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PTI: water car of politics

IN 2012 a tsunami of self-delusion swept across Pakistan. A self-styled engineer by the name of Agha Waqar Pathan claimed creating a ‘water kit’ allowing cars to run solely on…

The poetry of science exploration

Light travels at a finite speed of  300,000km per seconds – the speed of light. Because the speed is finite, every photon in every ray of light that reaches an…

Judicial overreach?

AS the current chief justice’s tenure comes to a close, the news of extrajudicial actions taken in that time has far exceeded the news of the many regular judicial decisions…

Condemn Nation

Condemn nation

Newton’s third law of motion states that ‘For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.’ Had Newton lived in Pakistan he may have been forced to revisit this…

Our Very Own ‘Watergate’?

Our very own ‘Watergate’?

While Pakistan is in the grip of its worst energy crisis since its inception in 1947, coincidentally, or perhaps by design, the country is also in the grip of a…

The Water Car Scam

The water car scam

The national press has recently been full of stories of how a Pakistan “engineer” Agha Waqar Ahmad has developed a ‘water kit’ that allows cars to be run on pure…

Edible Oil & Amp; Vanaspati Industry In Pakistan

Edible oil & amp; vanaspati industry in Pakistan

I have been associated with Ghee and Vanaspati Industry since 1965 when I joined one of the leading manufacturers of ghee/vanaspati in Karachi and subsequently became the Chairman of Pakistan…