Small and medium ventures can be categorized from their workforce. According to SMEDA (small and medium enterprises development authority), “An organization having up to 250 employees, paid up to Rs.25 million and annual sales up to 250 million is referred as small and medium sized enterprise. According to SME bank of Pakistan, “An enterprise having […]
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GIMS – The Emerging Health Heaven of Pakistan
To delve somewhere in alma- mater essentially evince a sentiment of tryst; wayfarer of felicitation, the feeling of infatuation is nostalgically evocative of passing days, yet somehow it relates to the present time as well. It is the both afresh and pictorial in assortment and reminiscences. Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences is one of the […]
We gain independence but our education system didn’t
The educational system that prevails today in our country is the creation of the foreigners who ruled over us. It is our heritage from the British and the legacy of our past. The greatest day in the educational history of this subcontinent was when Lord Macaulay submitted his proposal to the British Government for the […]
Unspoken Journey and Camouflaged Misery of a CSS aspirant
“Preparing for CSS exam” is the new jargon used by every unemployed Tom, Dick, and Hary in Pakistan. Qualifiers come-up with their success stories and are raved in the intellectual society because of their phenomenal win in the exam. Unfortunately, those who fail, either blame FPSC for favoritism or are blamed, again by the same […]
Pivotal role of minorities in the formation of Pakistan
Ongoing scenario within the state of Pakistan compelled me to recall and erase the dust on the subject of the formation of Pakistan, along with that to bring light on the sacrifices, collaboration, and commitment of minorities with Pakistan. It is necessary not only to pay tribute to their struggles but also to remember those […]
Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Harmony
Love should be the only way to move forward and especially when it comes to interfaith harmony within an environment of Religious Pluralism. It is a way forward towards calmness and perhaps triumph, both urgently required in a world of growing political and economic discord. Inter-faith harmony is a credible condition, suggesting peaceful co-existence among […]
Women disproportionately face Financial access Barriers
According to a new study that found the number of women who reported having an emergency fund was also significantly lower at 66 percent vs. 82 percent of men, and that men had nearly double the amount of money saved in a backup fund, $9,820 vs. $5,493 for women. Access to credit can open up […]
How Goats are Empowering Women in Rural Sindh
When you meet Zafarunnisa, a resident in the village Muhammad Hassan Halo, Tando Muhammed Khan, you can immediately sense how protective she is of her two goats. ‘Sometimes, I feel my affection for them is similar to what I feel for him,’ she bounces the one-year old she’s holding while she makes rounds. As beloved […]
The Bulge Under The Rug: On the Repression and Mutation of Shame
Shame and violence are natural emotions that have always gone hand-in-hand. Nearly two decades ago, as a young child, I recall the first time I witnessed and learned how shame manifests into violence, in the physical and verbal abuse my father would impose upon my mother. (My father would impose his cowardice, not to be […]
Gross misconduct of doctors
“With an MBBS degree of five years, one year course on medical ethics for doctors to be taught a sense of humanity, social norms and moral ethics must be scheduled.” An ordinary man with tens of hundreds of people supporting him by raising the same concern on social media, in the wake of a recent […]