I urge Pakistani people to keep highlighting the truth you see around you every day.
1. Lack of freedom to self-rule.
Self-rule is the Hallmark of Democracy.
2. Illiteracy among adults.
3. Millions of children not enrolled in school and are being used for child labour &begging.
One of my longest-standing arguments is that we are not living in Orwell’s 1984, where truth is centrally suppressed and censored by force (that’s former communist societies, modern-day China, Russia, North Korea).
We are living in something much closer to Huxley’s Brave New World.
The truth is not hidden - it is almost always readily available. But it is buried beneath an industrial quantity of noise: propaganda, outrage, half-truths, conspiracy theories, influencer theatre, algorithmic rage bait and an endless stream of content designed not to inform us, but to keep us emotionally stimulated.
The modern information system does not need to censor the truth when it can simply drown it in noise.
A fact no longer has to be disproven - it only has to be surrounded by a hundred competing claims, stripped of context and nuance, turned into partisan ammunition and pushed into the same feed as celebrity gossip, memes and 15 second videos engineered to deliver the fastest possible dopamine hit. By the time the truth reaches us, it appears as just another piece of content competing for our attention.
That is the more sophisticated form of control: not preventing people from knowing, but exhausting their capacity to care.
Orwell feared a world in which people would be deprived of information. Huxley feared a world in which they would be given so much distraction, stimulation and triviality that they would lose the desire to seek it.
The defining struggle of our age is therefore not simply between truth and censorship, but between truth and indifference.
She wrote a report so honest that a military dictator classified it for six years.
It was only released after he died.
Begum Zari Sarfaraz. Mardan. 1923. Eldest daughter of a Pashtun family. Father died young. She took over the businesses. Then turned her energy toward something bigger.
Pakistan.
The North-West Frontier Province was Muslim League's hardest ground. Women in purdah. Congress in control. Political meetings for women did not exist.
Begum Zari Sarfaraz changed that.
1945. She organised a meeting of 4,000 women in Mardan. In one of the most conservative provinces in British India. Jinnah himself wrote her a personal letter of praise.
1947. Pakistan got Independence. She worked refugee camps through the crisis.
1952. First woman elected to the NWFP legislative assembly. Then the National Assembly.
In the assembly she visited the women of Lahore's red light area personally before arguing for their rights on the floor of parliament. She wanted to understand before she spoke.
1955. She voted against the One Unit bill that erased NWFP's provincial identity. Almost alone among women members. Then held a press conference to publicise her stand.
1983. Zia ul-Haq appointed her Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women.
She wrote the truth.
The regime classified it.
Released only in 1989. After Zia's plane fell out of the sky.
She left politics in 1969 saying it had become about self-interest. She refused to stay in a system that had abandoned its principles.
After politics she chaired the Pakistan Tuberculosis Association for 14 years. Ran SOS Children's Villages. A charity hospital in Mardan. Wildlife conservation. University boards.
She died April 27, 2008. At 83.
A report honest enough to outlive a dictator.
A meeting that moved 4,000 Pashtun women in 1945.
Begum Zari Sarfaraz.
Pakistan Zindabad. 🇵🇰
Govt & Public: “We need more doctors.”
Doctors: “Give us a good salary and we’ll work in government setup.”
Govt: “No, but we’ll create a bond system so you can’t leave the job.”
Doctors: “Okay fine. Then give us good infrastructure and all the necessary resources so we can provide the best possible care.”
Govt: “No, but we’ll make sure you keep working in those pathetic conditions, and if you don’t, our people will come and thrash you.”
Doctors: “Okay fine. Then at least give us Central Protection Act and proper security.”
Govt: “No, we’ll make sure your life becomes hell.”
Doctors: “At least give us working hours that are humanly possible.”
Govt: “Talk to NMC.”
NMC: “We’ll draft a letter and never ensure its implementation.”
Doctors: “To hell with it. I’ll start my own private setup.”
Public: “Ye sabke sab lootere hain, chor hain… maaro inko.”
And then people wonder why good doctors are leaving the system.
#MedTwitter
This Patwari academic doesn't understand that, just like the country, the Pakistani security forces have a colonial, hierarchical, and class based system. Had it been any police or military officer surrounded by terrorists, the backup would have arrived within an hour. Nobody cares about the poor; they are just viewed as easily replaceable numbers.
“In the end,
I believe there is nothing we must do to be loved.
We spend our lives trying to look more beautiful, more intelligent.
But I've understood two things:
Those who love us see us with their hearts and give us qualities
beyond the ones we truly have.
And those who refuse to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts.
Yes, truly.
I believe it is important to let our imperfections be.
They are precious,
for they help us understand those who see us with the heart.”
— Frida Kahlo
Pakistan's biggest fiscal myth: Pakistan's federation funds the provinces.
The reality is almost reverse: The provinces fund the federation. More than 95% of federal revenues come from activities in provinces.
The center should keep some for its constitutional functions and send the rest back to provinces after redistributing some from rich to poor ones. But in the process it eats up nearly 60% of the funds for its expenses, much of it inefficiently used.
A federation cannot remain strong by constantly demonizing and weakening its federating units.
Continuous Examinations , exam after exam culture should be stopped, it should be criticized and we condemn this extra unnecessary burden on our young medics. There's only need to implement transparent examinations at undergraduation and post graduation levels.
