You are Free By: Lalarukh Wahid Cheema on February 17, 2021The colors in our flag hold significance beyond aesthetic lines, since we are an Islamic Republic, the greater part i.e. green represents the Muslim population whereas the white in flag represents the minorities who reside within Pakistan. The Constitution of Pakistan, under its Article 20 states that every citizen shall have the right to profess, […]
Educating the Educated – War on Waste By: Dr Ali Imtiaz & Mohsin iqbal Mazhar on February 14, 2021It’s not a secret anymore that our communities are generating a lot of trash nowadays. Amongst this, on average 4.3 pounds typical solid waste is being generated by an individual member of the community per day; 1.6 pounds more than the figures of 1960. Significant energy and resources are consumed in transportation and disposal of […]
Are Elite’s drivers to be blamed? By: Dr Imran Iqbal on February 13, 2021Recently, three out of four poor young chaps, who came all the way from Mansehra to try their luck in a written exam for the Anti-Narcotics force, met their end in a fateful night car-accident on Islamabad’s Srinagar Highway. To save, perhaps few bucks, they all were travelling in a Mehran car (worth less than […]
Company of Saints By: Dr Amineh Hoti on January 28, 2021While I walked along my humble life With all the challenges, obstacles, and pains of a wife I embraced the saints and prophets who I’ve come to love through my life. I understood their struggles as I studied their lives and their pain Love and empathy flowed in me and through me from the Beloved […]
Towards a More Innovative, Effective and Enabling Provincial Sales Tax Regime By: Usman Khan on January 23, 2021In line with spirit of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan the collection of provincial sales tax on services was devolved to the provinces and revenue authorities were established in all four provinces. The devolution of sales tax on services was made with the prime objective for provinces to raise own source revenue […]
Out of School Children Waiting for a Savior By: Tayib Jan on December 26, 2020The challenge of bringing the enormous number of out-of-school children to schools and reducing dropout rates of school-going children seems ungovernable like the price hikes in the country. The Pakistan Education Statistics (2016/2017) data show that there are currently 22.84 million Out of School Children (OOSC). Besides, the world Bank has estimated a million more […]
Teachers and Covid-19 Shock By: Shagufta Shazadi on December 26, 2020With the announcement of “school closure” amid covid-19 by the Federal Minister for Education “Shafqat Mehmood”, a celebration started across the country. The minister became the students’ favorite and social media was flooded with praises and memes adoring his move. The reaction from the students is quite natural because schools are not the places where […]
Faith and Religion: An Objective Observer’s Perspective By: Jamil Mogul on December 25, 2020The word, faith, which is a noun, means “confidence or trust in a person or thing”; “belief that is not based on proof”; “belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion”; “belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.”; “a system of religious belief”; “the obligation of loyalty […]
Can Taliban break-free from Al-Qaeda? By: Naila Mahsud on December 16, 2020Earlier this year, the Doha accord signed between US and Taliban in an effort to bid farewell to the 19-year old war, bounds Taliban to disassociate from Al-Qaeda on every forum, a condition the Taliban has committed to fulfill. More precisely, the agreement demands that the Afghani soil will not be used as a breeding […]
The 1971 Tragedy of Dhaka – Myth and Reality By: Naeem Ahad on December 16, 2020ehind the myth of 3 million’, Dr M Abdul Mu’min Chowdhury, is a native of Sylhet and now lives in England. He is one of the writers who has done nothing less than tear through the fabric of fables to solve some mysterious myths that have been formed around the creation of Bangladesh. Among them is the […]