Nadeem Jamali

professor, computer scientist, vegetarian, sindhi-canadian, doer

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@nexusasian Many urban Pakistanis, especially from Karachi, think that feudalism is a feature of the countryside. Pakistan is a fundamentally feudal society. There was a good article in last month's issue of The Atlantic which interested people should read. https://t.co/FhRBR3071F

[Asia Nexus @nexusasian]

🇵🇰 Pakistani Journalist: "Pakistan's problems come from its borders with India, Afghanistan and others."

Former Singapore Ambassador: "That's an excuse. Pakistan has been mismanaged since the beginning. Its politicians are a waste of time, and the military is part of the problem."

[Asia Nexus @nexusasian]

🇵🇰 Former Singapore Ambassador: "Pakistan's problem is that it has a deeply feudalistic society."

Pakistani Journalist: "Not all of the society is."

Former Singapore Ambassador: "Most of it is. Your elites are modern, but they lack the courage to act because someone could cut their heads off."

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@humsafar2706 @Siddiquimajid @murtazaM101 ۽ اھو به ته پاڻ پٽڪو پائڻ لاء پھرين، ڪنھن ٻئي جو پٽڪو لاھڻ ضروري ٿا سمجھن. ڄڻ ته پٽڪن جي ڪا کوٽ ھجي. انھي سوچ کي زيرو سم گيم (zero sum game) چئبو آ.

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

Pakistanis once hijacked a Singapore Airlines plane

Their demand was to speak to ex-PM Bhutto

But her staff refused to wake her up at night

So Singapore stormed the plane & killed the hijackers

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

Pakistani Journalist: Where will Pakistan be in 5 years?

Ex-Singapore Ambassador: I will be very blunt. Pakistan took advantage of a diplomatic opportunity in the US-Iran war. But that will not feed your people. Pakistan has been on the brink of failure for a long time.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@humsafar2706 @Siddiquimajid @murtazaM101 ايئين تڏھن ٿيندو آ جڏھن ماڻھون پٽڪو پائڻ کي ڪاميابي ڀائن، انھي جي بدران ته مليل عزت کي ڪنھن ضروري ڪم کي اڳتي وڌائڻ لاء استعمال ڪن. پٽڪو ڀلي پائجي، پر ذميواري سمجھي پائجي، نڪي ھرو ڀرو جي چڱمڙسائي سمجھي.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

HIV: “At least” 329 children infected in Pakistan province, as medical association blames negligence | The BMJ https://t.co/4yRUEJyytk

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@krassenstein The PM of Pakistan may think that Lebanon was included. Language isn't their strength. I was just looking at one of his tweets, and he said "few" when he meant to say "a few." These are not terribly competent people.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@marvi_memon @antonioguterres Corruption and chaos in the world has always been good for the Pakistani military establishment. https://t.co/0zuEIrJUoV

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@akhu_tech @MSK_KHAN007 @ShehnilaZardari 2/2 When you make it a point to say that you specifically owe no loyalty to your province, and prefer to ally yourself with a higher power to undermine your province for personal or communal interest, you lose people's trust and respect.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@akhu_tech @MSK_KHAN007 @ShehnilaZardari 1/2 I moved to Canada 20 years ago. I have loyalty to
#Canada when it comes to its competition with other nations. But I also have loyalty to my province of
#Saskatchewan when it comes to inter-provincial competition. I have loyalty to my city of #Saskatoon, my neighborhood, etc.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@akhu_tech @MSK_KHAN007 @ShehnilaZardari That's what Sindhis have been saying. Pledge your loyalty to Sindh, show a sense of ownership of the land and the people like the Dinshaw family did by contributing to the greater good of all, and you're in. Hear the MQM narrative. They think they're too good to be Sindhis.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@MSK_KHAN007 That's your narrow definition of nationhood. Sindh has been a diverse multiracial, multi-faith nation for more than a thousand years. Sindhis aren't looking for bigoted advice on whom to accept as a Sindhi. Three generations being born in and contributing to Sindh is enough.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@PakiGrok @ShehnilaZardari The name... and more money to expand.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@PakiGrok @ShehnilaZardari Again, not correct. It was renamed to be the NED College. It became a university in 1977.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@PakiGrok @ShehnilaZardari That's apparently not true. Her maiden name was Petit. Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw was a son of Edulji Dinshaw, and only had one brother called Framroze.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@PakiGrok @ShehnilaZardari Renaming and replacing are completely different things.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@PakiGrok @ShehnilaZardari Why are you mentioning Bombay Presidency here at all? All the individuals being talked about were native to Sindh. What's the relevance of Bombay Presidency? NED was a new name for an existing institution. NED, the person, had died. His children made the donation.

[Nadeem Jamali @nadeemjamali]

@MSK_KHAN007 @ShehnilaZardari Parsi (Zorastrian) is a religious identity. The family were Sindhi citizens from before the British invasion, when Sindh was independent. Grandfather of the donors was born in Sindh in 1842. They were at least 3rd generation Sindhis. Sindh has long been a multiracial nation.