Tag: muslim culture
Plight of Women in Europe
The Western society is only concerned towards the economic needs of women and their children but once the children are grown-up, they will have no family structure. It’s a true but bitter reality of the Western world. In a Muslim country where majority of the people are Muslims, we have a constitution that is based […]
Cultural Invasion in Pakistan
Socialists believe that historical context and national character play a role in shaping a country’s people’s behavior patterns, whereas traditions and values often affect people’s thoughts. However, rival countries’ electronic media also intensified the trend of people forming negative opinions about each other. In these words, India has begun cultural penetration in Pakistan as part […]
Entertainment Industry of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
We got our independence in year 1947 and after 74 years of our inception we are trying to run our country’s affairs with best suited political system in place. In our political system we have different ethnic political parties that belong to specific region or cultural belt and we recognize them as regional parties belonging […]
Fashion Rules the World and Changing Fashion Trends in Pakistan
The fashion industry’s style and trends influence the world more than ever as we come across the twenty-first century. It’s not just how people dress up but also the trends in homeware design, makeup fashion, and people’s overall attitudes are influenced by changing fashion. Fashion nowadays is bold and adventurous, reflecting a generation born in […]
“Straight Path” Why We Call it a Golden Period
As a Pakistani national and as a Pakistani Muslim, we follow Islam in a way that is different from other parts of the world. Muslims with all schools of thoughts are living all over the world. It means the way Islam is practiced as a religion in our region is having some Islamic rituals that […]
Tolerance in Every Religion
Religion is a sensitive subject for everyone, no matter what context it comes up in and where it’s being discussed. There have been many instances where it’s been easy to be tolerant of others and the ideas. However, we are not ready to listen and pay any attention. What happens to educated, intellectual human beings […]
Pakistan’s Cultural Identity Crisis
According to Oxford Dictionary, culture can be defined as, ideas, customs or social behavior of a particular person or a society. It is the mixture of customary set of beliefs of a race or some ethnic or social group. Culture is therefore necessarily used to formulate an identity comprising of certain characteristic traits that can […]
Guilt and Society
The guilt that comes with being human no matter who we are is quite troubling. I’m sure no matter who you are, you can relate to what I’m talking about. We all have that voice inside of us telling us that we are not good enough. We all have that innate guilt. At least, I […]
Making Waves
The moment a woman realizes she is working around a world full of men something changes inside her. She realizes the comfort that was afforded to her before maybe when she was unaware or maybe when she hadn’t learned of the world isn’t there anymore. Now she has many of two paths she can choose. […]
Revelations During Times of Uncertainty
Often people talking about tragedies they have been through sound rather fond of the very source of pain, that is, life itself. I always assumed it to be the masochistic nature of man. I thought relishing in pain might just be another contradictory factor in our psyche. But what I have learnt now is that […]
The Castes That Divide Us
While the national understanding of classism grows, caste remains a fairly untouched matter Growing old in a Punjabi middle-class family can teach you a thing or two about castes. Everything from who you should eat with to whom you are allowed to marry is indoctrinated within our minds. It is such a normalized concept that […]
Aurat March – A Symbol of Anarchy
Aurat March, Aurat community, Aurat Rights, this word ‘Aurat’ has become something which seems out of this world, an alien entity and is in search of its identity and a secure place to settle down and grow. This is how badly it has been used and negatively propagated by people / gangs, want to divide […]
Pakistani Family Laws Need Amendments
Pakistan is one of those countries of the world where centuries’ old family value are considered sacred and precision hence cherished with pride, but unfortunately this structure is crumbling. The global influences are seeping in and a structure of multi color and multi texture is forming. People have new priorities in life and their living […]
Iranians Sacrificed to Regain Values
Self recognition is track to dignity, honour, self reliance and overall prosperity. Thousands of years old living cultural and traditional values are foundation that bears the gigantic structure of civilization. Cultures surviving through rigors of thousands of years possess sustainability and thus deserve reliance. Compromising self recognition for adopting hanging alien values is sure to […]
PIA Hostesses’ New Uniform
Extra explicit enthusiasm is being displayed for new uniform for the hostesses. There is a lengthy article about it in the Daily DAWN, March 29, 2015. This new uniform will do little for PIA because the following nucleus elements only can recover and retain its good name internationally:- Maintenance and security of its kites which […]
Choosing Topics to Ridicule a Suffering Nation
The Daily Dawn, dated, March 03, 2013 (Books and Authors section, page 6) has published the account of a discussion at LLF, Lahore. This discussion derogatory to the suffering people of Pakistan should have not been published to save its readers from injuries to their sentiments. Sufferings of people of Pakistan are exclusively due to […]
