Human Rights
She was a genuine leader
Benazir Bhutto was a brilliant, unique, foresighted, brave and tolerant leader and had the potential to make Pakistan a real welfare state. Unfortunately, whenever she came into power, undemocratic forces blocked her way and kept her under pressure. December 27 was the death anniversary of BB and was observed particularly in Sindh. Pakistan Peoples’ Party …
Naya Pakistan without Free Media?
Imran Khan admitted a fact many times that he became Prime Minister of Pakistan because of a vibrant free media which provided him lot of space against some Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari. Private TV channels were started in Pakistan in 2002.At that time Imran Khan was the only member of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf …
Writ of the state: Who will compensate the victims?
Lahore: It was shocking to hear the news of SP Tahir Dawar’s martyrdom. Dawar was kidnapped from Islamabad on October 26 and his dead body found in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The government did not make much noise about it, which is unbelievable given that a valiant police officer was kidnapped from the capital city. Not …
Educate children and save them from being molested
Lahore: Kasur’s pedophile and serial killer Imran Ali was executed on October 17 for raping and killing seven-year-old Zainab Ansari and several other girls. But, his hanging is not enough to stop the increasing menace of molesting little boys and girls. To stop the increasing incidents of child molestation, the parents must educate their children, …
Free mental health helplines in pakistan: a dire need of the day
Lahore: Mental health in Pakistan has remained a subject of debate since the last few years. The incidence and prevalence have both increased tremendously in the background of growing insecurity, terrorism, financial problems, political uncertainty, unemployment and disruption of the social fabric. According to a report published by United Nations, 24 million people in Pakistan …
Being a single woman in 30s is trouble
When you are tired on your birthday it indicates that you are actually turning thirty. Thirties brings you to cruel realities. The first few years are always the hardest. Things starts getting weird and you start acting strange. People are like, Hey, I am engaged, I am getting married and you are like Damn I …
One of the world richest men in hot waters because of alleged secret marriage, Ex-wife demands rights for her son.
London: Sheikh Ahmed Bin Maktoum one of the world’s richest men and uncle of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid, once again faces trouble from his ex-wife, Miss Nivin El Gamal in United Kingdom. While Talking to Truth Tracker after addressing a presser in London last week, she said that she feared for the future …
Darul Amman!-A Mysterious Place
Quetta: It always had been my desire to visit Darual Amman (shelter home) as there is a sort of mystery attached to it because of the way it operates in Pakistan; it has been made difficult for ordinary people to visit it. Despite my long desire I could not enter into it though it was …
Kite flying: Allow people to be happy for few days
There was a time when there were 62 cinema halls in Lahore and similarly many in all other big and small towns. Till 1965 Indian films were also imported officially. After 1965 war Indian films were banned. Then came the era of VCR and there was an influx of Indian films available on rent very …
The real beauty and the societal beast
Lahore: She is different but she is unable to understand that why she has been chosen to be unlike others. “When I was a kid, I used to think that one morning I will wake up tall like my other siblings and my disease will be cured, I will also drive car, go to office …