Pakistani Soldiers

‘In a fair cause and for their country’s safety,

To run upon a cannon’s mouth undaunted.

To obey their leaders and shun mutinies.

To bear with patience the winter’s cold 

and the summer's scorching heat; not to fail,

     Where plenty of beings faint with hunger,

           These are the essentials that make up a soldier’

Spending chilly nights under the naked sky, with showers of gunfire and bombs, our soldiers lay their own lives just for the sake of our country’s pride. They are awake keeping us safe from threats, while we are having a goodnight’s sleep in our warm and cozy beds. They are far away from their homes and their loved ones and yet they have no fear of losing their lives. They don’t care whether their bodies will reach their loved ones in one piece or a million. They are the fearless sons of Pakistan, the real life heroes. They are: Pakistani Soldiers.

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Fraaz Atif

Our Beloved Soldiers

Many of our beloved soldiers are dying in this so called war of terrorism. Even though this is not our war;this is a planned plot of America against our country`s atomic resources. But our Army is still doing its job, in a commendable manner, acting on instructions received from government. 

Even though this is not in its interests, still it is following the direction of our political leaders. With each passing day many of our soldiers embracing shahadat, fighting militants equipped with latest these fearless men sacrifice their own lives for the sake of defending our homeland. Today while going through the poetry of our legendary Urdu writers, these verses caught my attention. They really seem to have been written for these brave men. I like to pay tribute to these lion-hearted soldiers of Pakistan Army….Our protectors, our defenders and our pride!!

We criticize them. We say that they are paid with our taxes. They enjoy privileges. They seek leisure. They are dictators. We cold hearted people, sit home finding faults in our own army.

But, We forget that while we enjoy snacks in front of our fire places, its them, sitting at blood freezing posts of Siachen fighting for our survival.

No one consoles the weeping mothers of those Shaheeds, whose boxed dead bodies pierced with bullet return from tribal areas.

No one appreciates them when they walk in spray of bullets chanting Takbeer without bothering of being hit, only to ensure our security and safety.

THE ARMY IS TRYING ITS LEVEL BEST. ITS NOT THE ONE WHO`S CORRUPT, NOT THE ONE SELLING OFF OUR HOMELAND. NOT THE LOOSING WARS IN AFGHANISTAN (WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR OPERATION IN SWAT ). 

Stop criticizing our protectors…..look into yourself….Change yourself and TRY to bring a change too.

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD.

By :- Qasim Fayyaz

Give Respect To Time

Give Respect To Time

Killing time is not murder;  it’s suicide are very popular words of Anthony Robbins. In fact most of us try to follow it so strictly in our daily life as well as in our studies but remain in stress and frustration and may most of us not getting result as we hope for.

The reason behind of all this is the lack of proper time management which we mostly ignore it. One of my favorite teacher used to say me ``Quality matters not the quantity`` Oh! Great words. And I knot it my wrist and considering it a friendship band.

It is not very difficult as well as not very plentiful for us to remain in front of books for whole day ,weeks, months ………………………..

Postpone tasks or routine that can be put off until your school works is finished! This can be most difficult challenge of time management. But along with it all we should make time for Prayer, read more books than you did in previously, play games ,Make your personality, to do Social activities and of course for the future plane which is worthwhile for us.

Create a to-do list and make it a habit to continually update it. Include Urgent and non-urgent items so you will never forget or overlook anything again. Carry your list with you at all times ,either in your cell phone or your daily agenda .Also, be sure to break down projects and assignments into specific action points.

Future planning gives us a proper platform on which we have to run and to compete the whole world and to reach our destiny like a successful leader as quick as possible .But people may think that you are no more when you eyes to think  about your future, but in fact you will be living in future.

The most important thing is to draw your time frame which gives us the full utilization of our time as its rights is. So now pick up pen and paper and make a plane to get more work done and to learn how to rule upon your time rather than allow it to rule you.

By:- Arsalan Majeed

Why Brothels are becoming common?

Brothels or whore house means where people come to have sexual activities with the prostitutes.

In western countries like Amsterdam the brothels are quite common but In Pakistan these are becoming common day by day.

Previously they were found in some areas like streets of Heera Mandi, Texali Gate etc. Now the situation is very different these whore houses are quite common in cities like Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.

