Why Engineers & Scientist Remain Poor

Engineers and scientists can never earn as much salary as business executives and salespeople who are much less educated. This can be supported by a mathematical equation:

Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.

As every engineer knows:

Work
-------- = Power
Time

Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money

Work
-------- = Knowledge
Money

or

Work
--------------- = Money
Knowledge

Thus, regardless of the amount of Work done, as knowledge increases, money decreases and, if Knowledge decreases, Money increases.

Conclusion: The Less you Know, the More you get Money
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Ramadhan Mubarak

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May the Holy month of the Revelation of Qur’aan
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Usher upon You Peace Happiness and Prosperity
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Ramadhan Mubarak

Wretched American Military and Dumb Pakistan Army Officers

Here are excerpts from “The ordeal of Mullah Zaeef” by Ayaz Amir, published in Dawn of September 22, 006. Complete article can be read by clicking on the title above or writing the following URL in your browser http://www.dawn.com/weekly/ayaz/20060922.htm

WE know, to our lasting shame, how our overlords, dazzled by American power, and afraid of God knows what, handed over the ex-Taliban ambassador, Mullah Abdus Salam Zaeef, to the Americans in January 2002 — in violation of every last comma of international law.

But until now we have not been privy to the details: how exactly did the handing-over take place? Now to satisfy our curiosity, and perhaps outrage our feelings, comes Mullah Zaeef’s own account, published in Pashto and parts of which have been translated into Urdu by the Express newspaper.

To say that the account is eye-opening would be an understatement. It is harrowing and mind-blowing. Can anyone bend so low as our government did? And can behaviour be as wretched as that displayed by American military personnel into whose custody Zaeef was given?

On the morning of January 2, 2002, three officials of a secret agency arrived at Zaeef’s house in Islamabad with this message: “Your Excellency, you are no more excellency.” One of them said, no one can resist American power, or words to that effect. “America wants to question you. We are going to hand you over to the Americans so that their purpose is served and Pakistan is saved from a big danger.”

Zaeef could have been forgiven for feeling stunned. From the “guardians of Islam” this was the last thing that he expected, that for the sake of a few “coins” (his words) he would be delivered as a “gift” to the Americans.

Under heavy escort he was taken to Peshawar, kept there for a few days and then pushed into his nightmare. Blindfolded and handcuffed, he was driven to a place where a helicopter was waiting, its engines running. Someone said, “Khuda hafiz” (God preserve you).

There were some people speaking in English. “Suddenly I was pounced upon and flung on the ground, kicked and pummelled from all sides. So sudden was the attack that I was dumbfounded... My blindfold slipping, I saw a line of Pakistani soldiers to one side and some vehicles including one with a flag...My clothes were stripped from my body and I was naked but ‘my former friends’ kept watching the spectacle. The locks on their lips I can never forget... The (Pakistani) officers present there could at least have said he is our guest, in our presence don’t treat him like this. Even in my grave I will not be able to forget that scene.”

These are the standard-bearers of human rights and freedom from whom we are supposed to take lessons in democracy. Why does the Bush administration and its acolytes in Britain so loath President Ahmedinejad of Iran and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela? Because they look America in the eye and are not afraid of speaking the truth.

The US covered itself in a garb of hurt innocence when the Sep 11, 2001, attacks took place. But using those attacks as a pretext, it has done so much harm around the world, especially in the Middle East and our region, that its hands are covered in blood.

Indeed, if we are at all interested in sustainable development, we’ll have to think of something better and less destructive than unbridled capitalism. And something less arrogant than the new imperialism to which our region is being exposed.

And who was the senior officer, with a flag on his jeep? My course-mate Ehsan — 41st PMA — was then heading ISI, the organization in overall command of such sensitive matters.
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Bite your tongue

Everything we say and do in life has consequences. Just like throwing a stone into a pond sends ripples across the water. We are free to say and do as we choose but the consequences of our words and actions are our responsibility. How many times have hasty words been spoken making a wedge between once loving friends or spouses?

Sometimes we think something bad about a person and in anger or when emotions are high, we make those thoughts vocal. If we could have waited a little, these negative thoughts may well have been replaced with more kindly ones. To speak or act while in a state of anger is really a mistake. It is a good idea to bite your tongue and wait until the next day. If the same level of emotions is present, then speak out, but most chances are you will have forgotten why you were angry.

[The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil) with one which is better (that is, Allah directed the believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse those who treat them badly), then verily he, between whom and you there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a close friend.] [Sura 41Fussilat, Verse 34]

Contributed by: Velma Cook
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A Chase

Can you imagine this happening on the interstate?

Are you scared?
It could be you if you dare it!
But it is simple
Fill light gas in missile shaped balloons Tie balloons to car with different lengths of strings Drive on an interstate like a bat out of shades And
Watch people freak out!!!!
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Courtesy: Ms Leslie of Ferntucky

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Mr Jinnah and Pakistanis

On September 11, 1948, the Founder of Pakistan, Mr Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known as Great Leader (Quaid-e-Azam) by Muslims of subcontinent Indo-Pakistan, passed away from this mortal world. The right way to remember him on this day, apart from reciting Qur’aan and offering prayers for him which nearly all the People of Pakistan do, is to follow wise advices given by him from time to time. For the last few years it is being propagated by a few people who, trying to behave modern, consider Qur’aan to be a book for ancient times, that Mr Jinnah wanted to make Pakistan a secular state and not an Islamic state. The present administration of Pakistan also, to please their masters, is trying to make education secular while they are practically doing nothing for the welfare of Pakistan nation.

