The most critical national debate of our times, namely redefining the ideological foundations of Pakistan, traces its origin in the qualification of “nation-hood” in regard to its particular application on Pakistani people. The question is whether we can class ‘Pakistanis’ as a monolithic nation or not. The question is indeed demanding and mind-boggling; therefore, we [...]
The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) is a Section 42, not-for-profit company financed by the Government of Punjab and Department for International Development, UK. PSDF is a funding organization which acts as a financier of skills development/vocational training projects and intends to stimulate the market for skills development for the poor and the vulnerable populations [...]
The way Southern Punjab has been ignored for the last sixty years makes it plausible for the segments of society to demand a new province. With that demand echoing from other parts of country like Hazara and even from the Bahawalpur, there needs to be a serious debate as what is actually legit and what [...]
Tall claims, false austerity, broken promises, shattered hopes and screwed up governance is what the government of PML-N in Punjab is all about. The story is written on every wall of the Punjab that this showy and ostentatious party has decieved the people once again, and there only cure is someone like Musharraf.
Shahbaz Sharif, the [...]
We all have the blues from time to time. Those days when nothing seems to go right and even if it does it doesn’t go right in exactly the way you wanted. You wake up with that grumpy dissatisfied feeling; nobody can do anything that makes you happy and you are determinedly miserable. It can [...]
Nawaz Sharif is the leader of Pakistan’s second larget and most popular party, Pakistan Muslim League (N). He may be the next prime minister of Pakistan very soon.
But he is neither any government official nor he enjoys any politically obtained designation in the government. He doesn’t have any constitutional capacity to roam about and perform [...]
Punjab, the land of mighty rivers and flowing canals witnessed many big deluges which caused losses to the tune of billion of rupees, besides damaging lives and property of the public. Although the flood management is the responsibility of the provinces, yet a number of federal departments are entrusted with the Federal Flood Commission, which [...]
The production work on a mega drama serial on the isuue of militancy and terrorism “Khuda Zameen Se Gia Nahin” is in full swing these days. Written by renowned writer Asghar Nadeem Syed the Serial is being directed by a young director Kashif Nisar. Rich on the feelings of nationalism, sacrifice, valor and fighting spirit, [...]
In the central Punjab, where most oppressive and sizzling heat can turn any man exhausted as electricity in the small mud houses is a rare commodity due to worst energy crisis. In this most populous but fertile and dusty area poverty, harsh environments, unbearable demographic, weight, unemployment, high inflation rate and high rate of corruption [...]
Details gathered from Internet and from books on Bulleh Shah by various writers.
Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, now in Pakistan. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan . At the age of six months, his parents relocated to Malakwal. [...]
