Crow's Nest...

PM Elect escapes assasination.    Shaukat Aziz narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. His driver is dead and so are five other people. The attack took place 45 km outside our capital, Islamabad. more here FT.com

we r through! 

Paper.    By the end of this week I would have read through atleast, if not more, 2000 pages of books, notes and scrap. and all this in two weeks. I was just wondering if there were no paper in the world how would it be like.    On the contrary if there were no computers how would the outlook be, then. we would be doing everything on paper and I would be writing this scrap on a piece of paper. This will not only limit my speed and output but also my ability to share what I scribble, with the world.    Technology rules!

Human Development Index.    The United Ntions have released its ranking of countries on the basis of human development index. Not very surprisingly Pakistan, the land of the pure, is ranked at number 142 out of 177 countries ranked. Last year we were 144th in the rank. The index is based on indicators such as GDP, health, population growth rate and education. It is a true indicator of a country's ability to provide its individuals with quality life ensuring them good health, necessary education and comfort in life. The concept of human development index is unique and was put forward by our very own economic genius Dr. Mehboob-ul-Haq. Pakistan, sadly, as this index shows lags behind in all these contexts. We can blame it on our Govt.s or ourselves but we lag behind many countries who are much smaller in size. We are far behind our neighbours like India(127), Sri Lanka(96), Nepal(140), Bhutan(134), Iran(101).    All this inspite of the fact that we ar...

Concentrate.    I simply can't concentrate right now. Have lot to cover and time is just flying away. Bad day for some amongst us here. In order to take the professional exam, that is due in 10 days now, we have to pass all our rotations individually. Some of the guys have flunked, it seems, in their last rotations and might not be able to take this exam with us. This really is sagging my spirits. I know them well and they are all good at studies otherwise. It is just the failure of the system here. There can be no other justification for their not being able to get through these rotations. I have been bitten by the same snake and did let my anger out in one of my posts earlier.    All this just made me think that life so uncertain. You think that you have it all under control and right then something bad and wicked happens and the plan is all a mess. You just can't predict anything. I happen to be pretty close to one of the guys whose future, t...

I have acquired a working key board. The last one was really trouble to work with. My last post took me 30 minutes to type. Anyways here I am writing this post from the replaced version of push button technology. Karachi is seeing some magnificent weather lately. For the last two days it drizzles in the morning and then there is cloud cover with breeze blowing all day long. The falling water has helped cleanse the atmosphere a little and sky, when the cloud cover breaks, is much blue to the eye. I suppose its the same all over the country. Rains finally.

Prof III I have my Prof III in two weeks time. This time around its not like the previous exams. Hostel has been deserted altogether. No soul to be seen and those who are here have confined themselves to their rooms or the dungeon they call library. I have done the same so i must not complain. Have to go through lots of syllabus in these two weeks so i must seek leave. will keep posting as often as i can.