In these cities these shifted in posh areas like Defense, Cant etc. there aren’t only Pakistani prostitutes but Russian and Chinese girls are also available there. What happening is that these prostitutes were evacuated from the streets so that they cannot do anything openly. This was done without providing them any other facilities like education, jobs etc.

As a result they didn’t let it go that easily, to make their life going and to earn money they moved towards towns. This was the reason which further led to an increase in the number of whores and the Brothels. The Russian and Chinese prostitutes came in order to entertain the upper class. Previously they came in a small group but now a major percentage of brothels are either filled with Russian or Chinese prostitutes, in the urban areas.

These are the reasons why the Brothels are becoming so common in our society.

Ibrahim Gardezi

Section I

Lahore School of Economics

Sex Trafficking

There have been 1 million Bangladeshi and more than 200,000 Burmese women trafficked to Karachi, Pakistan.

200,000 Bangladeshi women were trafficked to Pakistan in the last ten years, continuing at the rate of 200-400 women monthly.

In Pakistan, where most of trafficked Bengali women are sold there are about 1,500 Bengali women in jail and about 200,000 women and children sold into in the slave trade. India and Pakistan are the main destinations for children under 16 who are trafficked in south Asia. More than 150 women were trafficked to Pakistan every day between 1991 and 1993. And now 100 - 150 women are estimated to enter Pakistan illegally every day. Few ever return to their homes.

There are over 200,000 undocumented Bangladeshi women in Pakistan, including some 2,000 in jails and shelters. Bangladeshis comprise 80 percent, and Burmese 14 percent, of Karachi¹s undocumented immigrants. A Bengali or Burmese woman could be sold in Pakistan for US$1,500 - 2,500 - depending on age, looks, docility and virginity. For each child or woman sold, the police claim a 15 to 20 percent "commission."

Women kidnapped at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border are being sold in the marketplace for R600 per kilogram as of 1991.

Auctions of girls are arranged for three kinds of buyers: rich visiting Arabs (sheiks, businessmen, visitors, state-financed medical and university students), the rich local gentry, and rural farmers.

19,000 Pakistani children have been trafficked to the United Arab Emirates. Orphaned girls are sold too.

Methods and Techniques of Traffickers

Bangladeshi and Burmese women are being kidnapped, married off to agents by unsuspecting parents, trafficked under false pretenses, or enticed by prospects of a better life, into brothels in Pakistan. Border police and other law enforcement agencies are well aware of the trafficking through entry points into Pakistan like Lahore, Kasur, Bahawalpur, Chhor and Badin. Nepalese and Bangladeshi woman and girls are trafficked under false pretenses, such as jobs, then are forced into prostitution in brothels in Pakistan. A rise in trafficking of girls, aged 8-15, in Pakistan has occurred during this last decade.

Policy and Law

Trafficked women are further victimized by the police and the legal system, which treat them as criminals. The women are booked under Pakistan's controversial 'Hudood Ordinances.' The Zina Ordinance, which comes under the Islamic Hudood Ordinance, makes adultery or sex outside marriage a crime against the state. Women and girls in prostitution are often charged with Zina. Sometimes, they are booked under the Passport Act. Either way, they have to spend long periods in prison. For illegal immigration, the sentence is four years, but many women end up serving three or four years extra, either waiting for trial or to clear immigration formalities.

The governments of Pakistan in the last 26 years have established three commissions of inquiry into the sexual exploitation of women. However, the government under Bhutto in the seventies, the Zia regime of the eighties and the present government have all disregarded the commission's recommendations.

Prostitution in the Islamic nation of Pakistan, once relegated to dark alleys and small red-light districts, is now seeping into many neighborhoods of country’s urban centers. Reports indicate that since the period of civilian rule ended in 1977, times have changed and now the sex industry is bustling.

Early military governments and religious groups sought to reform areas like the famous “Taxali Gate” district of Lahore by displacing prostitutes and their families in an effort to “reinvent” the neighborhood.

While displacing the prostitutes might have temporarily made the once small red-light district a better neighborhood for a time, it did little to stop the now dispersed prostitutes from plying their trade. Reforming a neighborhood, instead of offering education and alternative opportunities, appears to be at the core of early failures to curb the nascent sex industry. This mistake would become a prophetic error as now the tendrils of the sex trade have become omnipresent in cities like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore, not to mention towns, villages and rural outposts.

