Author: Saad Hirani
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Pakistan’s Exploding Population
With the world’s population finally touching 7 billion, the time has come to take into consideration the fact that resources are being depleted too quickly and that the sustainability of the world’s population has become even tougher. Pakistan, the 6th most populated country in the world today is one of the most densely populated areas…
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How To Stop Brain Drain and Improve Education System of Pakistan
There remains no doubt in the fact that the political and economic future of Pakistan lies with the current youth. But is our government doing anything productive to ensure that the youth commits itself to the future of Pakistan? When it comes to the elite, the masses have always played the blame game, complaining that…
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Is 2011 the environmental breakdown year?
Its only been some 15 days and we’ve already seen a good 600 killed by natural disasters, and billions of dollars worth of damage done to the environment. The question now is, when the hell will the world take this issue seriously? The worst floods of Pakistan’s history gave us a reinforcement of the fact…
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Woman Suicide Bomber? This Changes Things
There have been over 250 suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2006, but the most recent, in the Bajaur Agency marks a new trend. For the first time, the female sex was the guilty party, as a woman suicide bomber took her life, along with 46 others. The revelation comes as huge threat to Pakistan, considering…
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The Forgotten ‘Fatherly’ Figure
‘Quaid ka Pakistan’- ring a bell? A man who spent his life trying to unite all oppressed Muslims of the subcontinent in the attempt to achieve a better standard of living, and fulfill every Muslim’s dreams, our beloved Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah changed our future, and gave us the freedom we have today. This is…
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The Importance of Religious Tolerance
Within the beautiful religion of Islam, there lie two problems. One, the extremists who misuse the name of religion and Jihad to cause damage all around the world, in attempt to fulfill their dream of having the world ruled their way. And the other, the rivalry and troubles between the two main sects of Islam,…
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Asif Ali Zardari dies- no, it’s not that one.
Asif Ali Zardari died yesterday. Yesterday, the poor and unlucky infant who was born in a rickshaw in Quetta passed away owing to severe chest infections. The child%
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It just gets worser and worser for Haiti
Struck by an earthquake that left its capital Port-Au-Prince shattered, its main government building torn to pieces, around 230,000 people dead and 300,000 injured, the small Haiti was ripped to bits and pieces. This was only to be followed by a series of after effects, as the nation tried to get over its grief. Mass…
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5 Effective Ways of Anger Management
In todays everyday world, the slightest of problems results in infinite hatred, animosity and frustration. This is not just highly damaging for an individual’s personality, but also for society. It is scientifically proven that when a person is agitated, he spreads ‘negative energy’ around him, and changes moods of everyone he interacts with. The most…
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The Beggar Mafia in Pakistan – An Unexplored Truth
Those 15 seconds, when you’re anxiously waiting for the red signal that is just about to turn green- a small child comes up to your car sticking his face in the window as hard as he can to make himself seen, or holding consumer goods, like tissue packets, biscuits, combs etc. asks you to buy…