Of cricket and men on August 3, 2017The whole nation saw the picture of an elderly white-bearded man riding his daughter Nashra Sandhu on his motorbike back from Allama Iqbal International Airport when she returned along with the rest of Pakistan’s women cricket team after playing and losing all seven matches in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. We all saw only […]
Preventing flash floods on July 27, 2017The endless political debate surrounding Kalabagh Dam has wasted several years of ours, causing an irrevocable loss. It is time to face the reality. Pakistan wastes water worth Rs 25 billion annually and preserves only 14 million acre feet (MAF) of 145 MAF of water it receives every year. The fact that the country houses […]
Preventing flash floods on July 27, 2017The endless political debate surrounding Kalabagh Dam has wasted several years of ours, causing an irrevocable loss. It is time to face the reality. Pakistan wastes water worth Rs 25 billion annually and preserves only 14 million acre feet (MAF) of 145 MAF of water it receives every year. The fact that the country houses […]
Raiding the Ill-famed Hotels on May 14, 2016Raiding motels, the edifices surrounding several tuition centres, colleges and universities, may seem to be an enthralling idea but in actuality, it is not charming at all. The most abashing moment is that unmarried couples are interrogated about the reason(s) of their presence there despite knowing the answer beforehand. We all know what was being […]
Breaching of Privacy on April 5, 2016A lecture on Bioremediation was being delivered by a professor of mine when the tune of Whistle started resonating in the algid air of the classroom. I ignored this distraction, cursed the owner of the mobile phone whose catchy ringtone was causing this interruption, and continued scribbling on my notebook the last sentence spoken by […]
The idea of being ‘happily’ married on March 23, 2016Our society mistakenly perceives the state of being married with the idea of being ‘happily’ married. For us, the definition of happiness for a woman is all about being married, having children (particularly sons), and that is it. No one really cares about the lashes, slaps, beatings, abuses, and other forms of tortures that are […]
A society in which achievements determine position is inhumane…. on March 16, 2016People, in general, living together in communities are known as a society. There are, mainly, two types of societies. One example is that of a particular community of people who share the same customs, laws, etc, and the other are those who are fashionable, rich and powerful. In both the aforementioned cases, a society shares […]
Place of Woman in our Society on March 9, 2016God made Eve to beautify His paradise and to bring colours in Adam’s life. The couple was sent down together on Earth to start a new life, but all the beauty and glory faded away over the time as man’s mind corrupted. Today, woman is eyed as a mere commodity and every person wants to use her […]