would passionately watch every single speech and press conference of President (later prime...

01.01.2026 20

Business Recorder

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The Quiet Power

29.12.2025 40

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

We Love Our Prophet

26.12.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Sirajuddin Aziz

Jigsaw’s missing piece

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...

25.12.2025 10

Business Recorder

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Tranquil Leadership

22.12.2025 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

‘Look Africa’ initiative

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....

18.12.2025 10

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

Why is Reading Relevant?

15.12.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Nation needs psychometric testing

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...

11.12.2025 30

Business Recorder

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Arrogance of Achievement

08.12.2025 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Character and Conduct

24.11.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

OPINION: Economic development and bureaucracy

The developed nations of the world are a reflection and testimony to the need for bureaucratic input alongside its efficiency. Those countries that...

20.11.2025 40

Business Recorder

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Corporate Culture

17.11.2025 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

The undoing of Modi

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...

13.11.2025 10

Business Recorder

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Politicians as CEOs

10.11.2025 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Role of leadership

Perhaps in everybody’s mind the word “leader” or “leadership” conjures images of power, pelf and splendour. The quality of leadership across...

06.11.2025 40

Business Recorder

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Leadership’s Development

03.11.2025 30

The Nation

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Leadership Transitions

27.10.2025 20

The Nation

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Muslims in disarray

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...

23.10.2025 60

Business Recorder

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Leadership’s Humble Ego

20.10.2025 20

The Nation

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Leadership Halo

13.10.2025 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Taking a Backstep

29.09.2025 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Human greed and Pakistan

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-...

25.09.2025 30

Business Recorder

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Emotional Management

22.09.2025 40

The Nation

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Sepulture of humanity

Over centuries humanity has been brutally murdered by humans. Relentless is the devilish pursuit. The blood-soaked pages of human history are a tale...

18.09.2025 20

Business Recorder

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Righteous Leadership

15.09.2025 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

A city that was…a city that can be—II

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,...

15.09.2025 20

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

A city that was…a city that can be—I

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...

11.09.2025 30

Business Recorder

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Learning from NICs

NICs is the abbreviated form to describe the Newly-Industrialised Countries. These countries are predominantly located on the Asia Pacific rim....

04.09.2025 20

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Harnessing Youthful Talent

02.09.2025 30

The Nation

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Modi in distress

Narendra Modi came to power when BJP swept the elections in 2014. Modi earlier had become famous for having orchestrated the genocidal killings of...

28.08.2025 20

Business Recorder

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Power of Positivity

25.08.2025 50

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Pakistan: retrospect and prospect—II

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...

21.08.2025 40

Business Recorder

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Shared Wisdom

18.08.2025 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Pakistan: retrospect and prospect—I

Against all odds of what appeared as insurmountable obstacles, Mohammed Ali Jinnah carved a Nation for the Muslims of the subcontinent. He is possibly...

14.08.2025 80

Business Recorder

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Succession and Rotation Policy

11.08.2025 20

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Gaza — a living cemetery

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,...

07.08.2025 20

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

Managing People

05.08.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Conflict of interest

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...

01.08.2025 20

Business Recorder

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