Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world and some of the main reasons behind this low rate are financial constraints faced by the parents, lack of sufficient number of educational institutions in the country, large number of students per teacher, lack of a competitive culture in […]
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 had heard many things about India since childhood. I learned about my cousins who lived there, their culture, language and stories of the partition narrated by my grandparents to my mother. My mother recalled her visits to India many a times. Even today, she has hope of finding her […]
After a long time, a significant change has occurred in the political situation of sub-continent. Nawaz Shareef and Modi came in power in Pakistan and India respectively. They both belong to the rightest group of their countries. This was the third time when Nawaz Shareef came in power whereas for […]
I frequently travel from Islamabad to southern Punjab or vice versa. The journey is very pleasant at the beginning i.e. motorway. However, the descending road symbolizes the descending development and government’s priorities. Islamabad is a very well organized and developed region and it should be because it’s capital. Lahore, being […]
It is said that a ruler not only rules the country but rules the nation’s heart. According to John C. Maxwell “a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way”. However, in our country we have a different system, our rules make fun of their people’s desires […]
In today’s busy world when everyone is busy and has no time to read newspaper, the electronic media provides a best platform to update us of happenings around the world. Importance of media cannot be denied. We can get knowledge about worldly affairs by just pressing buttons on our remote controls. […]
Shah Abdul Latif is himself the messenger of love and peace. World knows that Bhittai is a mystic, and greater than a mystic. He is a philosopher and greater than a philosopher. He is a poet and greater than a poet. Yet what his poetry speaks has its influence upon […]
Almost every society has emerged out of the ancient civilization and is continuously attempting to preserve its history in some form or another. Historically speaking, the ancient people constructed large architectural structures with the hopes of endurance and to have the generations ahead witness the glory of their ancestors. Such […]
Our car had just stopped on a red signal when someone knocked on the window glass. I put off the blinds from glass. He was about 16 years old tall boy footed with torn slippers whose black colour had completely faded. He handed me a pen to buy, reluctantly I […]
