Category: Current Affairs
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Chinese language in Schools of Sindh from 2013
In Pakistan educational system has always been under criticism as it needs a lot of improvement as far as the curriculum and standard of education in government schools are concerned. It is a major divide that every province has different curriculum and many regional languages. Students had to learn three major languages as a compulsory…
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MQM and the Muhajir Myths
MQM, founded as Muhajir Qaumi Movement, is now known as Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The change in name came after its decision to join national level politics as a main stream party. When MQM went through this shift it was assumed, and appreciated by many circles, that MQM has stripped out of its racist core. However,…
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Shahbaz Taseer Kidnapping – Something Cooking Up!
Lahoriites as well as entire Pakistan was stunned by the moving scenes flashing on our media yesterday morning. In broad day light from down town Lahore, Salman Taseer’s son Shahbaz was abducted by armed men riding on a jeep, and this is all to the story. The event took place just after 10 am, and…
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Pakistan, Issues and Solutions
Our present and past rulers destroyed us completely as a Nation. We are now objects of ridicule all over the world. We, therefore, must throw these people and their agents out of our country and we must get our honour back. We are a great nation; we will either live with honour or will die.…
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Well deserved Hilal , Nishan & Sitara!
To an utterly dumbfounded reader, news in every paper on 15th August 2011 read: “Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naek, National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, Interior Minister Rahman Malik, Secretary General to President Salman Faruqui and late Punjab Governor Salman Taseer have been nominated for ‘Nishan-i-Imtiaz’. Similarly, the chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme, Ms…
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London Riots: What the youth want?
Not all Londoners are rioters. Likewise, not all Muslims or Pakistanis are terrorists. Violence is not the legacy of a single group, religion, race, or country. It is a state of mind, arousing due to continuous build-up and subsequent outburst of frustration of some genre. Just that the global community (read = international media) labels…
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US Smoke Screen over Afghan End Game
Team Obama since 2nd May seems to have sealed the triumph in Afghanistan, and rest assured this reality starts from White House and ends at Pentagon. A lot has been cooked up regarding US chartered end game in Afghanistan, how they have separated “Good Talibs from the Bad One’sâ€, Al Qaeda paralyzed after OBL’s elimination…
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Ancient lost city of Shekhem unearthed in Palestine
Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists, while working on an urban lot in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, have unearthed what could be termed as remains of the ancient city of Shekhem. The city of Shekhem, positioned in a pass between the mountains of Gerizim and Eibal and controlling the Askar Plains to the east, was an important…
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Zulfiqar Mirza Controversy: Highlighting Our Reluctance to Engage
Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza’s comments may have been appalling. Undoubtedly, this has sparked anger and hatred in a society already amidst an ethnic conflict. Beyond what was said, however, the societal reaction has laid bare a major element that perpetuates the problem and aggravates the situation: the ignorance and reluctance from both sides to engage in…