A window into our past on August 8, 2017The Lahore Museum is a great inspiration for people, who are real arts and cultural connoisseurs, and those who even hold an inch of interest for arts, heritage and history. The building of Lahore Museum is deemed to be a masterpiece constructed in the style of Mughal architecture. Built in 1894, it is a cultural […]
Pakistans Entrepreneurial Market: Challenges and Proposed Recommendations on August 2, 2017Pakistan’s entrepreneurial culture at present is characterized by constraints and challenges faced by young entrepreneurs. This article explains a few such challenges and puts forth brief recommendations to overcome them. The first and foremost being social constraints, which are largely related to the collectivistic and family-oriented culture of Pakistan. The majority of our society has […]
The need to control domestic violence in Pakistan on July 18, 2017The increasingly alarming scenario of domestic violence rendered towards females in Pakistan is indeed heart-rending to say the least. This covers not only physical abuse but also verbal and psychological abuse, which is indeed detrimental for mental and emotional well-being of women. The overall prevalence of domestic violence in Pakistan accounts for somewhere between 21% […]
Frauds in guise of pirs need to be exposed on June 21, 2017Pirs or Peers, literally, “saints” have a prominent place as spiritual leaders especially in Sufi interpretation of Islam. Some, however, use that guise to commit some of the worse crimes imaginable and get away with it. It’s a high time to rally together against these so called pretend-pirs who have turned a whole thing into […]
Prevailing water crisis for Kharif crops on May 9, 2017It is indeed worrying that Pakistan is facing an acute water shortage, and is expected to only worsen owing to the adverse effects of climatic change, mismanagement of water resources and increasingly hostile attitude of India towards upper-riparian areas. A conflict on the distribution of water resources by four provinces adds to the looming water […]
Impact of global warming on Siachen glacier on March 29, 2017Siachen glacier is deemed to be the world’s highest and the strenuous battlefield. Located in the eastern lap of Himalayan mountains in Karakoram range, it is the second largest glacier in the non-polar areas of the world, which is being increasingly affected by global warming. An increase in the temperature due to continuous global warming […]
Global Warming: A menace on March 24, 2017 Global warming is an emerging issue in Pakistan in terms of impact. Pakistan is ranked 137 in terms of emission of global greenhouse gases (GHG), and contributes about 0.47 percent of GHG. This contribution is minimal when compared with neighbouring countries such as India and China, which are deemed to be the industrial giants […]