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Mobilink, Telenor and UBL shortlisted for GSMA Awards 2013 #PakPositive

February 7th, 2013

Global Mobile Awards 2013The GSMA Mobile World Congress  is the worlds largest conference and the exhibition to showcase products of mobile industry . The conference features big names from the industry such as CEOs of mobile operators, technology providers, device manufacturers, and content owners. This year’s edition has nearly arrived as it will take place in Barcelona 25th to 28th February. Pakistan always manages to secure a spot at the event and this year once again three Pakistani organizations and their products are shortlisted for GSMA Awards 2013. the details of the award categories are:

 

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A Few Options for (Ex) PM Gilani

June 19th, 2012

yeh kya hua... kese hua.. kab hua... kion hua....

The so called “UN-expected” news came out and Supreme Court of Pakistan has said something to our Ex but still beloved Prime minister the same line that due to economic crunch many employers have heard from the mouth of their employers, “Your Services are NO MORE required”. Yes our Prime minister has to leave his post and PM house and ironically there is no one “who is stopping him”. Like every big news this also get response from the nation that is famous for wasting time on issues as well as no issues. While I was trying to learn “Storify” I made a test story on this incident but the best part is to me is the list of options Mr. Gilani have to spend his Post PM office time. in case you like the list the credit goes to me and in case you find it piece of crap get your sense of hummer tested.

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Media diversion from Spot Fixing in IPL to Shahrukh Khan

May 18th, 2012

Shots went out of the park, wickets flew in the air and entertainment to the fullest, I’m talking about IPL that is Indian Premier League. It started with a bang with its first season when Lalit Modi was in charge. He really did bring a creative idea to the table claiming respect from all over the world. IPL is a franchise which allows cricket players from all over the world to play with their fellow cricketers from different countries combined in a team.  I had followed the first season very closely since it featured our Pakistani players. I had supported Rajasthan Royals from the beginning and they had won.

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Oscar Goes to Pakistan – Thank You Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

February 27th, 2012

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…ذرا سی نم ہو یہ مٹی تو بڑی زرخیز ہے ساکی 

(All I needed to be an opportunity this land is indeed very fertile)…

Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal was so right in penning this thought in his poetry, and whenever the news of any accomplishment comes up out of nowhere this poetic verse comes to my mind. This morning is one of those when I recall these words and feel to be proud for my green passport, in fact more proud as I normally am proud of it. Now when I am writing this after my morning walk there are a few old Welsh fellows (old in age) around me, as usual, but today an unusual proud is accompanying me. I am talking about the Oscar award that goes to Pakistan for the short film “Saving Face”. Pakistan won its first Oscar Award and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy must be thanked and congratulated for this success. It was first time in many years that a Pakistani film was nominated for Oscars, moreover, a film that was made by a woman.

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Donkey, Lord, Potter, and Punjab Assembly

January 25th, 2012

There is a famous Punjabi saying that says, “Potter faced the anger when lord fell from the donkey”.  Our politics seems to be the same lord that drops all his anger and frustration on poor potter when the real culprit is donkey. There are many issues need urgent solution but authorities are busy in moulding non issues to be issue, ultimately potter like nation suffers. This Afternoon, Punjab Assembly passed a resolution to seek ban on the concerts causing ‘problem’.

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Maya Khan – The imbalance of power and responsibility

January 23rd, 2012

Woh aapki jo bhi lagti ho main aapki Ammi hoon (Sournce Facebook)

Initially when I responded to this whole development I felt as if somehow I am fanning a non issue to be an issue. I was wrong, and I came to this decision while thinking about it over and over again. When we can spend hours in long, endless, yet good for nothing political debates on all the platform we have access to than why not on such issues. There is something huge hidden even in the smallest news, because what ever get the status of news never remain just an ordinary thing. These are all purely my own thoughts over the video of a morning show from last week that became talk of the social media town, because of which I have been through thought process and eventually keyboarding all those bits of views. I have described my initial opinion on it but the game changer was the verse from the holly Quran that I read this past afternoon. In Chapter 24 (Surat Nur) it is written in verse 27 and 28:

 

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Fuss during Zulfiqar Mirza’s Talk at Oxford University (Exclusive Video)

November 17th, 2011

Oxford University Pakistan Society holds talk almost twice a month and this evening they arranged a talk by Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza (Ex Home Minister of Sindh, Pakistan). if you have seen the news than you must know that there was a fuss created during his talk, when he said that he came to UK with some concrete proves against Altaf Hussain. However, Organizers jumped in and controled the situation, the president of the society at that stage took the stage and tried to make the audience realise that where they are sitting and what they are representing.

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Dengue Facts

September 13th, 2011

Dengue fever has spread in Punjab province yet again and as the news coming situation is worst, with a huge call for blood donation because it is required for those who are suffering from dengue need blood platelets.to deal with blood demand there are a few people who are working, arranging blood, and motivating others to join in. There are many people who can donate but the problem is fear, well let put that issue for some other discussion time. I decided to share some of the dengue facts so that an awareness can be created among the people and answers of FAQs can be gathered from the experts so that people can know more about it, moreover, the fear can be removed to some extent.

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Sin of Helplesness

June 9th, 2011

Mother of Sarfaraz Shah, the Boy Killed by Rangers

Hopelessness is a sin and helplessness leads one to the point where this sin is performed by us all. There are many things that leads one to the point where one becomes helpless and then hopeless, one major factor that cause this situation is the injustice in the society, when this is a clear fact that there will no justice be provided one becomes hapless with everything around. This is the time when a society turns into a bunch of hopeless and frustrated individuals. If we look around in Pakistan almost everyone is frustrated and level of patience is on the lowest point.
The simple reason for this situation is law and order situation of Pakistan, decisions of government that directly and negatively affect the lives of the people, but one big factor is the sense of not getting the justice when required as someone with power will flex his muscles and make the decisions to bend in his favor.

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Upon What hand Shall I Find Blood???

March 2nd, 2011

We are ashamed… We are or just me... I was confused when I saw a shattering news right after I woke up. The Minister of Minority Affairs Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti has been assassinated and Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan has accepted the responsibility. I am feeling thankful to TTP for taking the burden on their head, when each and every one of us is the real responsible for what happened to Mr. Bhatti. This assassination is a real setback for Pakistan and a quite successful attempt to prove that this place is the most violent and extremist country, where asking question is a bigger sin then the sin itself. TTP might have been just a chapter of his story but what about all of us who molded this story in a way that it reaches to a point where there are pictures of a car in with broken glasses, states soaked in blood, and must to mention more than 20 bullets.

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