No doubt, solid waste management is an uphill task owing to rampant population explosion across the world but the sense of responsibility reaps positive outcomes and long-term benefits. Pakistan alone generates about 82,000 tons of waste daily. Due to a lack of resources and will, except for few, most areas depict abysmal status when it […]
CoVID-19: a blessing in disguise for China
Life was usual yesterday as everyone was busy in their normal routines when we heard about a breakout of a virus in Wuhan China. At first place, no one was bothered. People at large didn’t give a damn to it and never anticipated the repercussions of this malediction. World turned a deaf ear when first […]
COVID-19: Blessing in Disguise for Pakistan’s Health Sector
COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease believed to have erupted from Wuhan in China, which engulfed more than 250,000 lives within no time and paralysed life on the only planet. The WHO first announced this deadly outbreak as an epidemic when it hit China but when it made its way to Europe followed by the […]
Depression
Rejection, competition, fear of failure, family expectations, humiliation, feeling worthless, insomnia and surroundings are some of the many reasons to put oneself in depression. Now the question emanates here that ‘What is Depression’? Is it sadness or grief due to some unfortunate situation? Not at all, it’s more than sadness; society perceives it wrongly. Everybody […]
Aurat March — derogatory slogans and the media houses
Earlier civilizations such as Babylonian, Egyptian, European, Arab and Indian depict a heart-wrenching status of women. They were treated worse than slaves, buried or burnt alive and considered as a cause of the evil. No one talked about their rights even when slavery was abolished. Magna Carta followed by French and Russian revolutions made women […]
Depression: a strange conundrum
Rejection, competition, fear of failure, family expectations, humiliation, feeling of worthlessness, insomnia and surroundings are some of the many reasons of depression. What is depression? Is it sadness or grief due to some unfortunate situation? No, it is more than sadness; society perceives it wrongly. Anybody can experience it irrespective of economic conditions, relationship status […]
A heart-wrenching train incident
There is no denying the fact that the current infrastructure of railways is of the British era, and has now become obsolete. No improvement as per need has been seen so far. Hence, for decades, multiple accidents have been witnessed. Data showed that most reported incidents were caused by derailments and collisions at unmanned railway […]
The heart-wrenching train incident
There is no denying the fact that the current infrastructure of railways is of the British era and has now become obsolete. No improvement as per need has been seen so far. Hence, for decades, multiple accidents have been witnessed. Historical data showed that most of the reported incidents were caused by derailment and collision […]
My waste, my responsibility
There is no denying the fact that solid waste management is a daunting and a mammoth task across the world. In Pakistan, with the exception of a few, most of the areas are still inundated with huge heaps of garbage alongside unpaved roads, railway tracks, canals, empty plots and temporary dumpsites. It results in various […]
Children urge implementation of child rights during panel discussion
Prioritisation of child rights urged by children during a panel discussion of children with human rights minister and Punjab Minority Affairs Department on Universal Children’s Day 2018 on Tuesday. The event was jointly arranged by Search for Justice, Child Rights Movement Punjab, National Commission for Human Rights, Ministry of Human Rights and Human Rights & […]