Tag: #Blog
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Big B hits back at a troll who wrote ‘I hope u die’
Mumbai, 28th July 2020: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan hits back at the anonymous troll who wrote to him ‘I hope you die with this COVID’. According to the Indian media reports, Amitabh Bachchan has given a befitting reply to a troll who wishes to see him dead by COVID-19. Reportedly Big B tested positive for…
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Modernity is not Modesty
This opinion is shared by Ms. Saba Waqas. The world is moving fast and evolving at lickety-split speed. People are trying to modify and harmonize their life accordingly. Sometimes too much exposure and knowledge leads to disorientation. Culture plays a significant role in every society. The art, language, and religion of a community represents…
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The Nation that breeds on Sensationalism
This opinion is shared by Ms. Saba Waqas. Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He was murdered while addressing a public rally at Rawalpindi. The police shot his presumed murderer on the spot. The exact motive behind the assassination has never been fully…
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Global Pandemic & the lessons learnt!
This opinion is shared by Ms. Saba Waqas. Few months back nobody could have guessed that the world will look like it does today! All locked up in our houses, people avoiding meeting each other, no air travel, schools, offices, malls and cinemas closed for an indefinite period of time. We are hit by hard…
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The Lesson Today: Surah Al-Annam, Ayah 108
There is a need for the Muslim world to understand the teachings of Islam and the elimination of the present, prevailing myths, in our Muslim world. When you go to a Muslim clergy person like Maulana or Mufti in Pakistan or an Imam, as in the U.S, mostly from the middle east, generally, they say…
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What is the purpose of the prayers?
What is the purpose of the prayers? Do our prayers fail to reform us? Our people do read Quran but do not understand the Arabic language. Majority of the people read it for sawab or rewards from Allah. It is alright. Now asking everyone to learn Arabic language like Urdu and English is asking for…
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Justice for Private Candidates O levels and A levels
This opinion is shared by Rimsha Qasim. Despite the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, the British Council appears to treat its regular and private students differently. The ongoing discrimination among the regular and private candidates has raised many alarming questions. Regular candidates who are associated to worthy schools are given the opportunity of assessed grades from…
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Crude Oil: Composition, Classification & Need
This opinion article is by Dr Khalid Nabi. The whole world’s economy, directly or indirectly, depends on the production of Crude Oil and its subsequent conversion into useful and saleable products. These products may range from the likes of Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuels, Fuel Oils, Fuels for large ships and Asphalts, respectively. The Petroleum Chemistry…
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Acquiring to Compeer: Youth, Gender Equality, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
This opinion is written by Joshua Dilawar. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the globe, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health system responses and announcing movement restrictions affecting millions. But amid these efforts, governments, policymakers and decision makers must not lose sight of the vulnerabilities of…
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Message of the Ramadan
This opinion has been shared by Aaqib Shaheen Pulwama. The origin of the word Ramzan comes from the classical Arabic root, ramida, ar-ramad or ramdaa, meaning scorching heat or dryness — believed to be either in reference to the heat of thirst and hunger or because fasting burns away one’s past sins. The first Ramzan…