Very few persons in the world rose to such a high level of prominence that even the opponents find it very difficult to oppose their mission and have no option but to praise their contributions. Abdul Sattar Edhi was one of those personalities. He died after suffering from kidney failure […]
Theresa May, Britain’s current home secretary is set to become the UK’s next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to become Conservative Party leader. She is among those politicians who backed staying in the EU. But she has made it clear on Monday that she will […]
National Stadium Karachi was surrounded by armed personnel on 9th July at Pakistan’s greatest philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi. Everyone had to go through several security barriers to enter the stadium. Thousands of common people, who wanted to attend this great man’s funeral were not allowed to enter the stadium. The […]
I cannot recall my last “pure” Urdu conversation with someone, not even with a person who has a university degree in Urdu literature. It is very unfortunate that most of the times we struggle to find appropriate Urdu words for a situation, although we know English words for the said […]
Every year billions of rupees are allocated for the development of rural areas which gives a ray of hope to the rural population that it will change their fate this year. People who hardly manage to eat one meal per day expect that this year they will be able to […]
Last week two honour killing cases attracted media attention worldwide in which three persons including two women were brutally killed by their family members. In one case, a 56 years old man killed his daughter and son-in-law in Lahore for marrying without the family’s consent while in another case a […]
When more than 35 countries are being represented in an event but majority of the visitors stand around one particular booth for most of the time, there must be something extraordinary in that booth. The participants must have done something mesmerizing. The talented students must have made such an alluring […]
“May God give children of our kind to these merciless people”, members of the transgender community were cursing the murderers of Alisha and the hospital staff at her funeral, the first ever funeral of a transsexual woman that took place in public. What an irony. Alisha, a transgender woman, was […]
Several Islamic countries are engaged in proxy wars with each other for the last three decades or so. Increase in defense budget coupled with luxurious living style of the ruling elite has severely affected the development process in these countries. Resultantly, there is not even a single Islamic country, including […]
The Prime Minister of Pakistan recently made an optimistic statement that by 2047 Pakistan will be among the top ten economies in the world while referring to his government’s Vision 2025. Keeping in view the ground realities it seems quite a challenging task as the country is going through testing […]