An aid worker for an Islamabad-based non-governmental organization recently related a story: quickly after his arrival in the capital, he realized the house next to his own was a Chinese brothel. The Chinese ability to “franchise” the commercial sex industry by providing down-trodden Chinese women throughout Asia, North America and Europe would be admirable in a business sense if it were not for the atrocities human trafficking, sexual slavery and exploitation which cloud its practice.

Chinese brothels, often operating as “massage parlors” or beauty salons, are across Pakistan, even spread even to war-torn and restive locations such as the Afghan capital Kabul. Chinese in the sex industry have developed a cunning ability to recognize areas where the demand for sex far outstrips the supply.

The NGO worker said that after months of living adjacent to the brothel things were shaken up literally. One evening a drunk Pakistani drove his car into the brothel. Later the driver told authorities the ramming was a protest by a devout Muslim against the debauchery of the house and its inhabitants. The NGO worker, however, had seen the same car parked peacefully outside the house the night before.

The local sex industry comprised of Pakistani prostitutes has also grown in recent years. One can easily find videos on YouTube that show unabashed red-light areas of Lahore. The videos display house after house with colorfully lit entranceways always with a mamasan and at least one Pakistani woman in traditional dress. The women are available for in-house services for as little as 400 rupees (US$6) to take-away prices ranging 1,000 to 2,000 rupees. These districts are mostly for locals, but foreigners can indulge at higher prices.

Foreigners in Pakistan have no trouble finding companionship and may receive rates similar to locals in downtrodden districts. More upscale areas like Lahore’s Heera Mundi or “Diamond Market”, cater to well-heeled locals and foreigners. At these places prettier, younger girls push their services for 5,000 to 10,000 rupees for an all-night visit, and the most exceptional can command 20,000 to 40,000 rupees for just short time.

Rumors abound online that female TV stars and actresses can be hired for sex. “You can get film stars for 50,000 to 100,000 rupees but you need good contacts for that,” one blogger wrote after a trip to Lahore.

“The Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi sex scenes are totally changing and it’s easier and easier to get a girl for sex,” another blogger wrote. “Most of the hotels provide you the girls upon request.” They also said: it is easy to find girls prowling the streets after 6 pm, and foreigners can find young women hanging out near Western franchises like McDonald’s and KFC. Such women, the bloggers claim, can lead the customer to a nearby short-time accommodation.

Short-time hotels offering hourly rates can be found all over major cities, underscoring the profits being reaped by the sex industry.

Pakistan can also accommodate the gay community with prostitution. Unfortunately, this has also given rise to child prostitution.

A Pakistani blogger wrote, “We Pathans are very fond of boys. The wives are only. There are lot of gay brothels in Peshawar – the famous among them is at Ramdas Bazaar. One can go to any Afghan restaurant and find young waiters selling sex.”

As in many societies, access to technology, the Internet and mobile phones has only facilitated the sex trade in Pakistan. “Matchmaking” websites serve the male clientele, while providing marketing for prostitutes.

The root causes of prostitution in Pakistan are poverty and a dearth of opportunities. Widows find themselves on the streets with mouths to feed, and for many prostitution offers a quick fix. A local Pakistani prostitute can earn 2,000 to 3,000 rupees per day compared to the average monthly income of 2,500 rupees.

Forced prostitution is not rare. Women in hard times are often exploited and pushed into prostitution. Sandra (not her real name), said that after the death of her father she was left alone; friends and relatives deserted her after the grieving period. As a middle-class, educated woman she was surprised to find herself forced into prostitution from her office job.

“My boss initially spoiled me at first,” she told Khaleej Times. “now I am in [the sex industry].” Sandra first thought her boss was being gracious, but quickly learned he was grooming her for sex for his own pleasure, and then acting as her pimp.

Many of Pakistan’s contemporary sexual mores may have evolved from traditional practices. For example, the polygamy permitted in Muslim society stemmed from the need for larger family units, the better to support familial ties and tend for widows. Until such ancient customs are updated, women such as Sandra will continue to be bought and sold.

It’s time for Pakistan to admit that prostitution is doing a roaring trade within its borders, and will continue to prosper until it is addressed in a modern manner. Let us hope that the people and government of this proud Muslim country will stop pretending the problem simply isn’t there.

