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Pardesi Leaders : Desi Awam : Silver Lining

By Ghazala Khan • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I still remember the tall claims made by Mian Nawaz Sharif, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League from London, when he was in exile that how desperate he was to come home among his own people and how dire he was feeling by not servicing his nation any more, and how badly he wanted to […]



Interview with Blogger Chief Happiness Officer (Alexander KjerulfAlex)

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Alex is the world’s leading expert on happiness at work. He has long known that happiness at work is the most important factor that contributes to good careers, happy lives and business success. He is a speaker, consultant and author, presenting and conducting workshops on happiness at work at businesses and conferences all over the […]



How a Cuban Embraced Islam

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

“Are there many Muslims in Cuba?”
“Why would a Cuban want to become a Muslim?” These are the two questions I am most frequently asked when introducing myself, or in the case of old friends re-introduce, by my Muslim name, Assad Jibril Pino. The answer to the first query is a simple yes. Several […]



Christian Kidnapping in NWFP and War on Terror

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Was it another excuse provided to the NATO and US forces to consider an attack on the FATA area of Pakistan? In a very indecent act of embarrassment, some armed men (Talibans have announced their non-commitment to the incident) stormed a building in Christian Colony near the Academy Town, Peshawar, and they took away 16 […]



What Shahbaz Sharif Do?

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It’s just matter of time that the current chief minister of Punjab Sardar Dost Mohammad Khosa steps down like a good boy according to the promise, and Mian Shahbaz Sharif becomes the new CM of the most populous province of Pakistan, and that would be a good change.
Even the worst and bitter critics of Sharif […]



Onerous Onus

By Ghazala Khan • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

We have to bring change in our thinking and in our practices. If we didn’t do it, then the so-called saviors would keep on cajoling with us, and we would be like dumb sheep, and the dream of million will remain fruitless.
The way Americans are running our country is not only abhorrent but also very […]



High Prices : Another Suicide

By Ghazala Khan • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

According to the media reports, a 37-year-old man doused himself in kerosene oil and set himself on fire in Topi bazaar on Monday in protest against skyrocketing prices and unemployment. Mohammad Shafiq, a farmer from Charoona, 56 kilometers south-east of Swabi, in the Gadoon Amazai area, had gone to the bazaar to buy foodstuff for […]



Labour Day

By Ghazala Khan • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

All the social and economic achievement of any country depends upon it’s worker force. Unhappy worker means an unhappy and downward-spiraling economy. To mark the great services rendered by the workers’ force, May Day or Labour Day on May 1 is celebrated each year. Its’ an annual tribute paid to all workers for […]



Namal Technical College Mianwali Inaugurated

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has inaugurated the Namal Technical College near Mianwali.
To read more about it click here.



Namal University Mianwali by Imran Khan

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

One may disagree with Imran Khan on his political views, and one may sling mud on him over his playboy status of yesteryears, or one may rebuke him over his family issues, but one cannot in his right mind could negate the service Imran Khan has done to this nation in the form of Shaukat […]