Islamic Financial Principles: A Comparative Strength on January 6, 2022Existing models of capitalist systems have proven to be failures, creating disasters after disasters. Now, an environmental collapse looms upon us due to maximal extraction of profits without any regard for social and human considerations or future generations. This is because they teach at Harvard that your job is to maximize profits regardless of social […]
A tribute to my teacher on August 7, 2019I met Dr. Munir Ahmad for the first time when I joined NCBA&E Lahore for my PhD in Economics. He was the Rector of the institution and I was supposed to meet him for some admission requirements. Due to my past experiences of meeting people of his stature, I was expecting a long wait and […]
So what we need to realize? on July 16, 2019Once in a training workshop we were given a target to draw a few random geometrical shapes; simple triangles, semicircles and circles. When the time was up to finish our task, trainer showed us a very simple clown we all used to draw as children and asked us how many of us could draw that […]
Beware Pakistanis! on June 27, 2019Today, we live in an era of confusion and hypocrisy. We follow two very different, rather, contradicting set of principles. For the first set of principles, we have been trained subconsciously via media, academic training and changing environment. It comprises of commercialisation, rationalism, capitalism and positivism. According to this set of principles, we have been […]
Who are we? on June 18, 2019As a nation, we are so impressed with the West that we have lost our own identities. So much so, that we have completely lost our direction and purpose in life. We have adopted Western models and ideology for education system. The goal of Western education is to turn us all into standardized machine parts, […]
Hidden political terrorism on March 17, 2019Today everyone in the world has seen live telecast of a very sick man’s action. He created a video of himself not only shooting innocent people in two mosques of New Zealandbut also making sure that no one escapes alive. Time and again, he fired even when people were long dead. What is morest horrifying […]
India’s hidden role in terrorism on March 5, 2019In current times when media; both written and electronic, plays a central role in public opinion building, wars are won and lost by diplomatic success of nations more than at borders. India since long has quite successfully played the role of as a victim of terrorism. Internationally, no one talks about its in creating terror […]
My experience as a biker lady on January 10, 2019Born in a household and also married in a household where there was no discrimination between sons and daughters, I am a part of very small percentage of lucky ladies who are given freedom of thought, expression and life overall. From my education, to professional and other personal choices, I was supported and motivated by […]
My experience as a biker lady on January 9, 2019Born in a household and also married in a household where there was no discrimination between sons and daughters, I am a part of very small percentage of lucky ladies who are given freedom of thought, expression and life overall. From my education (a major part of which was completed after my marriage), to professional […]
Focusing on victims or perpetrators? on December 7, 2018When poor Zainab was raped and murdered brutally we as a nation saw her face plastered over every hard and soft media outlet and site. Not only she but her family was also focus of the media for several weeks, being interviewed and camera zoomed in time and again. So much so that a not-related-person […]