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Crowning Glory

Pakistan has had its share of tragedy in recent years, with the world's eyes always being trained on Pakistan since the last few years, may it be the rage of the neighboring Afghan war, or the Drone attacks and the Taliban, Pakistan has been a window on the biggest news stories of the young millennium which is just a decade old. Even though Pakistan is known the world around for being a pro terrorist, war encouraging country with no culture and backward theories, however I can assure you that these news has almost no reality strings attached to it, on the other hand Pakist

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The Crescent & The Five-Rayed Star

August 14, 1947 is the day engraved in gold in the history of Pakistan. It is the day when Pakistan attained its freedom from the clutches of a long slavery of over 200 years of the British rule. It was a long and hard struggle in which many people laid down their lives for our beloved motherland. Pakistan came into existence following the Pakistan movement, which aimed for creation of an independent Muslim state by partition of the Indian subcontinent and was led by the All-India Muslim League under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The event occurred with the partiti

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Peshawar Dream Eve

When my friend Ali Asghar asked me to become the International Relations Manager for the newly formed National Council for Fashion and Arts I wasn’t sure what should by my reaction towards its. At one place I was ecstatic because it is an honour to be part of such an organization and work for promoting Pakistan nationally as well as internationally however the inhibition I had was that the head office of the council was situated in Peshawar and the circumstances of Peshawar being vice and depicted in media were quite messy. After long pondering I nodded yes and grabbed the

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Whither Austerity Drives?

Our legislators continue their extravagant lifestyles at a time when a large part of the population is finding it hard to make two ends meet. The sight of expensive and luxurious cars in the parking lot of parliament house is shocking and seems to mock the sentiments of the poor in Pakistan. This flamboyant attitude does not suit leaders of a poor, third world country where economy is buckling under the financial crunch and a massive debt amounting to Rs 8.89 trillion. It is high time that the country’s legislators think beyond their self-interests and lead by example by pu

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A Day out at the Hajji Camp

Alhamdulillah, next month along with my family I intend to travel to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the fifth pillar of Islam Hajj Inshallah. In lieu to it we all have been busy preparing for the grand journey and one of the steps to be taken before getting on this journey is to visit the Hajji Camp and get vaccinated for meningitis, flu, H1 N1, and Polio. In addition to it, Anti Narcotics department situated at the Camp assist the travelers to pack and seal their medicines if prescribed by the Doctor. On October 10th 2010 while relaxing after the daily chores I hit

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