#PGEnteranceTest
Just another day of hiding own incompetencies by adding another step in the process which isn't even needed. Mass Produce doctors by opening private medical colleges to make money and then keep them unemployed & busy in unnecessary exams. Bad Joke.
Someone must tell him that no one is trying to deter you. They’re simply keeping you engaged, draining your resources & exhausting you until disintegration comes from within. Wake up & act !!
شرک کے بعد سب سے بڑا جرم زبردستی حکومت پر قبضہ کرنا ہے۔ طاقت کے زور پر حکومت لینے اور دینے والوں کی سزا آرٹیکل 6 ہے۔ اب چاہے کوئی قران کی آیات پڑھ کر سنانے والا سید ہو یاں حافظ، دین کے مطابق یہ طاغوت ہے۔
ایک بات ہم نے بلکل واضح طور پر کہنی ہوگی۔
پاکستان افواج کیلئے ہے یا افواج پاکستان کیلئے ہیں؟
جب تک یہ فیصلہ نہیں ہوتا پاکستان کا کوئی مسئلہ حل نہیں ہوگا۔
ہم اپنی افواج اور اپنی ایجنسیوں سے درخواست کرتے ہیں کہ جو آئین کا حلف آپ نے اٹھایا ہے اس کا آپ خیال رکھیں، جو ہم نے اٹھایا ہے ہم اس کا خیال رکھیں گے۔ سپاہی سے لے کر جرنیل تک، ان کا حلف یہ ہوتا ہے کہ ہم سیاست میں حصہ نہیں لیں گے۔ اپنے حلف کا خیال رکھیں، پاکستان بچ جائے گا۔
This paragraph by Haruki Murakami hits hard:
“Once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
We should not reduce Intra Cerebral Haemorrhage (ICH) follow-up to just BP and power.
That is probably one of the biggest gaps in our routine practice.
Many times, the weakness is improving, but the family quietly says,
Doctor, he is walking better... but he is not the same person.
That is when the real follow-up begins.
In every ICH follow-up, apart from BP and motor examination, I now routinely ask:
• Is he thinking and taking decisions like before?
• Has his behaviour or mood changed?
• Is he sleeping well?
• Is he becoming independent in his daily activities?
• Can he gradually return to his previous role at home or work?
If there is a concern, I look further for cognitive impairment, depression, sleep disorders or the need for structured rehabilitation, involve the caregiver in counselling, and plan cognitive rehabilitation.
The latest Continuum 2026 review reinforces this approach. Recovery after ICH is not only motor recovery. Cognitive impairment and post-stroke depression are common, often under-recognised, and significantly influence long-term recovery and quality of life.
#Neurotwitter #Stroke #ICH #NeuroRehabilitation
If diplomatic ' success ' doesn't convert into economic dividends or at least into improved security then it is just to blacken the pages of history books and cheap MCQs of clerical jobs’ tests.
جس دھج سے کوئی مقتل میں گیا وہ شان سلامت رہتی ہے
یہ جان تو آنی جانی ہے اس جاں کی تو کوئی بات نہیں
جس خامنہ ای کو شہید کر کے استعماریت، استبدادیت اور ملوکیت غیر معمولی ہدف حاصل کرنا چاہتے تھے، وہ نامراد، ذلیل اور رسوا ہو گیا اور خامنہ ای اس مصرعہ کی ناقابل فراموش تمثیل بن گئے کہ
شہید کی جو موت ہے وہ قوم کی حیات ہے
خامنہ ای اور ایرانی قوم دنیا کو بتا رہے ہیں کہ آپ بھی status quo کی حمایت چھوڑ کر حریت پسندی اور مزاحمت کا ذائقہ چکھ کر تو دیکھیں۔ اشرافیہ اور status quo کی حمایت کرنا آسان جبکہ حریت و مزاحمت کا راستہ مشکل لیکن شہد سے میٹھا ہے۔ ایران کی صورت میں کوئی ملک ہو، کیوبا جیسی قوم ہو یا کوئی فرد، زندگی استعمار یا طاقت سے سمجھوتے کرنے اور عارضی فائدوں کا نام نہیں بلکہ زندگی ظلم، فسطائیت اور استعمار سے مزاحمت کا نام ہے
ایران نے جس بہادری، خودداری اور حمیت کے ساتھ دنیا کی دو طاقتوں کے خلاف باوقار جنگ لڑی، اِس پر دنیا بھر کے حُریت اور مزاحمت پسند چاہے اُن کا تعلق کسی بھی ملک یا مذہب سے ہو وہ کئی دہائیوں تک مستی میں جھومتے رہیں گے۔ ایران نے واضح کر دیا ہے کہ ظلم، فسطائیت اور استعمار کی چاپلوسی اور سہولتکاری ذلت کا طوق ہے جبکہ ظلم و فسطائیت کے خلاف ڈٹ جانا زندگی کا فخر
WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU AFRAID OF
- Death : We’re all gonna die.
- Bankruptcy : You can make it all back.
- Shame : Everyone will forget in a week.
- Rejection : It happens to everyone.
- Failure : It’s part of the path.
- Judgment : They’ll judge anyway.
- Losing people : Not all are meant to stay.
- Making mistakes : You’ll survive them.
- Taking risks : Regret hurts more.
Live every day like it's your last day.