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Journalism is concocting problems By Prof Dr Sohail Ansari

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool . Joseph Roux ·          The day journalists stop bringing you manufactured problems is the day they have stopped misleading you. They have either lost confidence that you can be hoodwinked or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of journalism. ·          Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Colin Powell " And, do not cloak (and confuse) the truth with falsehood . Do not suppress the truth knowingly.   (The Noble Quran, 2:42) " What Is Realism, and Why Should Qualitative Researchers Care? Realism Philosophic realism in general is defined by Phillips (1987, p. 205) as “t...

Nawaz Sharif follows Martin Luther By Prof Dr Sohail Ansari

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. James L. Buckley "Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise." Sahih Muslim - Volume 9, Book 89, Number 264, Narrated Ma'qil Disobedience is the mantra of Nawaz Sharif A law that is not rooted in the philosophy that benefits me is an unjust law even it is rooted in eternal law and natural law. And as Martin Luther says we have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust  laws; I disobey the verdict of Supreme Court. “One has not only a  legal , but a moral responsibility to obey just  laws . Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust  laws .” “An unjust  law  is a human  law  that is not rooted in eternal  law  and natural  law . Any  law  that uplifts human personality...