Canva: A Beginner's Guide to Visual Storytelling
- 22-Jan-2025
Canva is a user-friendly graphic design platform that empowers everyone to create stunning visuals. Whether you’re a marketer, educator, or simply someone who wants to spruce up their social media posts, Canva simplifies the process. This guide will walk you through the basics. 1. Getting Started: Sign Up: Create a free Canva account. Choose Your […]
The youth factor in Pakistan
- 30-Oct-2023
Pakistan is reputed to be the country of youth and could well be said that it is a young country. The presence of youth is what makes Pakistan an exceptionally viable venue for change. Youth actually represents change because the traditions filter through young minds and often their essential attributes are altered. The change of […]
Anwarul Haq Kakar: Pakistan's caretaker PM
- 25-Aug-2023
It was a very well-kept secret prominently highlighting the schisms and deep polarisation in the country. The intensity of political diversion compelled the national policy makers to settle for a political non-entity to avoid further bickering but unfortunately it has already started. There is no harm in conceding that the choice of Anwarul Haq Kakar […]
Electricity tariff hike amid unbearable loadshedding
- 03-Aug-2023
Pakistanis are hit by a never-ending increase in the tariff of electricity that has made life unbearable for a large majority of population. On top of it, the escalating electricity prices are the frequent power breakdowns in the name of load-shedding flying in the face successive dispensations’ claims that the country possesses extra power than […]
Growing defence industry of Pakistan
- 25-Jul-2023
Right from the outset the security environment compelled Pakistani defence planners to develop the capacity and capability of defence forces to adequately face security challenges. It was considered essential to equip the defence forces with modern and technologically advanced equipment to ensure appropriate discharge of defence duties. The notion was buttressed by the painful fact […]
Pitfalls Of Urban Planning
- 06-Jul-2023
Pakistan is a quintessential example of the almost extinct town planning that has rendered its urban dwellings ghost towns and reduced their populations to slum-dwellers. The overcrowded boisterous cities are environmentally unsustainable, racked with anomie and on occasion at the brink of civil war. These cities constitute microcosm highlighting the inequality and biased planning that […]
Busiest Cities Of The World
- 19-Apr-2023
Cities are the manifestation of the evolution of modern life and the hustle bustle associated with it. Cities are indeed fascinating examples of the progress of human civilisation and reflect plenty of past sustaining feelings of nostalgia. Owing to the multiplicity of their existence most of the pollution in the cities is caused by the […]
What are NGOs?
- 25-Mar-2023
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have grown in influence and their presence has added a much-needed third angle to societal activities. Since 1945, there has been a slow but consistent expansion in the role of NGOs in policy making within the UN system to the point where the out-comes in all areas of multilateral diplomacy, including security […]
Unmatched Amjad Islam Amjad
- 10-Mar-2023
The sudden demise of Amjad Islam Amjad came as a shock to the literary circles of Pakistan and also for his countless fans all across the country. A literary stalwart who was a renowned poet, author and playwright Amjad Islam Amjad was equally comfortable both in drama and poetry. His forte however was playwriting and […]
Opinion: In default zone
- 29-Jul-2022
Financial crunch is now a global issue and many countries have almost reached the tipping point with strong possibilities that they will fall over the other side. The credible signs of debt crisis are now prominently on display including currencies fast losing their value, large margins of spreads on bonds and fast dwindling foreign exchange […]