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Shahid Hussain Raja 1. Write about something unusual you experienced with the help of any of your five senses today or yesterday or even during the last week-something un…more1. Write about something unusual you experienced with the help of any of your five senses today or yesterday or even during the last week-something unusual you saw, smelled, heard etc.
2. Write about something unusual you experienced with the help of your sixth sense recently-yes anything from Dejavu to paranormal experience-a ghost may be?
3. Explain the details of last book you read or reading to your imaginary or real girlfriend in the form of a juicy love letter. May be explain to her the complex theorem
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5. Write a story about your childhood love which must have been unrequited-doesn’t matter.
6. Start writing the biography of your parents-ask them the details of how they met and married if they are alive. If not, seek the help of your elder siblings.
7. Attempt a fairy tale-yes a fairy tale in which your son/daughter play the leading role. Probably it would be the best birthday gift for them.
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9. Go to a mall, sit in a coffee shop, order a large cup of coffee and start observing people around you. When the coffee is served, start writing about those people- what they are doing and mostly why they are doing what they are doing. Imagine.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Shahid Hussain Raja Idea for writing about the history of economic development of Pakistan came into mind when I wrote a two-piece article about the development experienc…moreIdea for writing about the history of economic development of Pakistan came into mind when I wrote a two-piece article about the development experience of Pakistan’s first military regime which ruled the country for a decade from 1958 to 1968. It was published in two instalments in the now defunct daily newspaper ‘The Muslim’ in the last week of September, 1979 and was appreciated for its condensation of the debate about the policies pursued during the Ayub regime and their short term and long term consequences. I intended to follow it up by writing a similar long form essays about the successive periods of Pakistan’s development history. However due to paucity of time at my disposal during the service I could not complete this exercise.

After my retirement I started working on it and its first volume is in front of you in the form of a short book about the six decades of history of economic development of Pakistan. It will be followed by volume two in which I will discuss the challenges Pakistan is facing in general and its political economy in particular and how far it can respond to those challenges as well as a plan of action to do so.

Free from unnecessary jargon, notes and graphs, it is in between an article which you can read in one sitting and a book for which you need many days. Although I have written this book primarily for the students of development studies and general readers but others also, may be economists, students, policy makers and public servants can find it useful as a short handy book which attempts to chart the 60 years of the journey of a post-colonial state in the backdrop of changing global perspectives. Specifically, it tries to raise some questions- what went wrong and what worked during the development process of a post-colonial state, and ends with the lessons learnt which provide guidelines for countries struggling to improve the quality of life of their citizens.(less)

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	1857 Indian War of Independence: Causes & Consequences by Shahid Hussain Raja (Goodreads Author), Nissa Shahid (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Public Policy Formulation in Pakistan: Challenges & Response

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Pakistan is a federation being governed under a parliamentary form of government. Being a functioning democracy, its policy formulation process, by and large, resembles any nation-state having fairly well-functioning democratic institutions. There are multiple institutions and stakeholders which take part, directly as well as indirectly, in the formulation of any public pol

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“I looked back to see if she was looking back to see me look back. She didn’t. Suddenly a thick layer of mist covered her and I only saw a silhouette in black moving away from me. Slowly it turned into a shadow and then a dot. Strong wind blew the fog. She had gone from my life like the way she came.”
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“Sometimes we have to lose somthing precious not necessarilly to gain something priceless; sometimes, just losing is priceless”
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“Every event has a context, the peculiar situation obtaining on ground at that particular moment in history, which gives the specific causes responsible for that event greater relevance than at any other point in time. Without understanding this context, it is not possible to determine the relative significance or otherwise of these specific causes.”
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“if you have not made somebody's day happier, if you've not appreciated something good that has happened to you and if you have not felt thankful to be alive, then you have wasted that day of your life on earth!”
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

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“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
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