Wednesday 22 October 2014

Sadiq Gill - Anarchy or Parliament?

The dividends of democracy are incremental; they don’t happen overnight. It’s a process not a destination. That is a lesson the politicians across the board need to learn

Graphic by Naseem ur Rehman

Anarchy or parliament? It’s a pity that a country has to choose such a binary. That’s what the weeks-long spectacle in the capital was reduced to. In the ultimate analysis, it has been a fight to save or break the system. But it has not been easy for anyone in the country to appear to defend the “system” without incurring the charge of being a PML-N stooge — a party that is projected as the most corrupt, brutal and inefficient, and one that the system could do without.

It was rather early in the day that the alternative to the system was brought forth — in the form of an interim government of technocrats. That sent the wrong signals: the country had experienced such a government in a short term before; a long term interim government had unpleasant echoes of the Bangladesh Model.

The retraction came sooner than expected but not without convincing everyone that the PTI-PAT duo had no alternative to the system in place. They only knew what to break and had no clue what to replace it with.

No matter how non-sensical it may have seemed and how damaging it was for the stability of the system, the sheer noise of pure anarchy reverberated in the capital making any sensible political analysis impossible.

If rigging was, indeed, what bothered certain political forces, was the parliament not a better forum to engage the government and strive for reforms?

You can have a disagreement with the policies of the government but in a democratic dispensation the government remains its own biggest defender. You can’t wish a government away for pursuing policies (Motorways or Metro buses) you do not like.

If you agree to work within the framework of constitution, the government must go by the method prescribed within the constitution. If you want to reform the system, you must first attempt it within the parliament before taking to the streets and with such maximalist demands.

The dividends of democracy are incremental; they don’t happen overnight. It’s a process not a destination. That is a lesson the politicians across the board need to learn.

Thursday 16 October 2014

Sadiq Gill - Opinion Poll?

What say you my adoring public? Was he?

Monday 13 October 2014

Sadiq Gill - Was Sadiq Gill an Anarchist?

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Sadiq Gill - Was Sadiq Gill an Anarchist?

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Sadiq Gill - Was Sadiq Gill an Anarchist?

LAHORE, Nov 18: The Punjab University is faced with an interesting situation when two of its centres trade piracy charges over research work on the same subject, with one of them publishing a book.
Incidentally contents of both the works are almost similar.
It is learnt that the Pakistan Study Centre (PSC) has published a book ‘Hindu fundamentalism in South Asia’ “authored” by its research assistant Ahmad Ejaz.
However, PSC’s neighbouring Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) officials claim that the centre has been working on the subject ‘Rise of Hindu fundamentalism in South Asia’ for the last six years under a federal government project. The centre is said to be in the process of giving final touches to the manuscript to print it in a book form. They say that they have just learnt that the PSC has published a book having same contents. Terming it piracy, the CSAS officials say the centre is lodging a formal complaint with the vice-chancellor in this regard.
When contacted, PU registrar Col Masudul Haq said CSAS director Prof Dr Sadiq Ali Gill had informed him about the issue. He said that he had asked him to send a complaint in writing so that the university could probe the issue.
Sources in the CSAS claimed that the original manuscript of the research was provided to a library clerk to prepare an Index but he handed over a copy of it to Mr Ejaz for financial gains.
Clerk Ashfaq, however, denied that he had handed over the copy of the manuscript to Mr Ejaz and added that he had prepared the Index and bibliography and returned the document to the centre’s director.
When contacted, Prof Gill said the centre was refining the manuscript as it was sent to different noted personalities for review before going to press. He said that he was going to make a complaint in writing with the vice-chancellor.
Mr Ejaz, however, said he had been working on the subject for quite some time and was in possession of complete research work. He said that every author worked on similar subjects with different angles. He said the CSAS should also come up with a book to show that they had a refined version on the subject, as it claimed. He also said that the CSAS might have acquired the copy of his research work and was planning to publish it for its credit.
Answering a question, he said that he had worked individually on the subject and finally come up with the research work that was approved by the PSC for publication.
PSC director Prof Dr Massarrat Abid told Dawnthat she had the original manuscript written by Mr Ejaz. She said that the research assistant had been working on the subject for quite some time. She said that Mr Ejaz had also contributed different research articles on different issues relating to India.
She suggested that the university should examine both the manuscripts for the authenticity of claims. She also said that Prof Gill had not talked to her on the issue.

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