Ibrahim Gardezi

Section I

Lahore School of Economics

How to… become a Politician??? ;)

The following points will tell you how a person can become a politician, in Pakistan:

1.      .      First of all go to the jail as soon as possible
2.           You aren’t corrupt, I am sorry, you can’t be a politician.
3.            Swiss or foreign accounts, assets all over the world and especially your children shouldn’t be living in the country. You can even become the President.
4.            Marry as many women as you can, remember that it should be official or might possible, unofficial.
5.            A lady politician should know how brilliantly she can abuse a lady and how accurately she can use her punch, for the men.
6.      You should know what you are wearing unaware of how to spell the brand.
7.            You should know how many countries you have travelled if you don’t even know how to speak English language.
8.            One should be as harsh as he/she can be, should know the use of good abusive language, especially when they are there in the talk shows.
9.       .     If you stick to a single political party, you’ll fail. Change as much parties as you can.
10. .          Don’t worry about the degree, you’ll be accepted by the Parliament. Remember “Degree to degree hoti hai, asal ho ya nakal.”

PS: Adopt these things and become a successful Politician in Pakistan.

Ibrahim Gardezi

Section I

Lahore School of Economics

STEP INTO OUR SHOES

Pakistani living in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. On the edges of the now-infamous federally administered Tribal Area (FATA) and the cloud-capped Hindu Kush mountains. When you read a dog-eared copy of George Orwell’s 1984 in your teens, you thought the story was a piece of clever fiction, a warning of the perils of propaganda. Now you feel like you are living it. The random bombs that blitzed the “proles” in 1984 are now rained down on your village by American drones. You can hear them buzzing in the sky, heard but unseen, a kinetic threat that occasionally delivers a lethal payload against an unsuspecting neighbor. You understand your government’s hesitance to attack its own people at America’s behest. You understand the comic futility of trying to police the Afpak border, despite U.S. insistence that your country do so. And you wonder, now that they’ve got bin Laden, why don’t they just go away?

If you were a Pakistani, would you condone the drone? Would you support the War on Terror, that state-led violence against stateless actors hiding in remote hamlets? Shouldn't this be police work, you wonder? Isn't there a more effective means of capturing civilian criminals than aerial assaults managed remotely by brainwashed conscripts in air-conditioned bunkers deep in the American desert—the gamification of warfare has finally arrived? But you recognize the political dynamic in play: To the West, the lives of American soldiers have higher value than the lives of anonymous Arabs and Persians in some far-flung dystopia. The American President must limit American casualties even as he corrals the metastasizing army of madman in yet another failed state.

These questions are surprisingly easy to answer when you put yourself in our shoes. You discover that, quite possibly, we people are lot like like you. We want peace, we want prosperity, we want to feed our families and have weekends free. One characteristic of people everywhere is a desire not to be bombed. Another is and that, pushed into a corner, they will defend their own. Shouldn’t these basic observations be central to our understanding of the world, instead of the incessant drone of media punditry that tries to dehumanize the weak and poor and voiceless?

Excessive use of celphone

FORBIDDEN LOVE (ISHQ E MEMNU)

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Interview with Bilal Khan

I got the opportunity to meet Bilal Khan earlier this year for an interview relating our research project on music .. Here are the details i was able to gather about him and some interesting facts about his career and how he worked his way up so quickly in the music industry :-

Since its inception, Coke Studio has done for Pakistan what many of our leaders and politicians have failed to do. It has provided a platform for the arts and in doing so has introduced and created extraordinary talent in the form of musicians and poets who could almost pose as magicians. It has created a fusion, one that has successfully blended a country that is oft-divided along imaginary tribal and state borders. And most importantly, Coke Studio has brought together an entire nation. Respective of age, gender, class, religion and even location (the show instantly spread its magic amongst the Pakistani diaspora) the state of Pakistan, in the midst of chaos, allows herself to see harmony and unity as created by some of her most talented citizens.

As Coke Studio enters its fourth season the teasers, promos and behind the scenes footage confirm what we already were suspicious of: brace your hearts and buckle your seat belts, folks, it’s going to be a thrilling ride.

Season 4, Episode 1 has a promising line up of fresh, young talent.

Amongst this line up is Bilal Khan, a LUMS graduate with a night gig as “Pakistan’s Justin Bieber”.

Bilal Khan is living what he has dubbed The Unlikely Story.

