Alam Khan

#Eco_QAU23 #Eco_PIDE. 🎭

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

We think too much and feel too little.
~Charlie Chaplin

[Mohammad Zubair @Real_MZubair]

Pakistan Railway net loss for this year is staggering Rs 61 billion. Who will pay for it - the people of Pakistan as always. Who will continue to enjoy the many perks & privileges- the cabinet ministers in charge

[Nadeem Haque @nadeemhaque]

A Typical DMG Career: The Quiet Ladder

Young Ahmed clears the CSS exam and enters the Civil Services Academy in Lahore. For two years he lives inside a pressure cooker of lectures, drills, and endless networking. His batch quickly forms tight “tribes” — lifelong alliances that will decide postings, favours and promotions for decades. This tribe or family will stay in power for the next 30+ years

After the academy he spends three hard years in the field as Assistant Commissioner: revenue courts, law-and-order crises, angry crowds and politicians. The district teaches him how Pakistan actually runs.

By his mid-thirties the system rewards the sharp ones. Eighty percent of ambitious officers secure scholarships to Harvard, Oxford, LSE or similar. Ahmed returns with a foreign degree, polished English and a valuable international contact book. He is now fully westernized and indirectly wired to take debt and follow western consultants

Back home he hunts “project” postings. Many move to donor-funded programmes — World Bank, ADB, FCDO, USAID — either on deputation or full secondment. The salary is better, the work cleaner, the reports international. No matter if more debt is required. Not his problem. Besides the consultants give him clean advice that he learnt at Harvard etc

By now he has also secured a spacious GOR house in Lahore that, with the right connections, he will not vacate for the next thirty or forty years.

A few years later he angles for an overseas slot: Commercial or Economic Counsellor in an embassy, or a position at the WTO or some other such agency.

After three to five rewarding years abroad he returns as Joint or Additional Secretary. With luck he reaches full Secretary rank, controlling large budgets and key policies.

In these golden years he quietly but aggressively cultivates donor representatives. Conferences, study tours and quiet dinners build the bridge.

When retirement arrives — or even early retirement — consulting contracts, advisory roles and well-paid door-opener positions appear. Donors need exactly these men: insiders who know every file, every approval route and every decision-maker.

What should we expect? A highly internationalised bureaucracy whose career incentives are shaped as much by foreign aid ecosystems as by national interest.

Who do they ultimately serve? The Government of Pakistan on paper; the revolving door of donors and multilateral organisations in practice.

Conflict of interest? Significant and largely unaddressed.

This is why experts like Stefan Dercon remain in high demand. For a few hundred million pounds over the years, Britain and other donors have built deep influence inside Pakistan’s elite bureaucracy. The system is not “owned,” but it is skilfully rented.

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

#JusticeForMahnoorNasar
#JusticeForDrMahnoorNasar
#drmahnoornasar

[Dr Hayee Baloch @HayeeBaloch4]

ہم نےخاتون ڈاکٹر پر تیزاب گردی کی شفاف تحقیقات کا مطالبہ کیا،مگر جواب میں برق رفتار نوٹیفکیشنز کے ذریعے 30 ڈاکٹرز معطل، 27 کو شوکاز، 168 پیرامیڈیکس معطل اور ڈاکٹر پر FIR گرفتاری کے ساتھ رہائش خالی کروائی گئی-یہ واضح طور پر انتقامی کاروائی ہے۔
#JusticeForDrMahnoor
@HamidMirPAK

[Shumaila Ismail @S_ismail777]

ڈاکٹرز اور لیکچررز قوم کا سرمایہ ہیں، مگر فارم 47 کی حکومت بلوچستان میں تعلیم و صحت کو بہتر بنانے کے بجائے جبری ریٹائرمنٹ کے ذریعے مزید تباہ کر رہی ہے۔ یہ ملازمین نہیں، بلوچستان کے مستقبل کو نشانہ بنایا جا رہا ہے۔ #ForcedRetirement #Balochistan

[Nadeem Haque @nadeemhaque]

What a country Pakistan is! Professors dream of becoming registrars, VCs & administrators. Politicians crave “Professor” titles — like Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed & Prof. Khurshid Ahmad.

