As far as I know, I do not have cancer, but over two years ago, cancer struck to the heart of my family, and it profoundly affects our daily lives, today. I don’t want this blog to be about me, however, and I must protect the privacy of others, so I won’t go into personal [...]
Nowadays,the media is all about the news .every hour and every 15 minutes viewers are flooded with breaking news even though the news may not be that important.Several of our leading news channels….in their competitive zeal..bombard users with little tidbits of news….whether tragic or happy.This has both positive and negative effects.With the unregulated media environment(yes [...]
This is what a recent news report on geo website says,
MQM calls for action against ‘patrons of Talibans in Karachi’
Updated at: 2314 PST, Sunday, May 10, 2009
KARACHI: The Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded of the Army Chief and Head of ISI to take action against organization for what it said patronizing [...]
“When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within.”
The above thought provoking statement is an excerpt from a famous speech by an American politician, who was warning his nation of the dangers posed by communism. Even though, Pakistan is still a long way from [...]
I vouch for change.
I vouch for educating the masses; education that corresponds to awareness of the fundamental rights that every citizen has by virtue of the constitution regardless of how distorted and amended it appears over paper.
I vouch for a people who will not allow feudalism to influence their choice and will stand up against injustice.
I vouch for a people who will not come out on the streets just because they loved the fiery speeches of a leader and the fake promises made in them only to be let down and to reinstate him as their chief just because there was no other representative to elect.
I vouch for better retrospection and the importance of not forgetting what history has taught us.
With a much more informed media and a decidedly less partisan judiciary with a want to be more independent, we should spread awareness and consequently use, our rights to freedom of expression and association. To continually remind our leaders, that they rule but only to serve.
YOU’D believe in their existence too, especially after hearing Rehman Malik’s pointless statements that he’s been giving to the media trying to brush aside the shame that the current situation has caused the government. To be specific, Rehman Malik has repeatedly said, in very innocent way at times, that no one is being blocked from [...]
A New Column on UK Pakistanis, but Why?
Born in Pakistan but had education in UK,live in Bradford West Yorkshire( Little Pakistan) or simply Bradistan ( as shown in film “East is East”). The columns are from the perspective of a person who was born in Pakistan but spent my teenage and adult life in Bradford, [...]
Don’t mind my sarcastic title on the post, but honestly that’s what we’ve come to as a nation.
With the breaking news starting off the day on yet another sad note about the attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore, we’ve shown the world once again that we deserve to be called a Terrorist State.
Every [...]
This last evacuation drill seems to be a message, so to be interpreted and understand as upcoming threat, that next destination of confiscation and remand by these Taliban would be away from this heaven on earth and shall route towards the modernize cities of Pakistan, may it be Peshawar or Islamabad.
If I recall my personnel observation from my previous exposure to examined such prisoners, I would add to the chapter of verses that such patient have weight lost ,with massive muscle wasting along with disoriented thoughts in terms of time and space and inability to withstand their own weight and balance along with dislike of light .
