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Tolerance
Jun 12th
It is very important to listen. Listen. Listen. Listen and then speak. It is important to analyze all aspects and point of views before you decide to dismiss what someone says. We, as Pakistani’s, face this very common dilemma. We fail to listen and to respect each other’s opinion.
Every one of us is a leader. Everyone of us think he or she is destined to be the chosen one. Is that why we have been unable to find a consensus leadership since Muhammad Ali Jinnah? This is just an open question.
Tolerance needs a lot of patience. We as a nation are not used to being patient. We need to think and allow our rigid minds to open up and accept everyone’s point of view.
We also have to worry about a lot of misguided individuals. But you don’t go out to blow them up! You engage them in dialogue and debate. You try to change the way they think just like those who brainwashed them had changed their thoughts.
Let us all be patient. Let us all be tolerant. It will help us as individuals to deal with the everyday frustrations we face for ourselves. And individual correction will one day become a correction at the national level.
Peace.
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Feb 7th
Sunday 31st January 2010 it was where the National Finals of this worldwide soccer contest took place.
The RedBull/Telenor sponsored event attracted a large number of the Karachi youth to witness who would be heading to South Africa for the worldwide finals of the event.
“Areeb Iqbal” having won the contest will be flying to South Africa!
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Oct 22nd
After India started bullying Pakistan again, I must say Thank You to our Interior Minister – Rehman Malik – for finally coming out in public and accusing India for all the terrorism business in Pakistan. But I would like to ask you again, what took you so long to speak up?
Malik, in his response to India, seemed irked and irritated and threatened India that our calls for talks must not be taken as a weakness as Pakistan is a nuclear power. (Please note, it is the Rehman Malik regime that is hell bent upon supporting US designs to roll-back our nuclear programme). More >
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Oct 19th
Why Blog? This is a question I have been asked over and over again. I was asked this question again at an event held at the Avari Towers in Karachi called “Are You Online”.
A wonderful discussion with a very attentive and involved audience was inspiring indeed. In this blog post, I have attempted to answer a few questions asked that day in a bit more detail. For now, these are the six (6) points I believe really make ‘blogging’ a very powerful alternative to main-stream media:
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Jun 27th
I had casually posted a picture on my Facebook profile sometime in the evening that showed a group photo of the Pakistan cricket team in the Presidency. I was, of course, deeply hurt at the sight of the picture. I then went out. When I returned, I saw several posts and updates on facebook and Twitter regarding the picture. More >
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May 5th
Let me begin in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Merciful. Thank You my Lord for making this possible. The 10th All Pakistan Programming, Engineering and Business Competition came to its close on May 2, 2009. The year’s biggest event at FAST Karachi truly lived up to its standards. Originally scheduled for the 30th of April and 1st of May, the event had to be postponed and transformed into a one-day affair because of the violence in Karachi. The postponement and rescheduling of the event was probably the toughest situation that I have ever encountered in my life.
Initially, we had over 200 teams registered and the total number of participants exceeded 620. These were record figures for any event in Karachi. The biggest plus was the fact that over 170 of these participants were to come from all over Pakistan (outside Karachi). Following the postponement by two days – the actual turnout was of over 140 teams, over 450 participants of which over 80 were from outside Karachi. And frankly, the turnout was unexpected. Given the situation – none of us expected such a great turnout of participants, guests, judges and visitors.
How we managed to pull it off – together – shall remain a mysterious miracle for years to come. But one thing is for sure, this year’s event is indeed being counted amoungst the best event’s ever held at FAST (Karachi). I congratulate my team for winning all the appreciation from the Chief Guest, Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, corporate guests, visitors and our faculty. It would not have been possible without your sheer dedication.
For me, personally, had it not been Papa’s (Syed M. Faheem) and Ammi’s trust and support in me, I would never have made it where I stood a few days back. Arsalan Tariq Mir was also a great support I had. I can never thank him enough for his never ending cooperation and support. Bilal Musharraf, Maisam Raza, Saad Jamal, Saad Najeeb, Umair and Humayoon were there for me throughout the 4 years of journey till I became President of this mega-event. I will have to thank my little brother, Maisum, for bearing with me – spending sleepless nights just because I had to stay awake for Procom.Net.
It would not have been possible without Mr. Pervez Mohsin and Prof. Zafar Nasir’s unconditional support and trust in me and my team. I believe one of the reason’s behind our success lies in the fact that they did not interfere in our decision making – rather stood by us against people who tried to.
Both my Vice-Presidents, Naveed and Umair deserve all the credit for putting in their maximum. We really gelled together as a team when it was required. Atif Khan’s cooperation is also worth applause. He was part of all critical decisions that we took. We stood firm and pushed ahead when problems refused to let us move forward.
Adnan M. Yousuf (aka TipTop) was a great motivator since the very beginning. Moosa, Hasan, Saleh, Musab, Suhaib Zia, Zain Alvi, Fakhar-ul-Hasan, Abdullah, Waqar, Shoaib Ahsan, Asim Fayyaz, Hassan Yousuf. Thank you all for making it a success.
Assad Ullah kept pushing me when I thought of backing out of the race to become President. His efforts for the Design team can not be under-estimated. He was sick yet he made sure we had all the panaflex banners ready just before it was too late. We missed you at the event Assad.
And of course when it comes to the Juniors – Wahib Saif, Murtaza Munawwer Fazal, Hani Haider, Shahrukh, Ravendar, Ali Ikram, Asif, Ali Raza, Waqas Adnan, Amir Khan, Faizan Mehboob, Mohammad Ali, Fahad, Syed Hassan.. you guys rocked! Forgive me if I’ve missed out any names here, but you guys were brilliant when it mattered!
Hats to Ali Abbas Rizvi, Usman Tariq, Ali Ahmed Zaidi and Sami Moiz for Guest and Participant relations work. I am especially thankful to the little girls, Zahra Bhojani and Saima Karim for thier untiring efforts. A special word of thanks to Anum Fatima Sayani – the little girl working on a very important task these days =D
I have tried to mention almost everyoneI could remember. Forgive me again if I have missed out on any name. It was a total team effort and like I mentioned in my speech, I am proud of you ALL.
And as for motivation, here is what Mr. Faizuddin Alim (Snr. Business Development Executive at TPS) has to say about our event:
Hats off to all you! For making my journey special! For making this success possible!
Best Regards
Syed Ammar Faheem
President
Procom.Net 2009
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