During the recent past season of monsoon, which saw record-breaking rainfall in Pakistan, it saw people indulging and focusing on hurdles in the big cities with facilities and luxuries. Mass debates were held to discuss the facts of life and how everyday life was affected. Vigorous emphasis and analysis were conducted on the lack of infrastructure, dearth of planning and vision in the development of major cities. All one saw on news channels on a daily basis was the inadequacies in the utilization of available resources and absence of pertinent departments in aiding the public. Major focus was placed on…
Author: Faisal Saleem Rathod
Freedom is a feeling, a way of expression, an act of doing something with certain limitations or is it scope beyond these words? The Constitution of Pakistan provides for fundamental rights, which include freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the (conditional) right to bear arms. It is difficult for anyone to understand or to describe the sentiments of freedom, in my opinion freedom has three basic types Physical, Psychological and Spiritual freedom. All the defined barometers move around these basic types. Do we…
Having an optimistic outlook on life — a general expectation that good things will happen — may help people live longer, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our mind is full of thoughts all the time, positive and negative, these thoughts have a great impact on our lives; our behaviors are influenced by our thoughts. Research is beginning to reveal that positive thinking is about much more than just being happy or displaying an upbeat attitude. Positive thoughts can actually create real value in your life and help you build skills that…
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head. ~ Benjamin Franklin The topic being discussed today is very close to me, it has various aspects to it. In developed countries individuals along with multinationals have started focusing on personal development. Indeed improving yourself, enhancing your skill set and training yourself to become a better person physically and intellectually is a great investment which has big rewards in long run. The reason is really simple. Improving yourself proactively, working on your awareness, improving your skills and knowledge about how you can get to the edge of…
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head. ~ Benjamin Franklin The topic being discussed today is very close to me, it has various aspects to it. In developed countries individuals along with multinationals have started focusing on personal development. Indeed improving yourself, enhancing your skill set and training yourself to become a better person physically and intellectually is a great investment which has big rewards in long run. The reason is really simple. Improving yourself proactively, working on your awareness, improving your skills and knowledge about how you can get to the edge of…
Happiness is the purpose of life. Despite this, only handful people around us say they are very happy. We are so quick to take for granted the remarkable things going on in life, rather than being reactive to what is going on around us, happy people take control of their lives and emotions. If you are unhappy in your life, who else can you blame other than yourself? And if you can blame someone or something else, how is this blame game going to make your life any better? Bad things happens to everyone. But life isn’t about what happens…
Centuries back the location of towns and cities, at least superficially, seemed to be largely determined by the preferences of kings, princes, generals and other political and military leaders of society. Cities were never just parasitic; most have always added at least some economic value. Refer back to the time when Islam flourished, Makkah was the most affluent and developed city in the kingdom, it was the economic hub. Similarly we have numerous examples of cities that have developed wherever agriculture was produced, was near the sea or had a port. In subcontinent Mumbai and Kolkata became the largest and…