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It’s amazing how quickly a leader or an ideology can win over the country’s youth. As I headed to office one fine day,I confronted an excited youth from our neighbourhood who said, “I am going to Lahore to attend a jalsa on December 23!” . . . →Read More:Khan tou Khan,Qadri bhi Khan Amidst chaos once more;this time the people are better prepared,but perhaps only mentally. It seems like the Pakistani Society (especially the youth) has acclimatized at a miraculous pace. Be it bomb blasts,suicide attacks,open fire on civilians,floods,earthquakes,dengue;we can know it all and still strut down the sidewalks with our . . . →Read More:Are We a Nation in Denial?  Leave a comment  Vent it Out!  Are We a Nation in Denial?,bloodshed,bomb blasts,bureaucracy,chaos,civil society,corruption,dengue,earthquakes,extremism,floods,Government departments,Martial Laws,natural disasters,open fire on civilians,Pakistan,Pakistan Army,Pakistani society,Police,politicians,politics,problems,suicide attacks,terrorism,youth “I can take part in the competition even with my broken wrist. Please let me compete,” insisted 15-year old Ifra Wali,who had arrived in India with a 27-member ski team to represent Pakistan in the first South Asian Winter Games. In Auli,a ski resort in India’s Uttarkhand state,Ifra was practicing along with . . . →Read More:Despite Broken Wrist,Ifra Wali Wins Gold At South Asian Winter Games In a bid to bring sporting action to war-stricken Waziristan,the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is planning to hold an event in the mountainous region featuring top national players of the country,according to the federation’s secretary. Waziristan has been affected by drone attacks since the start of war against terrorism and Taliban resurgence. . . . →Read More:Tennis under a cloud of drones? PCB launches anti-corruption programme The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has launched a programme to educate cricketers and officials on how to avoid corruption and be on their best behaviour in the sport. . . . →Read More:Too Little Too Late? Leave a comment Corruption,Sports anti corruption,Area 14/8,Area148,corruption,cricket,crime,education,extremism,Federal Investigation Agency,FIA,government,ICC,match-fixing,Mazhar Majeed,Mohammad Amir,mohammad asif,Pakistan,Pakistan Cricket Board,Pakistan Cricket Team,PCB,politics,Salman Butt,spot-fixing,World Cup 2011,youth It is becoming clear that terrorist organizations are recruiting and influencing youths to carry their devastating acts. Sadly,many youths,irrespective of race,religion,education background or economic status have fallen prey to the rhetoric propagated by these groups.
The statistics are grim. Around 300,000 children,both boys and girls under the age of . . . →Read More:Youth,Terrorism and the Internet PESHAWAR,March 29:A new case of polio has been reported in the semi-tribal Frontier Region of Lakki Marwat,as parents continue to refuse vaccination of their children in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata. . . . →Read More:New polio case traced to refusal of vaccine! Celebrating the 2,500 years of Peshawar as the oldest living city of South Asia,the Floral Art Society of Peshawar brought together women members of floral art societies from other cities,who exhibited their skills of traditional flower arrangement on Tuesday. . . . →Read More:‘Peshawar through the ages’ shown in flowers ISLAMABAD: The future of over 5,000 students presently studying at different foreign universities seems to be at stake as the financial matters of Higher Education Commission (HEC) are being shifted to the provinces under the 18th Amendment. . . . →Read More:Devolution and Division Bells The father of the nation,Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,once said,“We are a nation,with our distinctive culture and civilisation,names and nomenclature,sense of values and proportion,legal laws and moral code,customs and calendar,history and tradition,aptitude and ambition. In short,we have our own distinctive outlook on life and of . . . →Read More:The Spirit of Pakistan Resolution | |||
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