Education without a doubt can be termed as the core of a civilization. It aids in developing an individual and gives him all the information needed to live a healthy and protected life. The same goes for sex education as well, which sadly, is the most neglected part of our educational […]
Agony has a universal language. We as humans are implicated in each other’s sufferings. ‘The Half Mother”, Shahnaz Bashir’s debut novel is one of the few novels written by a Kashmiri himself that has successfully taken up the cause of depicting the anguish and sheer pain experienced by most of […]
Yesterday, on Saturday, July 30th 2016, I got an opportunity to become part of a thought-provoking conference in Hyderabad, the second largest city in Sindh. The conference was titled as Interfaith Youth Dialogue and Festival, arranged by a young social activist and past Pak-US exchange alumni, Dr. Rajesh Kumar. The session was led […]
Pakistan is famous for a lot of negative reasons in the world. One of the most pervasive world belief is that the country is plagued with religious intolerance where minorities such as Christians and Hindus find it hard to survive. Here we present an interview with Dr. Rajesh Kumar, a […]
On 4th January 2011, the highly influential former governor Punjab Salman Taseer was killed by his own security guard, Mumtaz Qadri. The killer took a plea that he killed Taseer out of love of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Mr. Qadri alleged that Taseer had dishonoured the Prophet and that is why it was his […]
Media is free when it can provide information without any kind of censorship. However, complete freedom does require freedom of right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas. Constitution of Pakistan and the universally-accepted principles guarantee everyone the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The media in Pakistan […]
Let us all show some concern, some condolence, some sympathy, for an innocent Saudi teenaged boy who’s going to be crucified for attending only a protest, against the Saudi Arabian government’s brutality. The boy’s name is Ali Mohammad Al-Nimr. Ali Mohammed’s execution should be stopped. Ali Al-Nimr was a 17-year-old […]
“My name is XYZ, I belong to ABC country and I condemn the terrorist attacks in Paris. #PrayForParis”, you must have come across many such statements while going through your news feed these days. Or, you must have seen those French flag filtered display pictures of your friends on Facebook […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) spent no time in banning Khara Sach host Mubasher Lucman after Lahore High Court passed an order against the outspoken anchor. He was banned from appearing in any capacity on any channel of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court Judge, Justice Mazhar Ali Naqvi called […]
