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“I shall always be guided by the principles of justice and fairplay without any... ...prejudice or ill-will, in other words, partiality or favouritism. My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality, and I am sure that with your support and co-operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest nations of the world.” -Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his speech to the ...
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Allama Muhammad Iqbal can truly be acknowledged as the best gift for the Muslims of the world in the last two hundred years. At a time when virtually the entire Islamic world was being colonized, Iqbal came as a ray of strong hope, reviving the very soul of millions of Muslims. It was him who gave the Muslims of India the resolve to make an independent homeland for themselves, inspiring them to take roles of gallant leadership, the most shining example bei...
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Pakistan's situation was not as absurd as it is right now a while ago,pedestrians had no fear but to reach their desired place at a given time. Parents used to make sure their kids dont miss a single day at school, life of a hawker was relatively happier and sound.
A drastic change in pakistan's political situation led to people wandering with only one word "WHY?". Sadly, no one got their answer yet. ...
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After spending a summer in Pakistan and seeing FLP's work firsthand (I could never do this in the US!), and meeting with members of the organization, it made sense to tell their story.
Here's the link to a brief article I wrote about them, which is now published on the World Bank's youth blog, Youthink!
youthink.worldbank.org...
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What happened recently to Robert Fanish Masih is not an isolated incident of violent injustice against Christian citizens in Pakistan.
The horrific memories of Gojra had barely subsided when this new incident took place. Many of us know that rarely if ever is there...
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How patriotic are we as a nation? How much strength to do we have to give up our lives for our country? Our patriotism is limited to dining out on March 23 and August 14 but we live as an integrated nation all year round.
Since the last few years the nation witnessed an active progressive movement on a massive social scale- the fight for the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudary. It took the Lawyers’ Movement two years of strenuous struggle to freedom. The nation c...
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Pakistan is facing a crisis of epic proportions at the moment. There are currently over 800,000 who have been registered as internally displaced since 2 May 2009 according to the UNHCR. Other sources are placing the total estimate as high as 1.3 million.With the approaching summer months, their mise...
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