His undeniable musical genius was discovered late at night, under a tree at LUMS, where he was recorded performing what would become his first hit single Bachana. Uploaded to Youtube with the intentions of distributing amongst friends, just a year later Bilal Khan finds himself with a Youtube channel with over a million views, music videos airing on national television, an album awaiting release and the by product of fame: heartthrob status.

Recently awarded Best Singer of 2010 and Best Song of 2010 for his first hit single, Bachana (as voted by MAST FM 103), Bilal Khan will be making his first appearance on this season’s Coke Studio in Episode 1 where he will be performing Tou Kia Hua, a previously unreleased song off his first album Umeed.

Bilal Khan has been a flash flood as of late – in the last year he’s come out of nowhere and seems to be everywhere. Thus far his TV, radio and magazine appearances have focused on the general. Yours truly figured there was more to the man behind The Unlikely Story. So there you have it: an interview with Bilal Khan in which we uncover the random, obscure and previously unknown.

What is your current state of mind?

Happy chaos.

What is your most prized possession?

My dad’s watch. I’d cry if it ever got stolen.

When and where were you the happiest?

I’m happiest when I’m far, far away from reality.

On what occasion is it okay to lie?

When you get paid to lie? Like a TV commercial because everyone knows you are lying anyway?

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

The two-year-old me. He was deep.

What is your idea of a perfect Sunday?

No sun for one. And lots of family time.

What is it that you most dislike?

Dogmatic behaviour.

What is it that you most like?

The interviewer.

What is your favourite color of socks to wear?

Nothing beats a pair of good ol’ white socks.

If you were a biscuit which one would you be?

An inedible one. Soggy. Who lives the afterlife as a byproduct of the human digestive system.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three items would you take?

Internet connection, a guitar and a Wilson volleyball.

If you could invite a musician to dinner who would it be?

Beethoven. Just to get ladies tips.

Do you have any special type of ritual you perform before going on stage?

I check my zipper making sure it’s sealed and impenetrable.

What is the one thing a girl can or has done to catch and keep your attention?

Saying that she likes something about me that I totally hate about me.

Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?

Tough one. Gandalf!

Star Wars or Star Trek?

Tougher one. Star Trek. The Original.

Vampires or werewolves?

Vamps because I look like one.

Coke or Pepsi?

You wanna get me fired?

Boxers or briefs?

Boxers. Makes life easy and loose.

You seem so grounded. What stirs you at your deepest level?

I think the fact that I know that much of this is unreal. That my reality is still that of a normal human.

I’d like to take a page from Barbara Walter’s playbook and ask “if you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be”?

A single wildly green tree in the middle of nowhere. Enough water and sunshine and nobody to chop me off.

Let’s say hypothetically: you’ve reached P.Diddy level of fame — what is your first investment? A yacht (in true P.Diddy fashion), a one of a kind, original Beatles record or a flashy sports car equipped with a hot model?

I’d pay off my student loans if I had some. Also I’d invest in Louis Vuitton sunglasses cos’ what’s a Diddy without some Vitty!

Do you ever worry that one day you will run out of ideas for your incredibly beautiful and poetic song lyrics?

That’s a great question. The day I find my perfect happiness would be the day it all ends. No to be serious I don’t think I’d run out of stuff to talk about but I could definitely loose the magic.

Favourite book?

I think I’m really close to finding and reading my favourite book.

TV show character you relate most to?

Don Draper. (I wish).

An animal you most resemble?

Easy, baby cub. And somebody said Lemur to which I took no offense.

Facebook or Twitter?

Twitter for Desis is like the elitist version of Facebook. Facebook is too common, too mainstream. Majority Desis still have trouble writing messages with ‘@’. There’s something instant about Twitter that’s making me fall in love with it.

Favourite quote?

Be desireless, be excellent, be gone. – Tao of Steve

Post by : Muhammad Arslan Ayub               

- AS -

Life as we know it

Its ridiculously funny how for granted we take every breath we take, day in and day out. Now I don’t want to come out as critical religious type but I have seen a lot of life changing and in some case, life ending events to give me a profound respect for life. Seeing a business tycoon being reduced to a homeless beggar symbolizes how quickly life can take a turn. And seeing a young Army Captain lose his life because of a split second freak accident before his professional life could even begin was enough to shake me to the core and seriously re-prioritize my life. Make no mistake, I spent two or three sleepless nights and failed a Math exam but the life altering epiphany did come. Okay, I may have failed the Math exam because I’m terrible at it but yes, a lesson was learned and a vision was broadened.
Conclusion would be that man is a frail and vulnerable being and there is no doubt that there is a supreme power that is awe-inspiring and almighty. The evidence is all around us. Its upto us whether we ignore it or heed to it and make Life as We Know It worth the while.

