January 2017

ARTICLES Rule 1: Use indefinite article ‘A’ before the word ‘Half’ when it follows a whole number. I stayed in Karachi for one and a half years. Rule 2: Use definite article ‘THE’ with a comparative adjective, if the phrase ‘of the two’ is used. She is the better of the two sisters. Rule 3: Don’t use any article with …

Recently, a student told me that he was trying his best to “cram” vocabulary but was not really succeeding. He further asked me how he could increase his word-power. Here are my observations regarding this problem: Vocabulary should never be crammed. It cannot be learnt consciously. While learning a language, you shouldn’t be conscious that you are trying to learn …

The world’s biggest sporting event, Rio Olympics 2016, ended on a miserable note for Pakistan. It was heart-wrenching to see that not even a single athlete of this nation of nearly 200 million people could qualify for the event, let alone winning any medal. How embarrassing is the fact that all seven athletes from Pakistan, the country which prides itself …

Hunger is the by-product of acute poverty “Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Plenty of food, but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. Huge advances in medicine while mothers die every day in childbirth, and children die every day from drinking dirty water. Billions spent on weapons to kill …

Introduction Status of Women before Islam, and in other religions Status of women in Arabia Status of women in Roman Empire Status of women in Hinduism Status of women in Buddhism Status of women as granted by Islam Status in a house As a mother As a sister As a wife As a daughter Status in a society  Right to …

Introduction Different types of media Print media Electronic media Social media and its types Blogs and micro-blogs (Twitter) Social networking sites (Facebook) Social commerce (Amazon, Alibaba) Social media news (Digg) VolP Software (Skype, MSN) Social Media as a source of connecting people Connecting with unknown people belonging to other nations and states Connecting with the people one already knows, irrespective …

Subject: ESSAY 1. Majority of the candidates attempted the paper in such a way that ideas were not coherent, organized or focused on the topic. 2. Random thoughts were brought together without any logic al reasoning or research-based facts and arguments. 3. There was lack of creativity which might be expected of candidates appearing in the competition exam. 4. The …

On need on combating deforestation and enhancing afforestation  “The geography of Pakistan along with weak social and economic sectors has pushed the country a place up on the list of countries most affected by environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change.” This finding, which was reported in the “Global Climate Risk Index” of the Bonn-based NGO Germanwatch, succinctly points out …

Media as we pronounce it, is the fourth pillar of a state; a reflection of the prevalent social, cultural and political system of a country. The significance of mass media within Pakistan is inevitably crucial. From the day-to-day events circling the socio-political environment, to the coherent propagation of soft power, mass media has been facilitating all. Therefore, with its unrelenting, …

Amidst the dismal state of affairs regarding the Criminal Justice System of Pakistan, it ordinarily, takes years for a criminal proceeding to get disposed of. Delay in litigation of criminal cases, let alone civil suits, has become enormous. The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter PPC), and other laws, which define offences and fix punishments (substantive criminal law), the Code of …