The 'Selfie Disorder' and Social Media
Fatima Altaf
A couple of years back, a news story began circulating on electronic and social media claiming that the American Psychiatric Association had classified excessive selfie taking as a psychological disorder, calling it 'Selfitis.' The widely shared story later turned out to be a hoax, with the APA denying the ...
Karachi - Dirtiest 'City Of Lights'
Aleena
The City Of Lights, Mini-Pakistan, Resting place of Quaid-e-Azam. . . Yeah, right! It’s Karachi. Does the city need any introduction?Karachi is the largest and densely populated city of Pakistan, second most populous as well as 7th largest city in world. Being located on the shores of Arabian Sea, ...
Embrace Culture, Diversity and Break Norms!
Subat Fatima
So the Fashion Pakistan Week came to an end and we witnessed yet again a great number of emerging talent. It is to say that I have always been interested in my Eastern culture and followed every happening event in town despite living abroad. Although recent trends in the ...
Home-Made Cooking vs Ordering Junk Fast Food
Aleena
“Mom what’s for dinner?” She asked. “Come dear, I’ve made mixed vegetables today!” Mom replied. “Mom you’ve made vegetables again?” She asked in disbelief. “Yes dear! Come join us on the table.” Mom said sweetly as usual. “No. Can you please order a deal for me? I cannot eat vegetables ...
Be Pakistani, Buy Pakistani
Rumaysha Maqsood
Word patriotism means devotion, loyalty to one’s country, support every step which is taken for the betterment of country. A true patriot defends his country on every forum.We belong to Pakistan and we are very patriotic to defend our country. We can happily die for the respect of our ...
My Argument with a Misogynist Mufti
Noman Wazir
Library and coffee shops are the places, where ideas are learnt, and discussed. But in our society this kind of places can rarely be seen or attended. Although chai-shops are numerous, but they don't have such kind of environment, where one can sit and ponder over the nature of ...
My Defence of Misbah's Pushups for the Army
Muhammad Sultan Shah
In this troubled world, there are fewer moments of joy left for public. Sports are always considered a healthy activity and teams dominating sports become source of lifting their people. After decline of many sports in Pakistan, cricket now remains as sole source of entertainment which is followed from ...
Daastan's Mera Qissa: A self-published writing project for Pakistanis
Nishat
It is a bitter reality that the writing industry of Pakistan is declining at a sharp rate. The reason is obvious; we have no publishing house of our own, we have to suffer from the harshness of the world outside to get one book published. This is indeed creating ...
As a Pakhtun, I am ashamed how women are treated in our society
Amar Kamal
The birth of her was not an event of joy for family. Even the mother wishes God's decision to be the other way. For her whole life she never felt like a full part of the family but the one who extends her support to dominant members of the lot. ...
Women in Pakistan's male dominated society
Javeria Adil
Different type of relationships effect women's life differently. At most, the way she behaves and deals with others is affected. Her perspective about life and men around her becomes negative. This is all due to what she has faced in the past and is still going through. Her Views About Her ...
Rishta made in heaven. Or in drawing rooms.
Kashif Raza
So boys and Girls brace yourself because we are heading right into that time of the year where the heavens will open the 'nalkay' & tootiyan (taps) of holy hamams that we all look forward to, Not. Well, because the weather gets less harsh, colder and perfect for some ...
Things I find odd about Pakistanis
Asad Sheikh
I was twiddling my thumbs the other day when my train of thoughts led me to depressing peculiarities of our society. Despite heartbreaking, I managed to find funny sides to Pakistanis. As a result I wrote an article to ‘celebrate’ our odd behaviour. Please note, I do not entertain death threats and if you ...
So Long, DTH TV in Pakistan!
Fatima Riaz
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has recently announced the reopening of DTH license auction and date for this auction is set as October 3, 2016. This update for DTH TV in Pakistan caught the attention of many enthusiastic TV viewers and investor as a healthy business opportunity across the country. I was also following ...
Institutional Inequality of Women in Pakistan
Muhammad Faizan Jamil
Our social interaction with in the society determines our self-attitude and self-attention towards any individual or set of individuals. Social interaction is also based on different social categories e.g. race, age, ethnic distribution and one of the most considerable category is ‘gender’. These categories are having different attributes and characteristics to interact and deal ...
Intolerance is the water given to our future plants
Ashyz
Being a Pakistani or perhaps a Lahori, the first thing that comes to ones mind upon hearing the word "elite" are the Taseer's or the Tareen's. And then follows the disgusted, vicious and fierce head shake. While we all know that Pakistan's elite class isn't ambling on the ...