Real reform? Fix the incentives — let academics be academics and politicians do politics.

Everyone should play their own game.
#PakistanReforms #

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

د زلفو غــــــر په بله واړوي د غرونو جينۍ
وخـاندي بلې کړي لمبې په چنارونو جینۍ
🌸🤍

[Nadeem Haque @nadeemhaque]

Do we have merit anywhere in our system? PAS rubs fake search committees?

https://t.co/JaFtobXkmU

And they deliberately pretend appointments are on merit. There is no merit here in pakistan.

https://t.co/nLM1AtEOvR

And we hate honorable technocrats. We want them all to be chamchas.

https://t.co/wBkUfxGwrC

[Sana Ullah BALOCH @Senator_Baloch]

“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose”. James Baldwin

[Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayin-e-Pakistan @TTAP_OFFICIAL]

What happened to the female doctor in Quetta yesterday goes against our traditions, our values, and everything Balochistan stands for. Women hold the highest place of respect in our society, and there can be no tolerance for those who try to bring down respected and successful women with backward and patriarchal thinking.Balochistan is a land where women are honoured, valued, and often lead from the front. Any attack on a woman’s dignity, reputation, or achievements is an attack on our collective values. We stand with every woman facing injustice and strongly condemn those who believe they can silence, shame, or target women. There must be zero tolerance for such behaviour. Respect for women is not a choice it is a principle that must be upheld at all times. We stand united with the victims family and demand justice.

Sardar Akhtar Jan mengal @sakhtarmengal

[Akhtar Mengal @sakhtarmengal]

What happened to the female doctor in Quetta yesterday goes against our traditions, our values, and everything Balochistan stands for. Women hold the highest place of respect in our society, and there can be no tolerance for those who try to bring down respected and successful women with backward and patriarchal thinking.Balochistan is a land where women are honoured, valued, and often lead from the front. Any attack on a woman’s dignity, reputation, or achievements is an attack on our collective values. We stand with every woman facing injustice and strongly condemn those who believe they can silence, shame, or target women. There must be zero tolerance for such behaviour. Respect for women is not a choice it is a principle that must be upheld at all times. We stand united with the victims family and demand justice.

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

Dr Mahnoor Nasar with her father (Habib Allah Nasar)
Praying for more strength and encouragement
#JusticeForDrMahnoorNasar
#Drmahnoor
#drmahnoornasar

[Jalila Haider @Advjalila]

I do not believe that any third party was involved in this incident. I have personally handled multiple acid attack cases. The video clearly shows that the perpetrator intended to throw acid on the doctor and deliberately carried out the attack. What his motives were is something only he truly knew, and further details may emerge during the investigation. However, one fact is undeniable: he committed a serious crime and bears responsibility for it.
This was not a six-year-old child who was handed acid and told to go and throw it on a doctor. In my view, he was an adult who made a conscious decision to carry out this act. Personally, I feel that he wanted to terrorize and traumatize women so that they would feel unsafe in their workplaces and hesitate to come to work. Throughout my professional life, I have encountered individuals who dislike seeing women work independently or occupy public spaces (however that is my personal assessment).

What we should be questioning is how acid remains so easily available despite the existence of an Acid Crime Prevention Act in the province. The source of the acid should be traced, and those responsible for selling it should also be held accountable under the law.
This attack has frightened many women, and that was likely the perpetrator’s intended outcome. Acid attacks are often driven by ego, entitlement, and a desire for control. The worst offenders choose acid because they want to condemn their victims to a lifetime of physical and psychological suffering.

