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Divided we fall | Eid special
Any festivity or challenge is the occasion for togetherness both as a nation and a family. This historical family picture is testament of an untold story of unjust foriegn interference and subsequent disunity that buried legacy of great…
Democracy !
PPP prides itself to be the most popular democratic party with socialist inclination till its founder was hanged leaving behind a legacy that sadly has evolved into the Public Private Partnership in real sense of words, where five years…
Afghanistan – Human catastrophe
My last visit to the Pak - Afghan border at Torkham confronted me with an incident. Something that made chill run down my spin. A hapless father placed his two- and - a - half year sick child into my feet, begging to be allowed entry…
Drug peddlers targetting youth through social media
The International drug traffickers have stepped up the use of social media to trigger demand for drugs in many countries including Pakistan, India and Thailand. According to an investigative report, the ringleaders of this trade are…
Ever heard of cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is the bullying that happens over the web. In this article, we will try to understand and discuss cyberbullying and how it is affecting people and especially teenagers.
But, let’s just first talk about bullying. Bullying is a…
Sad state of banking
A video was shared with me by Maj Naeem Iqbal Khan, showing a long queue of female and elderly customers at Habib Bank Pvt. Ltd, Faizabad Branch Rawalpindi, braving both freezing temperatures and rain with utter disregard of the Bank staff…
FAPUASA; Time to lead from the front
In many professions, it’s easy to overemphasize the importance of the job. But in the case of our educators, and teachers it’s more likely that people will miscalculate the importance of their role in our society. After analyzing many…
Rampant corruption at Pak-Afghan border ; No one to check?
This attached unbiased report by a seasoned local journalist Ibrahim Shinwari published in an English daily, regarding the rampant corruption at Pak - Afghan border by Pakistan government officials not only bring bad name to the country…
“What we, the Taliban want”
“When our representatives started negotiating with the United States in 2018, our confidence that the talks would yield results was close to zero. We did not trust American intentions after 18 years of war and several previous attempts at…
Afghanistan; A short note
The current crop of Taliban from their leaders to rank and file, have so far demonstrated amazing flexibility and diplomacy as they raced on their relatively peaceful blitzkrieg like takeover of Afghanistan.
Reports of the way they're…