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Why bash the elite?

ELITE-BASHING is Pakistan’s newest sport. As the country stares into the default abyss, the ubiquitous phrase — ‘elite state capture’ — putati­vely explains all that has gone awry. Fat-cats are blamed for stealing public resources, conspicuous consumption, and dollar flight. But this super-sim­p­lified, sophomoric reasoning misses the real point. Doesn’t every country have its ultra-rich?...

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Gama is My Childhood Inspiration: Shayan Khan

As the news of making of feature film Gama, on the life and victories of the undefeated wrestler of Gama Pehlwan, The Great Gama or Rustam-e-Hind are taking hype, Shayan Khan, the producer of the film gets more enthusiastic for the project which is very dear and near to his heart. With the excitement the...

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Done-Key’: A Key to Paradise or a Path to Hell

A young man from Pakistan’s Punjab region, in a YouTube video, happily provides guidance to the willing candidates for ‘done key’, a slang term for illegal migration in Pakistan to European countries, telling his viewers what excitement one feels when he enters Italy after one month of hardships and strenuous travelling through many countries. These...

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This is how I improved my English writing skills for CSS.

1. Giving specific time for opinion building. I heard that your writing skills will automatically improve as you write a lot during CSS preparation. However, you don’t just need good English for CSS, you need good opinions. What I did: Exclusive 1-1.5 hours2. 2.Choosing CSS-specific readings Technically you will be using English to communicate with...

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Saudi Wonder in Football World

Tuesday afternoon, 22nd November has been written down in historic pages of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, when the air of Lusail stadium Qatar was enraptured with the whoop of delight by all Saudi spectators as the team of Saudi players defeated the very champions of football, Argentina with a 2-1 win. The day has...

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Qatar is the world champion of FIFA, 2022

FIFA Football could not change Qatar for 28 days but Qatar changed the history of FIFA football. Qatar has been busy preparing to host the FIFA World cup for the past 12 years. Qatar is gearing up for a FIFA World Cup equity market boom as the country’s stock exchange is all set to benefit...

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I am Diversity! Accept me and let me grow

Education is to accept a child with all his/her natural talents and its role is to polish those talents for the betterment of community ,country and world but unfortunately still this culture is missing in our educational system, either its public or private. Education efforts that are deliberately chosen to influence and assist children with...

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CLIMATE CHANGE IN PAKISTAN

The global climate crisis has generated a lot of threats to the general well-being of citizens of Pakistan in terms of health and environment. Pakistan has been ranked in the top 10 countries affected by the climate change in the 20th century. Pakistan over the years, has been facing many natural hazards related to the...

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GOODBYE! 2020

The year 2020 came with challenges, opportunities, and responsibility to our community that we took seriously. Major events of 2020: Researcher reported cluster of cases of a deadly flu-like disease in Wuhan, China that seemed—to Americans at least—to be somebody else’s problem Accordingly to astronomers, people viewed super moon around the world. We had seen...