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Post Elections Pakistan

By Rai Azlan • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Some four months ago in a discussion when the word “nation” was used extensively in a statement that would hardly make four lines or five if written, I was stopped and asked to define the word I was using so enthusiastically. Obviously out of my limited knowledge I put forward the definition I could produce [...]



Miles Away From The Tolerance

By Rai Azlan • Apr 4th, 2013 • Category: Politics

“He stood first in every exam but failed in one, driving test”, the hall fell into laughter and he continued with saying, “when he came back home he said that now I know how people feel when they fail, anyhow I am a theoretical physicist not a practical one”. These were the words of [...]



PFLC 2013 - There Is A Long Way To Unity In Diversity

By Rai Azlan • Feb 28th, 2013 • Category: Misc

Once again, this year I was in Oxford to take part in the Pakistan Future Leaders’ Conference (PFLC 2013) organized by Oxford University Pakistan Society. It was my third trip to my favorite city in England for the same purpose. Just like past, this year’s trip was full of heated debates, networking with some new [...]



Respectible Mr CM these were your problems too

By Rai Azlan • Feb 14th, 2013 • Category: Politics

On Saturday evening, I made a mistake by writing my views about the new gift to humanity - “Lahore Metro Bus Service”. Some of my friends were kind enough to tell me that I was making a mistake and being negative about this huge development.

In addition, those who were not kind enough gave me many [...]



Celebrating the Metro Success

By Rai Azlan • Feb 10th, 2013 • Category: Politics

During the days of rift between two wings of Pakistan - east and west., a delegation from east Pakistan visited Islamabad and there sentiments gave birth  to a true and haunting statement. I am referring to the  famous jute smell from the roads of Islamabad statement.
No matter how much we sob over the conspiracy element [...]



1st International Urdu Bloggers Conference, Lahore

By Rai Azlan • Jan 29th, 2013 • Category: Misc

It is perhaps one of the impossible things that in today’s world when you have a massive online presence, you never heard the word “blog”. Blog is a tool that started its journey as record keeping method of daily logs on the web.

Now it has become a powerful tool for communicating our views, and [...]



Politics saved, State… we can decide later

By Rai Azlan • Jan 22nd, 2013 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is a place that always loves to keep a spot in the news and mostly not for good reasons same goes with the Pakistanis either living in it or carrying the name of the country around the globe. I can still remember when my professor at University of West of England asked me “Rai [...]



We (Dis)Connect

By Rai Azlan • Aug 23rd, 2012 • Category: Politics

The part of the world I am living these days celebrated Eid ul Fiter one day before Pakistan, Eid happens to be a day in the calender of Muslims when almost every one try to reach their friends,family, and even foes with any possible means to wish them. This attempt can be [...]



A small step to change - Go Green Pakistan

By Rai Azlan • Aug 10th, 2012 • Category: Politics

“I just finished editing 175 Display Pictures request … Now taking a break .. !!” saw this status update of Talal Masood almost a week ago. Talal Masood is not a professional photographer or a professional photo editor he is a man who is always on a mission especially during august. Talal Masood [...]



A Commodity that sells best

By Rai Azlan • Jul 20th, 2012 • Category: Misc, Politics

It will be unjust to say that Ramadan is right in corner because the way time flies now Ramadan will be here in no time. No matter to what extent religious you are, but you somehow do face certain effects of the month. Effects of the month also take over our media outlets and our [...]