By:M.Daniyal Haroon

We don’t encourage the talent we groom the copy cats..

There is a trend in our society which is a serious issue if we consider that we have restricted the fields or openings just because of our narrow minded thinking. Almost all of us witness this issue but unfortunately it’s being ignored. Especially if we cover the middle class and the upper middle class of our country who even have the access and opportunities but still they are following the same trend and practicing the same thing just on the basis of their perception that there is no other good career for their children. Children’s are being groomed and motivated in such a way since their birth that these are the good fields and the possible fields which you have to follow to become successful such as (doctor, engineer and maximum business field) . No one in our society grooms a child to become an artist, a singer, a cricketer , a polo player , a guitarist , a musician , an actor , a sports man , a writer , a researcher etc. These fields also gives a good life, provides a good earning, a good repute and a lot. But we are not understanding the importance and we are not only wasting the talent but also we are creating many other issues. Such as by limiting our fields we are pushing almost everyone into a similar field due to which we are facing such problems like job saturation other than this we are wasting talent and doing mismatch between the personalities and career paths being provided. Due to our this approach of society we are left behind as a country. We are not having any football team, we are not having good films industry if we compare with Bollywood, Hollywood. We are not promoting our artists such as writers. This all is result of one wrong approach that we don’t encourage the talent and we groom the copy cats.

Ali Naeem

Listen…but to the right voice..

We all meet different people mainly they are of two different types. One kind of them is going to encourage you while the other is going to demotivate you. Now we have to decide which type of them is going to influence our decisions and our thoughts. Some people are bound to their mental barriers and they believe only in what they easily see and they are never going to get beyond what they believe.

Although talking about facts is an appreciable act but there are certain times when you need to try for the blur destination about which you are hope full but not confident. Because you may or may not get to the destination even if you try but if you don’t even try you are not going to get anything for sure.

Everyone in his/her life faces the state of flux where he goes through abrupt changes which he never expected and he shares the stuff with people and there he is going to get advices. Now almost majority of people are going to talk only about facts and will judge the capabilities of a particular person just on the basis of his past performance not on the basis of his potential his will power and his level of motivation for that particular task which is the actual ingredient to achieve any task. And on the basis their vague judgment they are going to de motivate you by saying you different things like giving you examples and in short they are going to limit your vision to see the possibilities.

But one must remember one thing in his life that no one knows him more then he knows himself. People are going to say things because they are just saying on the basis of their own perception. The person who learns from his mistakes is a wise men but the one who learns from others mistakes is a wiser men. So do consider what people say but never get influenced by everyone. Believe in yourself and have faith. Keep on trying because you won’t get until you try but you are definitely not going to get if you don’t even try.

By: Ahsan Mahmood Goraya

sometimes the chains that prevent us from being free is more mental than physical..

Who decides the limits, who set the rules? All this process is done by none but the human beings. What is the first step before we start doing anything or any task? The answer to this query is “thinking process”. So thinking process is the very first thing which we actually do which involves various stages such as how we are going to start, how we are going to perform and how we are going to end the task and achieve our particular objective but the most important thing is we mentally decide before doing anything that whether we are able to do that specific thing or not? Do we have such capabilities or not? Do we have such potentials or not and this all is decided during the planning phase and thinking process? and unfortunately we all witness many such cases in our daily life if we try to observe where we quit before we start, where we give up before we begin just on the basis of our assumption that we are not able to do this ? Although we are able to do and moreover do it in the best way but our illusions lead us to failure and eventually makes us a looser. In my point of view the factors which contribute in this regard are determination, motivation, confidence and having strong belief that you have potential to do so. And only if we keep two things in mind one that if others can do so I can do as well and second is that you never loose until you quit and you never win until you try. So keep trying although there are certain times when you won’t get exactly what you were working for but in the end one day you will realize that all the other things you have gained during the journey are due to your that particular effort which you did and because you tried. 

By: Ahsan Mahmood Goraya

Mallala Yousafzai

This unfortunate incident took place in Swat where a fourteen year old girl Mallala was shot in her head and neck just because she was fighting for the women’s rights and wanted to continue her education.  

