Category archives for: Society

Has Religious Extremism gotten to the point of no return?

Has Religious Extremism gotten to the point of no return?   The past generation still remembers the golden days of Pakistan in the early 70’s as the golden period, where people of all races and castes lived together as brothers and sisters under one nation, along with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto leading the country towards being […]

PEMRA to define parameters of obscenity on electronic media

Over the directives of the Supreme Court, Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) has decided to define the term obscenity in the context of electronic media. It called a meeting after the court had taken notice on petitions filed against obscenity and vulgarity on the TV channels. Although the existing laws bar TV channels or […]

Chief Election Commissioner urges people to use their right to vote fairly

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has urged people to exercise their right to vote independently, assuring that the next general elections will be free, fair and transparent. The CEC was called on Chief Justice Sindh High Court (SHC) Justice Musheer Alam after paying a visit to Sindh High Court Bar Association […]

NGO files bail application for 11-year-old Christian girl

World Vision in Progress Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO), on Thursday filed a bail application before the Islamabad session court for an 11-year-old Christian girl arrested on charges of blasphemy. Rimsha, a young Christian girl who reportedly has Down’s Syndrome, was accused of burning pages from a children’s religious instruction book containing verses from the Holy Quran. […]

ISI colonel helped in locating Osama bin Laden: Book

Richard Miniter, a famous America journalist, claimed that a colonel of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) assisted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. In what appeared to be another shocking claim, the book claimed that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may have been informed about the May […]

We are moving towards an impatience society

In line with the growing culture of intolerance and taking law into hands to deal with alleged dacoits and blasphemers, a mob comprising hundreds attacked a police station in Bahawalpur to kill a mentally-ill person for allegedly committing blasphemy. The emotionally-charged mob set the police station on fire, started beating the person and reportedly burnt […]

Ten common habits of Pakistanis (Part Three)

This article is the last episode of the three-part series, in which the writer highlights ten most common habits of Pakistanis. In the last part, he identifies different aspects of Mocking, Rage, Criticism and Emotional Fooling. Mocking In Pakistani society, people use to make fun of others around there. If anyone pronounces a word wrongly, […]

Ten common habits of Pakistanis (Part Two)

This article is a continuation of three-part series, in which the writer tries to explain ten most common habits of Pakistanis. In the second installment of this article, he describes Lying habit, Unwanted Suggestions and Over-smartness of people. Lying habit In all, we love to lie whether it is a big fat lie which is […]

Ten common habits of Pakistanis (Part One)

There are some common habits among Pakistani people of which ten most I will share and describe briefly in this article. However, there can be some exceptions as people’s behavior vary from person to person Blaming Habit In Pakistani society, everyone loves to blame. If students fail in their exams, they will consequently put the […]

Cast your vote if you want to bring change

In democracy, change comes through different ways and mostly with an evolutionary process where a trend is set by starting a clear voting process. In other words, democracy is the refection of the people’s desires. In most countries, elections attract enormous public attention and this is not surprising as these political exercises constitute the heart […]

Women should know about their rights

Every human being has certain indisputable rights that must be delivered in a way so that they have a positive effect on human lives enabling them to live better and more fulfilling lives. The world is globalizing very rapidly and scientific innovations have emerged as a phenomenon for development. Although the flow of information is […]

Pakistan needs to revise transport system

Transportation system, which has not developed properly to meet the requirements of rising population, is quite pathetic in the country. In rural, urban and semi-urban, the road communication is already in poor shape and was further worsened by the 2010-11 floods. The Ground Line of Communication (GLoC) also helped in further destruction of the many […]

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