Paper Horse (کاغذ کا گھوڑا) by Uxi Mufti

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Uxi Mufti is something worth experiencing, not reading. This is because he never lived something. He always saw, observed, felt, and then absorbed. And finally he revealed his experiences as trans literature. I explained his trans literature in review of his book "Aik Din ki Baat". This book i.e. Paper Horse is the sequel of his trans literature.

"Kaghaz ka Ghora" is just a pure feeling of social inequality prevailing in bureaucrat culture of Pakistan. It also throws light upon the strategic failures of our policies and more over failure of our policy makers. It is not some taunt or negativity which he admitted on the first page of this book, but most of the times we come across such feeling while going through this book. But after reading half of this book, our feel on this book is totally different.

Uxi's own comments about Kaghaz ka Ghora

 Uxi Mufti must be regarded for below mentioned points i.e.

1. He felt but remained positive throughout his whole service. Finally he produced Lok Virsa out of nowhere. 
2. He absorbed his feel and finally he revealed this trans literature which is some what new as far as Pakistani writers are concerned. 
3. He is the man who has not just lived. Every moment of his life is alive and can be experienced while sitting in front of him. 
4. His books are one sit reads. You can even go for a cup of tea while reading his books.

Talking about this book "Kaghaz ka Ghora", he remained above criticism throughout complete book. He just highlighted the inequality and lack of positive outcome oriented policy makers. List of contents speaks itself of what all he wanted to convey through this book.

Table of contents

At the end, I must thank Sohail Taj for blessing me with such reads. I am not some literary tycoon so my lines must not be regarded as some review of this book. I just wanted to pay tribute to some one whose every cell is alive even at the age of 70+. I met Uxi Mufti twice. During meet, he never gave such feeling of being aged, elder, experienced etc. His every cell was revealing while meet.

This world is a canvas and we just paint while our stay over here. Uxi's paint is worthy of being alive as far as this world lives. This is because he lived like a feel and only feel is eternal. Good luck for your upcoming reads Sir.  I am proud of being amongst your readers. 

Qudrat Ullah Shahab RA and Pakistan

This is a misconception regarding an eminent beaurocrat of Pakistan i.e. Qudrat Ullah Shahab that he misguided President Ayub Khan at many times regarding Pakistan and led him to such policies which led towards isolation of this country in the world and prolonged period of so called dictatorship.

I am refereeing to an article published in some newspaper few months before in which writer tried to prove that Qudrat Ullah Shahab was himself a shy sort of person and in order to hide his mis led policies, he portrayed himself as a spiritual aspiration later.

Qudrat Ullah Shahab in a meeting of UNESCO

Keeping aside all this stuff, I want to mention just one incident of his life which occurred on the last day of his secretaryship. He gifted a painting to president on which an Ayath of Quran e Kareem was written. It meant as why people didn't do the deeds which they ordered others to do.

Many of us would regard it as a normal incident but few points which I want to highlight go as follows.

In most of the cases in Pakistan, such dignitaries are not gifted in this way. Gifting an Ayath carried a lot to ponder. Then selection of such an Ayath which was specially meant to draw the attention of president towards such an important issue, rather an area Ayub Khan never paid attention.

I do not think such a person can ever mislead his president regarding such a blessed country. Stay blessed all of you...

Was Quaid-e-Azam secular minded???

Can this person who has been explained above be of secular minded????

This is the question in every Pakistani,s mind about Quaid-e-Azam after President Gen. Pervaiz Musharaf raised the slogan of enlighted moderation and rejected by the most of common people living here. He mentioned this thing in many of his debates that Quaid-e-Azam was secular minded and urged a secular constitution foe this country. Still few political fectors support this theorey. But the fact is not like that.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was having a balanced religious mind and urged muslim democratic constitution for this country. Here are a few things which tell about his love with Islam and muslims of sub-continent.

1. When he went for higher education abroad, he opted Lincon Inn because he quoted" I opted this institution because the name of Holy Prophet(PBUH) was written on the front on this institution".

2.Fatimah Jinnah, great sister of this great leader says" one day at midnight i went in Muhammad Ali,s room. He was busy in Praying On Ja-e-Namaz. He used to recite Holy Quran with tears in his eyes".

3.Pakistan was created in the name of Islam so all spiritual powers were supporting its creation. A wali(muslim saint) from Baghdad. This saint used to be always with him and guide him where he required such spiritual guidence.

4.He said in his debate when a news reporter asked a question about the constitution of the new state"we will apply the constitution which was revealed in the name of Holy Quran on the Holy Prophet Muhammad 1400 years back".

These are a few examples. There are many more which are enough to say that Quaid-e-Azam wanted an Islamic state in the true spirit of islamic democracy.....

Qudrat Ullah Shahab (or Qudratullah Shahab; 1917–1986) (Urdu: قدرت اللہ شہاب) was an eminent Urdu writer and civil servant from Pakistan.

His Life

Early years
He was born in Gilgit where his father Abdullah Sahib was governor during Dogra rule. Most of his schooling was in Kashmir, and there he excelled both in Urdu and English languages. Without telling anyone he wrote an essay and won the world competition by Reader's Digest, a rare achievement for any Indian Muslim in those days. Then he came to Government College Lahore for his college education.


