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Government and general public need to work together to wipe out Dengue menace, says Chief Minist Lahore, October 29: The Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif emphasized on the point that collective efforts of government and general public are required to wipe out the Dengue menace from the city. He expressed this opinion while addressing […]
Revolution: A thought for the aggravated mind There is no doubt that we need a revolution. It seems like this revolution will be initiated by the poor and mediocre (majority) of the population, which is already in the process of mobilisation thanks to the freedom and totally critical stance of the electronic media. However, the […]
Pensioners of the Pakistan Railways have been camped out in front of public banks for days but the government only woke up to the crisis after an elderly man passed away in Lahore. Mahmood Khan, a 70 year old former railway employee, died waiting in a queue to get his pension token. “There were […]
Retired Pakistan Railway pensioner dies while waiting for his pension; protest continues The unrelenting financial crisis at Pakistan Railways (PR) has finally claimed a pensioner’s life while he waited overnight to receive his pension. According to the reports Mahmood Khan, who was a former railway employee, passed away while waiting for his pension. Khan, […]
Corruption, stereotyping and the unsung heroes of Pakistan There was this joke I once heard of a delegate who had come from Saudi Arabia to visit Pakistan. Upon his return to his homeland the people asked him what he had seen on his trip, to which he replied, ‘I have seen a miracle of God’. […]
Mario Balotelli’s “Why Always Me?” ethos applied to Pakistan’s society Manchester City’s prodigal adopted son, Mario Balotelli, had nothing to do with Pakistan whatsoever that is until his side’s recent match against their bitter neighbourhood rivals, Manchester United. However, after scoring his side’s first goal, the flamboyant Italian lifted up his Manchester City jersey to […]
Revolution is a word that has rocked the world in recent past. Egypt, Syria and Lebanon have been the latest examples of this phenomenon and it seems like Pakistan will soon embrace it as well or at-least that is what our singers are point at. A layer of patriotism is what is required to bring […]
Pakistan versus India, the government and the people No matter what people tell you otherwise, there always have been tensions between the Pakistan government and their Indian counterparts, there is no denying that. However, one thing that needs to be acknowledged is that while the governments of the two nations may be at each other’s […]
Do you ever wonder what percentage of Pakistanis live below the poverty line? Let’s not get into the details because the figure will definitely be colossal and blow your mind away. Every political party before coming into power boorishly focuses on the aspect of eliminating poverty in their election campaigns and to be fair, they […]
If only the people of Pakistan were as punctual and disciplined as load-shedding There are many things the people of Pakistan are known for but punctuality, orderliness and discipline are a few things that we are not known for. It is for this reason, perhaps, that one element of load-shedding has the nation both frustrated […]
Pakistan in way to an aimless state The remarks of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the style in which state institutions are working is a cursing reflection of the level of governance generally and administrative capability particularly. The milieu to this expression was the Chief Justice’s unhappiness over the non-payment of salaries […]
Government still struggling to pull Pakistan Railways out of the crisis Farhatullah Babar, who is the current spokesperson of the office of President of Pakistan, has revealed president’s plan for the restoration of Pakistan Railways (PR) that is going through deep crisis. Railway employees were not getting their salaries and pensions for the past […]
