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Where Billions Vanish

Pervez Hoodbhoy April 21, 2008

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#112 Posted by viewer on April 28, 2008 2:06:21 am
Re: # 111
Maseedi is a source of entertainment indeed. Are you sure "someone like masadi saab" was not really Maseedi himself? May be you are a little bit forgetful as he had gone through such experiences during his childhood and to which he remains fond of making references. I have already offered him to play the role of donkey and I will mostly happily ride him through the city of Lahore and elsewhere.
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#111 Posted by peonofthewest on April 28, 2008 1:52:29 am
Re: # 110

viewri saab, this reminds me of when i was a child saab. someone like masadi saab was on the khota and all the kids were shouting....paaghal...e...oye.
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#110 Posted by viewer on April 28, 2008 1:47:04 am
Re: # 107

"The guy needs to be horsewhipped tied to the rear end of a donkey as the kids jeer and hit him with slippers all through Lahore town"

Not sure about PH, but I would certainly enjoy this ride if Maseedi takes the role of donkey.
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#109 Posted by viewer on April 28, 2008 1:13:31 am
Re: # 107
Ha Ha this maseedi guy is a good entertainer and I am really not left with a desire anymore to prove that I have nothing to do with Prof. Hoodbhoy. I am just an ordinary reader of his writings like many others. Maseedi, why don't you pick up your phone and ask Prof. Hoodbhoy if he is aware of someone called Viewer.
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#108 Posted by masadi on April 28, 2008 12:59:46 am
BTW chowk staff have meticulouly removed the heavy discussion articles in their daily jamadara effort to block dissent.........
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#107 Posted by masadi on April 28, 2008 12:58:41 am
Viewer writes "a) Prof. Hoodbhoy should have had reported, at least on Chowk.com"

Chowk is not his official "bitching like a scorned daughter in law" board. The sooner they remove his articles and his sorry a$$ from posting here the better. The guy has no concern about the country which he'd sell to the highest western media bidder, as he does- sometimes just for recognition and fame, for free. The guy needs to be horsewhipped tied to the rear end of a donkey as the kids jeer and hit him with slippers all through Lahore town. Viewer is making a futile attempt to try to prove that he is not PH, the attempt is futile, we all know that PH is Viewer and Viewer is PH, and what a pathetic ability at reasoning he has....
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#106 Posted by viewer on April 28, 2008 12:24:10 am
Re: # 104

I partially disagree with this and hold the view that he is also responsible to certain extent because:

a) Prof. Hoodbhoy should have had reported, at least on Chowk.com, about what really happened on 8 September 2005 in the nation-wide meeting.

b) He should have had done this soon afterwards the meeting took place or at least sufficiently sooner to guarantee that it gets noticed by the HEC and the government officials, and also by his readers on Chowk.com, BEFORE a decision of purchase was going to be made. I believe to do this was certainly possible for him.

c) Prof. Hoodbhoy writes:

"But the project’s proponents clearly had something else in mind. And it was not a plan of work. They bussed in supporters from near and far who filled the auditorium. Few had even heard of the Pelletron, but they had
been instructed to shout in its favour and hoot down all who questioned the need to buy one. I had urged at that meeting that the machine could be purchased but only if some clear scientific purposes was identified. This
plea was roundly rejected on grounds that uses would automatically develop once the machine arrives"

This reason for not forcefully putting forward what he thought during the meeting on 8 September 2005 does not appear very much convincing to me, especially in view of the fact that the machine is an accelerator, which seem to be related to his areas of expertise, and that he is associated with the QAU for over thirty years, the place where the machine was going to be installed.

I mean to say is that if he had suspicions whether the machine was going to find use after its installation at the University, where he has had taught for over thirty years, he must have had expressed those more forcefully very soon after the meeting on 8 September 2005 or possibly in early 2006 so that the people in power could have listened to his and Prof. Riazuddin's views before making their decision to purchase.



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#105 Posted by nkg on April 27, 2008 11:54:05 pm
Re: # 56
This reminded me of Bofors scandal prove... Investigating officers enjoyed paid vacation to Swizerland. No positive result so far...More money is spent on the investigation than actual amout of corruption...
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#104 Posted by malikjahanzeb on April 27, 2008 11:11:58 pm
Mr. Hoodbhoy comes out clear in this conflict as is evident from the response of Mr. Riazuddin. However, Mr. Riazuddin's position is not as clear as he sounds as the letter clearly is giving a green flag for the purchase.
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#103 Posted by masadi on April 27, 2008 10:32:59 am
#102 Viewer/PH writes "yes, a food for thought to the educators so as to causes them diarrhea "

How do you know are you their personal bathroom cleaner? That said, how come you are very interested in my posts now after saying "who cares"? Hypocrite. Your posts show that all you are capable of are brain farts and dishonesty- not having read an article you comment on it, blindly support your pos (piece of sh**) articles, and rail against your colleagues because you have a personal axe to grind and are just downright jealous of them. PH you're an a-hole and a certified idiot...
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#102 Posted by viewer on April 27, 2008 8:18:33 am
Re: # 101
yes, a food for thought to the educators so as to causes them diarrhea
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#101 Posted by masadi on April 27, 2008 12:13:16 am
PH/Viewer writes "So a piece from a paranoid schizophrenic "

So now this fool claims to be a shrink as well and comes up with copy-pasted diagnosis from the wannabe (US elite). Show us what you have produced that has provided food for thought to the educators in this country. Show us or shut the F up.....fool
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#100 Posted by viewer on April 26, 2008 11:58:59 pm
Re: # 98

So a piece from a paranoid schizophrenic got circulated in all the universities of this country thanks to Ata ur Rahman. I am not surprised at all, it has happened many times before.
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#99 Posted by viewer on April 26, 2008 11:58:47 pm
Re: # 98

So a piece from a paranoid schizophrenic got circulated in all the universities of this country thanks to Ata ur Rahman. I am not surprised at all, it has happened many times before.
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#98 Posted by masadi on April 26, 2008 11:50:53 pm
NOt only that you're a liar, claiming that you "don't care" and dont read what I write while you have been deligently doing that and replying to it as well. Regarding my piece on education circulated in all the universities of this country thanks to Ata ur Rahman, who forwarded it to Ishrat Hussein who forwarded it to all the universities in this country, I doubt you have even read it, while comprehending it is much beyond your "pay scale"...fool
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#97 Posted by masadi on April 26, 2008 11:48:50 pm
Viewer/PH writes " O Maseedi, I have nothing to do with PH and even disagree with some of his views. Most of what he writes, however, is definitely sensible to me"

Don't try to save face with this BS, it is "sensible" to you because just like him you read and comprehend at the mediocre high school level- while copy pasting this from me claim that my writings are for school children. You are not even original in your contrived insults and made up claims!
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