Pakistan signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children (UNCRC) in 1990. Under this Convention the Government of Pakistan is obligated to “take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or […]
“There is a new update available for notepad++”, was the message I received this evening when I tried to edit a text file using this program. Even though, the file I wanted to edit was important, and I had no use to update to a newer version, I clicked on […]
It was Friday, third day of the horrific act of terrorism in Peshawar where terrorists had stormed a school and killed 144 people including 132 children, and I was on my way to a nearby mosque to offer Friday prayers. It was third day of the gruesome incident but people still seemed […]
Some circles in Pakistan observe 12th October as Black Day because it was this same day in 1999 when Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf had deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after enforcing Marshal Law. Musharraf then went on to rule the country for nine years. General Pervez Musharraf was […]
Javed Hashmi has resigned as the president of Tehreek-e-Insaf stating that he could not be the president of a party that desires to sabotage democracy. The resignation has formally ended his relationship with Tehreek-e-Insaf which started on 24th December, 2011. Although Javed Hashmi is known as an upright person who believes […]
When Aftab Sherpao got up for his speech in the joint parliamentary session and started to lambaste Imran khan, everyone knew the source that provided him such energy, especially at this age. It was surely not his love for democracy or Nawaz Sharif. Nor was it the protesters outside of […]
It is true that all journalists have their personal views. At times, it becomes quite tough to deliver comprehensive and authoritative coverage of news and current affairs, without getting bias and partial. However, journalists, having a sacred responsibility, must rise above their personal perspective. Only by reflecting the diversity of […]
What is change anyway? In my opinion it is a set of some ideal norms and values that we want our society to adapt to. However, the question is, are those ideal values indeed ideal for everyone else out there? Something that I consider a change, might not be a […]
The economy of Pakistan is gearing up to revive itself after the country was given a GSP plus status by European union on 12th December last year. The GSP Plus status will play a big role in the revival of the country’s war-torn and flood hit economy. Pakistan will benefit […]
Evolution! what is evolution? In simple words, it is a process through which an organism evolves from a weaker state to a more productive state where it has better chances of survival. The evolved state of this organism is more suited to survive in its current environment. If we correlate […]
