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Most of the people including kids love to watch television. Even if they are asked to quit watching it, they will still watch it.  Some parents think of it as a useful device for their kids. In fact, they use it as an alternate when they are busy somewhere else. They bring educational DVDs so that their children could learn something positive while they are not present. However, they forget the fact that a TV, merely, cannot fulfill the purposes of education their children need. By dragging their kids into digital life they forget about the ethics and practical education that their kids need in the early age of their lives. Despite of the fact that children need guidance in the early stages of their childhood, they make toddlers watch different TV shows including cartoons, learning shows while parents are busy in their own issues. They somehow think a TV can replace them. Now the question arises whether TV is good or bad for kids? No wonder TV is a good source of learning for ...

Man is a social animal and loneliness can drive him crazy. To solve this problem, many new inventions have been made and one of them is mobile phone. Everyone has this electronic gadget with so many social networking applications in their pockets all the time. Whenever they are standing alone, waiting for someone or just feel lonely, they tend to use that device. We expect our loneliness to disappear by using it. So in order to do that, we update our profiles, we check others’ profiles and spend hours and hours scrolling through those screens in order to stay up-to-date. But is this connection, that’s available to us 24/7 really satisfying us or leave us contended? According to many researches, the more the technology is advancing, the more the loneliness increases. Loneliness is a complex and an unwanted feeling, usually unpleasant to us. It’s an emotional response to isolation or lack of companionship. These feelings can also lead to anxiety and if not treated in early stages, then d...

Agony has a universal language. We as humans are implicated in each other’s sufferings. ‘The Half Mother”, Shahnaz Bashir’s debut novel is one of the few novels written by a Kashmiri himself that has successfully taken up the cause of depicting the anguish and sheer pain experienced by most of the mothers of the splendid valley in its true form. One of the purposes of the trend in Kashmiri writers of writing the book in English is obviously to reach extended audience. Additionally, they can portray before the same bigger audience the kind of traumas, affliction and sufferings that majority of Kashmiris have been facing till now at the hands of grossly immoral and barbaric Indian forces. The novel circulates around the protagonist, Haleema, and her struggle to locate her only son Imran who was taken away by the relentless Indian Army. It may be mentioned here that the novel is a depiction of reality in Kashmir which is under illegal occupation of Indian forces since past several decades...

Daughters are a blessing from God. This is why Islam has given much importance to daughters. However, in our society, every class of people seem to have a desire for a male child. People want their first born to be a son. They think if a girl was born, it would be a burden for them. They would have to marry her off and spend lots of money on her. She would use surname of her husband after marriage and if there was no male child then their family name will come to an end. Not only is a son considered an heir to the family name, he is considered an earning hand who will support the family in future. On the other hand, families who own some property, fear their daughter will cause divide of their family riches and take her share to some other family. A son is their safe bet because the property stays within the family.  However, no matter what their rationale is, the reality is that daughters are more loving, caring and obedient to their parents than a so...

                              Group Photo of Pakistani Youth Parliamentarians Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) organized a study visit to UK and Denmark that aimed to learn about the best democratic practices observed in a developed country. The study tour was of five days; one day in London, UK and remaining 4 days in Copenhagen, Denmark. The day started off with a tour of the British Parliament, where we were briefed about the history of both the chambers, workings and the separation of powers between the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Later on the same day we were told about the Britain’s exit from the European Union and the legal framework available to execute it. The Rt. Hon. Ms. Ann Taylor, the Baroness Taylor of Bolton, MP, and Baroness Liz Barker, MP spoke to us about the role of the House of Lords in the British Parliament. They also hi...

Recently, Donald Trump was elected as a President of United States. Mr. Trump has pledged during his campaign that he would restrict the entry of Muslim immigrants to the US. This is for sure a step towards racism and goes against every building block of American principles on which the USA was founded. However, looking from different perspective, it might prove to be beneficial for Muslims. It is all an accepted fact that Muslim countries are struggling behind in development when compared to Western Countries. Developed Western nations have good higher education facilities. Their systems are effective. Despite all irregularities, Eastern countries have good minds and talent but most of the talent is drained out to the Western Countries.Hence, by putting a ban on Muslims’s entry to the US, Mr. Trump will do a great service for them. Muslims can have tremendous sources of income in their own countries. Our governments can help a lot in enticing such brains to work for their own country....

There are different types of posts on social media including videos, pictures and text in the form of memes, critiques, events, offers, quotes, updates etc. According to current affairs or current moods, people share or tag their friends in such posts to be a part of it. As in the documentary, Bonin Bough (V.P., Global Media, Mondelez Intl) said, “When kids like something it becomes part of who they are.” Facebook is one of the big platform for advertisers. Big brands search ambassadors and volunteers for the expansion of their business. Advertisers also make respective groups for increment of the sale of their products. Some of the names of such groups are, Isloo buy and sell, Isloo camera buy and sell, Isloo Bazaar, and Buy and Sell (For whole Pakistan) etc. Different brands including clothing, food, cosmetics, home appliances, instruments etc use social media as a big means to sale their product and have as many followers as they can. By followers, I mean a person who supports and a...