Indian Civil Service
He was selected for Indian Civil Service and later volunteered himself for Bengal during famine years. He came under heavy fire of the authorities when he distributed one of the strategic wheat reserves to starving local community.

the trica of QUDRATULLAH SHAHAB, MUMTAZ MUFTI and ASHFAQ AHMAD has given new heights and glory to URDU addab,,, MAY ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY RESTS THEIR SOULS IN ETERNAL PEACE....AMEEN...


Pakistan and his career
After coming to Pakistan he was first posted to Azad Kashmir at Muzaffarabad as chief secretary of the new state. From there he came to Jhang, Punjab, as Deputy Commissioner. He then served as Director of Industries of Punjab and had to mostly deal with settlement issues concerning migration. He was first appointed by Ghulam Muhammad as his personal secretary. He remained there during Iskander Mirza and Ayub Khan’s time. He later went to Netherland as ambassador and also served as Secretary Education.


Retirement Years
Although he tried to resign couple of times during his career, it was not realized until he saw Yahya Khan’s military rule. His trouble with government circles forced him to leave Pakistan for United Nations, where he became member of UNESCO. He was denied pension from Government of Pakistan for few years. During that time in England he toured Palestine as an Iranian businessman to investigate the changes made in curriculum and education by the occupation authorities of Israel. His spying job was successful and all of his documentary evidences were accepted by UN. This mission was primarily sponsored by Arab representatives of the United Nations.


Family
Abdullah Sahib: His father was a graduate of Aligarh, and Governor of Gilgit
Mother: Karima Bibi (Shahab wrote Maan Ji on his mother)
Iffat Shahab: Wife (A doctor by profession) died in England in early 70s
Saqib Shahb: Only son who is a Medical doctor

Literary Circle
His circle of friends included writers like Ashfaq Ahmed, Bano Qudsia, Mumtaz Mufti, and Ibn-e-Insha.


Major works
Shahab Nama
Maan Ji
Surkh Feeta
Ya Khuda


His master piece, Shahab Nama, was finished but still unpublished when he died in 1986. It made him immediately a household name in Pakistan. Its idea came when he was visiting his friend Ibn-e-Insha in England and they were talking about the philosophy of life. He then started writing chapters and read them in reading circles. Some were published in newspapers and magazines.


This collection of Qudrat-ullah Shahab’s experiences includes anecdotes from the times gone by and associations with some unique and some very notable people. The first chapter itself, contains a record of Shahabs last meeting with Ibn- e –Insha, a noted humorist. As we read on, we meet Lala Din from Shahab’s school days, the caretaker of the school who admonishes Shahab for manually handling a mouse, which he considers to be a “plague ka chuha”.

Shahab’s posting at Barhampur brings us to a place, as yet unheard of, hidden from the world. With a major contingency of Hindus, the influences of Hinduism on Islam are a cause of both concern and confusion. Safdar Pandey and Kulsoom Devi, two locals, when disclosed as Muslims give an indication of the sort of influence mentioned above. It comes as a shock to learn that prayers were not considered obligatory among the Muslims in that part of the world. The only Islamic practice observed was to gather in numbers on every Thursday and kiss the fastening on the door of a Mosque, which was normally kept locked.

The insights, the author presents on various political issues is also a reason why one should get the book. Shahab encompasses the feelings of the nation as he summarizes Ayub Khan and Sikandar Mirza’s position in Pakistan’s politics. His visit to Makkah for Haj also makes for enlightening reading as every place, every incident accompanies some interesting commentary.

The ‘Shahabnama’ is a most wonderful book in its simplicity. In the main, a memoir of Qudrat-ullah Shahab, this book allows one to contemplate and think about what should be important in our lives and to relish those things before it is to late. His words and insights have a simple clarity, which would live on in the hearts of the readers.

The ‘Shahabnama’ is in effect, a candid, moving and entertaining memoir.

Shahab Nama....A review of Pakistan History Between 1945-70.

Shahab Nama is the autobiography of Qudrat Ullah Shahab. It was finished in 1986 just before his death. It was published the same year and soon he became a household name in Pakistan.

Qudrat Ullah Shahab (or Qudratullah Shahab; 1917– July 24 1986) was an eminent Urdu writer and civil servant from Pakistan. Qudrat Ullah Shahab was a well known bureaucrat of Pakistan. He was from Jammu Kashmir and initially got into civil service by passing the Indian civil service exam some years prior to the independence of Pakistan. He served on several high offices including being Ambassador of Pakistan to Netherlands. He got well known to people after his book Shahab Nama got published, which portrays his life experiences.

His early childhood was full of adventures, some of which are mentioned in his book Shahab Nama. The book has become a cult favourite in Pakistan. His personality reflected mysticism, something which he describes as a gift from an out-of-world personality which he named as ‘Ninety’ in his book SHAHAB NAMA, this mysticism belongs to Owaisiah chain of Sufism. Mumtaz Mufti and Ashfaq Ahmed, both well known writers of Pakistan, were close friends of Q.U.Shahab and were deeply inspired by him.
U can download it from the link given below....
http://www.ibitians.com/2009/11/14/download-shahab-nama-qudratullah-shahab-free-urdu-ebook/