Tag: pakistan culture
Pakistan’s New Strategic Importance makes it Hotspot for Tourism
Pakistan is a country where we have rocky mountains like Karakorum, Himalayas and Hindu Kush in the north. We also have five of the 14 highest peaks in the world above 8000m in Pakistan all in one country. K2 is the 8611 meter which is 28,251 ft and it’s the second-highest peak on earth. Neelum […]
Is Army Chief really the Entity to Call for Help?
Is Army Chief really the entity to call for help whenever something bad happens in the country, why the rape victims, land mafia victims, flood affected, socially neglected etc. call for help from the Army Chief in front of media? Where are the government representatives? In Pakistan all political parties are like properties of certain […]
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 […]
Increasing Number of Child Molestation Cases in Pakistan
Every year, half of the world’s children are subjected to abuse. The perpetrator’s abuse and the survivor’s suffering, as well as the repercussions, are often hidden from public view. In every civilized society, child molestation or sexual abuse is an unspoken yet troubling question. In this age of globalization, it is critical to set aside […]
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 […]
Turkish-Afghan inspired jewelry has taken Pakistan by storm
Since the broadcasting of the globally acclaimed Turkish drama Diliris Ertugral or Ressurection Ertugral, in Pakistan, there has been observed an uproarious response to the lifestyle theme exhibited in the show. The characters are seen clad in era appropriate attire, buckled with metal swords and heavy costumes. The women are shown wearing heavy jewelry with […]
“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 […]
Organized Religion and Secular Societies
Will organized religion die out eventually? If so, is that a good thing? In modern times, more and more people are speaking out against organized religion. A popular stance from the opponents is observed. “We are not against individual religion. We are against organized religion. Religion should be everyone’s private matter!” Apparently, there is nothing […]
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 […]
Vintage Beauty of Lahore Walled City
“We travel not to escape life but for life to escape us” Lahore has a mesmerizing quality about it. Its gravitational pull always seems stronger than other places. You feel like a spectacle in the hustle bustle of all the businesses, all the people, all the life yet you are also lost in the spectacle, […]
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 […]
How You are Judged by a Judge in Pakistan
It is quite interesting actually how people judge you in everyday life. They can’t really judge but actually project their own thoughts, their way of thinking, somewhat show their own personality, where they have come from, family background and the place and environment where they were born and brought up. One of my friend is […]
Claims of National Progress Analyzed
Hereunder are a few of the hints related to the claims of National Development and Progress in Pakistan:- In 1960 per capita income in South Korea and Pakistan were USD 900 and USD 300 respectively. Today these figures change over to: South Korea USD 25000 and Pakistan USD 1100, i.e. a difference of around 28 […]
Lessons from Innocent Zainab’s Fate
All Pakistanis are categorically responsible for what happened to innocent child Zainab and so many other children in District Kasur. These heinous incidents give every indication of well planned categories of crimes. Why and how? Undermining disease of personality cult has devoured our sense of prime humanitarian responsibilities for bringing forth selfless patriotic leaders who […]
Shaping a People Over to a Nation
Process of formation of a worth full product is far more difficult a process than procurement of its constituents materials. Getting a piece of land on pretext of independence is only a starting step for reaching the apex. People of the territory procured in the name of Pakistan have following historical characteristics and acquired traditional […]
Gradual Downfall of Standards in Pakistan
It is story of drastic catastrophe in the face of daily repeated claims of progress without concretely defining what progress really means because generally progress is repeatedly mentioned mostly for attaining vote bank balance. To define progress keep the example of Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore, at the extreme of poverty level during 1950s and […]
Women Rights Protection – Tahafuz-e-Huqooq-e-Niswaan
Women Rights Protection (Tahafuz-e-Huqooq-e-Niswaan) Bill 2016 Pakistani politicians, just when you get bored of their regular insanity, they come with something new and extraordinarily insane. And among politicians, PMLN’s politicians are the most “intellectual” kind. They come up with actions, ideas and statements that no other can compete. They have recruited the dumbest lot of […]
Dodging Students’ Parents and the Nation
Contents of this short article are based on Sialkot (Pakistan) in focus but the situation applies to whole of the country. Every academic new year showers profuse numbers of banners and posters, by every school without the exception of a single, claiming highest marks by its students in board / university examinations. They attribute the […]
