SEESAW GAME OF BUDGET 2012-13 Servicing through Negative Listing
Vol. XLIX No. 51
Date: March 25, 2012
Qur’ān’s Concept Of Birr (neki – Righteousness)
A comprehensive concept of the ideal character of a Muslim – by defining in detail the real concept of righteousness – is in a single ayah of Surah Al-Baquara. All…
Islamic Management Model Presented At Int’l Conference
A three-day (Feb 24-26) international conference on “Spiritual Paradigm for Surmounting Global Management Crisis” held at Varanasi discussed Islamic approach towards management. The programme was organised by School of Management…
Removal Of Congratulatory Hoardings
UP Chief Minister designate, even before taking oath on Mar 15, rightly ordered immediate removal of congratulatory hoardings emerged overnight on his sweeping polls to state-assembly.
An Astute Budget
The current budget is no visionary budget: it’s shaped by political exigencies. The Budget once again has not put forth enough initiatives for the economic development of the common man.…
Obama, Gandhi And Mandela
It is the height of irony that US President Barack Obama recently compared himself with the likes of M.K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, who are widely acknowledged as symbols of…
Compensation To Egypt Uprising Victims Increased Threefold
Egypt’s new Parliament, in its first legislative act since convening in January, passed a law on Mar 12 increasing by more than threefold the proposed compensation to families of protesters…
Assad The Killer Enjoyed Music Amid Massacres
Syrian activists on Mar 15 said they were sickened by e-mails which appeared to show Assad and his wife shopping for pop music and luxury items while the country descended…
500 To Run In Egypt’s Presidential Elections
At least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country’s first presidential elections in which the outcome is…
Afghan Youth Recounts Carnage By Us Soldier
An Afghan youth on Mar 11 recounted the terrifying scene in his home as a lone US soldier moved stealthily through it during a killing spree, then crouched down and…
Dozens Of Syrian Civilians Killed In Homs, Oic To Dispatch
Dozens of civilians were killed in cold blood in the Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists and Syrian state media said on Mar 12 although they disputed responsibility for what…
Anti-sharia Bill Dies In Us Senate
The Tampa Bay Times on Mar 15 reported that Anti-Islam Senate Bill SB 1360 died in the Senate. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America’s largest Muslim Civil Liberties Advocacy Organisation,
Jih Chief Condoles Death Of Hafiz Mohammad Siddique
Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, expressed grief and sorrow over the sad demise of the leader of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind Hafiz Mohammad Siddique, and prayed to Allah for His…
Dr. S.n.a. Rizvi Felicitated For Contribution In Nephrology
Dr. S.N.A .Rizvi, Ex Director, Professor and head of the Department of Medicine Maulana Azad Medical College and presently Senior Consultant Nephrology at Apollo Hospital, Sanjeevan Medical Research Centre and…
Dr. Noor Mohammad Takes Charge Of Amu Vc
Dr. Noor Mohammad, a 1977 batch retired IAS officer, took over charge as Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. He said, “My priority is to restore the essential ethos of…
‘denying Passport To 60,000 Families Shameful’
Commenting on the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti’s ‘revelation’ that 60,000 Kashmiri families are indexed not to receive CID clearance for passports, the Hurriyat Conference (G) Spokesman Ayaz Akbar termed it highly…
Rights Body To Take Up ‘d’ Voters’ Cause
The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO), an umbrella body of Dalit, tribal and minority groups, raised the plight of Assam’s doubtful voters at the national level.
Survey Reveals Muslims Are Gujarat’s New Outcastes
The state-led genocide of Muslims in Gujarat not only destroyed lives and livelihood of thousands of Muslims but also reduced the whole Muslim community to the status of second-class citizens…
Amu Students Union Protests Against Kazmi’s Arrest
Aligarh Muslim University Students Union held protest in Aligarh against the arrest of scribe Syed Ahmed Kazmi in connection with the bombing of an Israeli diplomat’s vehicle in Delhi.
Jih Hails Up Govt’s Decision To Fence Graveyards
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has welcomed the move of the government of Uttar Pradesh to allow the construction of fences around the graveyards and called it an important decision taken by the…
Benefits Of Amla
Amla is one of the most sought after herbs that are used for prevention against aging. It helps in improving the functions of our body organs and is a rich…
The Pending Promises
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI comments on the PRS Legislative Research analysis, which reveals that 65 per cent of the promises made by President Pratibha Patil in Parliament are yet…
Science Confirms The Faith
The more I hear and read about scientific developments and discoveries stronger becomes my conviction that the scientific community, as a matter of fact all rational people, should come to…
Distribution Of Inheritance In Our Society
Knowledge of inheritance system (Wirasat) has diminished in our society so much so that, you survey ten religious scholars and you will hardly get one who knows this even substantially.…
Gaza Under Israeli Attack Bibi Stirring Trouble
RAMZY BAROUD analyses why Israel attacked Gaza once again and concludes that Benjamin Netanyahu is stirring the trouble.
Basics Of Faith
It is reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas that Muadh said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) sent me (as governor of Yemen)…
They Have No Power
Tell them: ‘Call upon those whom you fancy to be [your helpers] beside Him! They have no power to remove any affliction from you, nor can they shift it.’ Those…
Let Religion And Politics Go Together
Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s suggestion to the Muslim countries not to play religion-based politics might contain some grain of truth in the given circumstances of his country. But this is…
Seesaw Game Of Budget 2012-13 Servicing Through Negative Listing
Budget making is a seesaw game. One may not expect swings. Finance Minister’s task is to balance the cost of benefits provided by corresponding generation of revenues.