Having practiced criminal law for most of my life, I believe this individual was responsible for his own actions (and making other theories that hiding something or various conspiracy theories and political explanations surrounding the case are just speculations.) At the same time, I also believe that he should have been brought to justice through due process and that the encounter killing should not have taken place. A person who commits such a horrific crime should face punishment through the legal system. Life imprisonment, particularly under strict solitary conditions, would have forced him to live with the consequences of his actions. Instead, after condemning someone else's daughter to lifelong suffering, he himself met a relatively quick death.
Whether that constitutes true justice is a question many will continue to ask.

I also believe that he may have had a history of violence. There appeared to be deep, old scars on his face that looked more like injuries from knives or blades than marks left by an accident.

Ultimately, God will hold him accountable for what he did to that innocent soul. May Allah’s put his curse upon him.

Note: If you zoom this picture you can see old daggers, knives or blade deep old scars on his face..

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

The horrific acidic attack demands accountability, not silence. Justice for Dr. Mahnoor Nasar isn’t optional it is a moral, legal and constitutional obligation. Anything less will only deepen fear mistrust and injustice in an already vulnerable society.
#JusticeForDrMahnoorNasar

[Tabana Khan @Tabana_khan]

The State of Pakistan is responsible for this acid attack on Dr Mahnor Nasar Where is the security Where the protection for Pashtun women
Without a proper investigation they killed the attacker It is clear that this was their mission and they succeeded
#justicefordrmahnoornasar

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

زما په مذهب کي ناروا ستا په مذهب کي روا
ده یوې پېغلي پر سنګسار ما احتجا�� کړی دی
#JusticeForDrMahnoorNasar
#drmahnoornasar

[Shalee Baloch @ShaleeBaloch]

I strongly condemn the horrific acid attack on Dr. Mahnoor a surgery resident at Civil Hospital Quetta, while she was performing her professional duties. This barbaric act of violence is not only an attack on an individual healthcare worker but also an assault on human dignity, the medical profession and the fundamental values of a civilized society.

As a result of the attack, Dr. Mahnoor sustained critical burn injuries involving most of her facial region and upper limbs along with severe bilateral corneal damage that places her eyesight at serious risk. Due to the gravity of her condition she has been transferred to Karachi for specialized treatment and advanced medical care. Acid attacks constitute one of the most brutal forms of physical violence leaving survivors with devastating and often lifelong physical, psychological and emotional consequences. The targeting of a doctor dedicated to serving patients and saving lives is a grave crime that demands an uncompromising response from the state and society alike.

I call upon the relevant authorities to conduct an immediate, transparent and thorough investigation and to ensure that justice is neither delayed nor denied. Equally important is the provision of comprehensive medical, legal and psychosocial support for Dr. Mahnoor throughout her recovery. We stand in solidarity with Dr. Mahnoor, her family, colleagues and the wider medical community. Violence against healthcare professionals must never be tolerated, normalized or met with impunity. Those who dedicate their lives to caring for others deserve protection, dignity and justice.

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

The acid attack on Dr. Mahnoor Nasar in Quetta is deeply painful, shocking, & a grave violation of the very spirit of humanity. Such brutality against a medical professional is not only an attack on one individual but an attack on society and the rule of law.
#Mahnoornasar

[Farzana Ali @farzanaalispark]

کوئٹہ / تیزاب گردی کا واقعہ۔۔۔

متاثرہ ڈاکٹر کو مکمل علاج کیلئے کراچی کے پٹیل ہسپتال منتقل کر دیا گیا۔۔ ڈاکٹر ماہ نور پوسٹ گریجویٹ ڈاکٹر ہی�� جنکی سرجری میں ٹریننگ چل رہی تھی

واقعے کے وقت ہسپتال کی سی سی ٹی وی فوٹیج ۔۔۔

[RASTA PIDE @RASTA_PIDE]

Day 2 of 6th #RASTA_PIDE Conference continues with discussions on climate adaptation, health, education & economic resilience in Pakistan. Sessions cover smog, youth, tax behavior, inclusion, education reform & climate risks.
Zoom: https://t.co/74chhcMfK3
#ClimateChange #Pakistan

[Alam Khan @AlamNasar6]

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