Below is an excerpt from the speech delivered by Mr Jinnah on November 27, 1947 at the forum of All Pakistan Educational Conference.

Under foreign rule for over a century, in the very nature of things, I regret, sufficient attention has not been paid to the education of our people, and if we are to make any real, speedy and substantial progress, we must earnestly tackle this question and bring our educational policy and program on the lines suited to the genius of our people, consonant with our history and culture, and having regard to the modern conditions and vast developments that have taken place all over the world.

“Education does not merely mean academic education, and even that appears to be of a very poor type. What we have to do is to mobilize our people and build up the character of our future generations. There is immediate and urgent need for training our people in the scientific and technical education in order to build up future economic life, and we should see that our people undertake scientific commerce, trade and particularly, well-planned industries. Also I must emphasize that greater attention should be paid to technical and vocational education.

In short, we have to build up the character of our future generations which means highest sense of honor, integrity, selfless service to the nation, and sense of responsibility, and we have to see that they are fully qualified or equipped to play their part in the various branches of economic life in a manner which will do honor to Pakistan.”
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Second Anniversary

When I started my this Blog on September 10, 2004, I was skeptical of its surviving even for some months. In spite of entries being of serious and dry nature, al-hamdu lillah, today, with the grace of Allah Subhanohu wa ta’ala, it has completed two years.

In February, 2006, Government functionaries blocked the domain of Blogspot in stead of blocking the individual Blog that had committed blasphemy. Though I was able to operate my Blog through proxy but it entailed loss of time and inconvenience. This forced many bloggers in Pakistan to change domains for the sake of readers in Pakitan but I kept my Blogspot Blog in tact and duplicated it on Wordpress.

There were 11,727 visits and the 15,732 page views of this Blog in two years. The number of visits and page views during the second year were 8,543 and 10,977 respectively, that is an average of over 23 visits and 30 page views per day. This does not include spam visits / comments.

I must be failing in my duty if I do not place on record my profound thanks to the worthy visitors of my Blog. It was their interest and guidance that encouraged me to carry on and make this Blog a success. May Allah bless all of you with everlasting good health and prosperity. Aameen.

Countries and Towns of the visitors of this Blog

Pakistan Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and other places
Algeria Alger
Bahrain Manama
Egypt Cairo, Qutur, Al Gharbiyah and other places
Iran Chahar Mahall, va Bakhtiari, Tehran, Sina, Bushehr
Iraq Baghdad
Lebanon Beirut
Libya Tripoli
Malaysia Kampong Seri Medan, Wilayah Persekutuan, Petaling, Jaya and other places
Morocco Rabat
Oman Muscat
Qatar Doha
Saudi Arabia Riyadh and other places
U A E Dubai
Yemen Sana, Hadramawt
Australia Oxford Park, Queensland, Dobroyd Point, Terrey Hills, New South Wales
Botswana Gaborone, South-East
Canada Hamilton Ontario, Montral Quebec Calgary, Alberta
Denmark Stavtrup, Arhus
Germany Wiesbaden, Hessen, Schwbisch Hall, Baden-Wurttemberg, Dibbesdorf, Niedersachsen, Potsdam, Brandenburg Reinbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen
India Bangalore, Karnataka Pande, Maharashtra, Delhi, Kulurkudru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi Ambarpet, Andhra Pradesh and other places
Israel Al Musrarah, Yerushalayim
Italy Tavagnacco, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Netherlands Heino, Overijssel Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland
Norway Oslo
Philippines Bel-Air Two, Rizal
Singapore Singapore Dakar

South Africa Johannesburg, Gauteng
Spain Granada and Rota, Andalucia Madrid
Sweden Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland
Switzerland Wald, Glarus
Thailand Bangkok, Krung Thep
U K Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Shepherds Bush, Newham, Winchester, Hampshire, Roehampton, Bromley, Egham, Slough, Huddersfield, Kirklees.
U S A Los Gatos, El Dorado Hills, Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, Santa Ana (California), Kent, Dayton, Wisconsin, Dallas, Killeen, Denton, Arlington, College Station, Austin, Houston, Flower Mound (Texas), Phoenix, (Arizona), Omaha (Nebraska), Nashville (Tennessee), Chicago (Illinois), Louisville (Kentucky), Royal Oak (Michigan), Atlanta, Athens (Georgia), Las Vegas, Reno (Nevada), Fall Creek (Milwaukee), Brookfield (Wisconsin), Kent, Columbus (Ohio), Denver, Colorado (New York), Brookfield (Connecticut), Arlington, Falls Church (Virginia), Tampa (Florida), Seattle (Washington)

And some unidentified countries
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Two Best Friends

During journey through the desert two friends had an argument and one slapped the other. The one hurt wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE

Later they reached an oasis and decided to take bath. One who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning but the other saved him. Then he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved him asked, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other replied, "When someone hurts us we should write it in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
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Change of Blog Title

For the past about one year, I have been receiving suggestion that title of Blog “Hypocrisy Thy Name”, except for the initial few months’ posts, is not consonant with majority of the later posts and should be changed.

Agreeing with the opinion of the worthy readers, I decided to change the title on the occasion of second anniversary of this Blog which falls on 10th September, 2006.

The new title is:

Reality Is Often Bitter – حقائق عموماً تلخ ہوتے ہيں

However, the URL will remain unchanged as:
http://hypocrisythyname.blogspot.com

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The Pet

If a pet is over-fed, it becomes stronger than it’s master.

Isn’t it true for Israel and USA?

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