All this started when Fazlullah' took over the Swat valley and banned girls from attending school including Mallals school.  Mallal was warned continuously by the Taliban’s fighters of Faizullah, who dumped dead bodies near her house and slipped dead notes under her door. Mallala ignored theses warnings and was shot in a school bus along with two other innocent girls.

My question is from the youth of Pakistan, why can’t women fight for her right?  Why are they not given the opportunity to study? Should they be shot if they don’t agree with terms and the conditions of men?
posted by
 Marium Zahid Sethi
(09u0624)

Ban on late night call packages

Let’s talk-shawk and make calls to any dear one say him or her aur sunao thanks to all mobile phone companies in Pakistan providing cheap call rates from the midnight to the dawn, some of them offering SMS bundles to attract more and more consumers who wish to talk to their friends without keeping an eye on the clock. For obvious reasons, all mobile phone companies are aiming at the youth because they are the most frequent callers.

Spontaneous smiles, glint in the eyes and happy faces are the tell-tale signs of who’s the one you are talking to. The dark of the night, especially when there is a power outage, which is so common now, provides the young hearts a cover to talk to the apple of their eye.

But besides giving a smile on pur youth faces, these late night packages are destroying the future of our youth. Because of talking on phone till late night hours timings, our youth is forgetting the basic aim of their life. The concept of having a girl of boy friend isgeeting very common because of these late night call packages. Parents get irritate when they see their children becoming almost A NIGHT OWL, avoiding studies and indulging in vulgarity.

According to Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), there are more than 120 million cellular phone subscribers in a population of 180 million, a whopping 68 out of every 100 persons has a cell phone service. In a rough estimate, almost 60 per cent of the population comprising youth, the number of subscribers aged between 18 to 25 years old must be in more than 81 million.

Therefore Government of Pakistan took a step in solving this problem and ban all late night packages which I think is a positive step taken to reshape the future of youth of Pakistan.



for further details go to the following link given below....                                                                                                                

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/pakistan-bans-late-night-packages--909652

COLORS OF BASANT

 BASANT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED IN PAKISTAN...

Admit it or not, Basant is still one of the seasonal festival celebrated across almost all the cities in Pakistan. However, it is the historic city of Lahore that happens to be the centre of the celebrations and thus holds a unique importance in the affair. People from all over Pakistan make it to Lahore to enjoy Basant in its true spirits. The ‘Kite festival’ is indeed a festival replete with hues and colors, in which people also choose to wear bright yellow and vibrant green colors to be a part of the colors of spring.


Everywhere people look attired and adorned in a palette of colors. Despite severe criticism raised on it over years, people still like to celebrate it with all the zest and energy. The busy and hectic life of the modern city comes to a halt, and the zealous festivities keep them hooked up on their roof tops. Also, it helps more like a therapy in reviving a new spirit to rejuvinate the upset hearts, and so to add all the vitality and energy to the life of people ridden with political instability and strife.

We can make it a safe festival by adding some novel elements to make it a safe. There should be a ban on the motorcyclists on Saturday and Sunday evenings, for a majority of accidents and deaths have been reportedly of motorcyclists and especially those who travel without halmets. Secondly, according to a survey, there are two companies manufacturing these dangerous strings that threaten life. The issue is definitely not kite-flying or the festival; it’s the deadly string that amputates anything it comes in contact. So, the manufacturers should be made accountable and their activities relinquished.


For Lahore, Basant correlates to an amazing and significant boost to the economy and a way to place Lahore proud on the cultural map of the world. India has been trying to adapt the festival for several years now, however, the truth is Basant is essentially a Lahori tradition that runs in their blood of Lahoris. This is one festival people enjoy irrespective of the suffocating fetters of social or economic class. It costs the government almost nothing and still yields massive revenue. The government should announce for Basant in advance so that people from all over the world can make plans and take care of the security arrangements.

The ban on Basant is a great cultural loss to Lahore and to Pakistan, in general. Basant is way to show the world that Pakistan is more than a dark, squalid playground of terrorists. The Punjab government and the inept Tourism Department need to stop wasting public money and invest in proper Basant celebrations. Pakistan can use Basant as an event to improve cross-border relations, invite actors and singers, promote sale of our regional crafts, to hold exhibitions and most importantly, to give out a strong peace statement.

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http://www.hindukushtrails.com/festivals/basant_festival.asp