Reasons for Low Literacy Rate in Pakistan

Literacy rate is low in almost all the developing countries like Pakistan. However, Pakistan, unfortunately, has the slavish and feudal spell of colonialism in which education was only the privilege of the well-to-do, and the poor were not considered worth educating, as their only fate was the manual labor and blue-collar jobs. It is a pity that 97% of the population of our country is Muslims whose religion has declared literacy compulsory for every man or woman irrespective of his/her social, physical, financial, or cultural status. This shows that we are at such a terribly pathetic stage of our history where we are

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Disadvantages of Cell Phones

Cell phones have become an integral part of our lives. A man without a cell phone is considered, or sometimes considers himself, incomplete. As it is the case with not only any invention or contrivance but also with any object consideration to be capable of misuse or abuse, the cell phones are also subject to the human approach.

“There is nothing bad in anything in its original sense; it is the thinking that makes it so” Shakespeare
“The mind in its own place makes a heaven of a hell or a hell of a heaven” Milton.

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Muslims are not Terrorists

It is a well-established fact that the so-called world “intelligentsia” has been unable to put forward any rational definition of the word “Terrorism”. Everywhere we come across different aspects of this bogey. Some westernized minds say, “All Muslims are not terrorists, but all the terrorists are Muslims”. However, we can remember that there have been terrorist acts by the Tamil Tigers, the Russian intelligence Agency “K.G.B”, the Indian Intelligence Agency, “RAW”, the US Intelligence Agency “C.I.A”, the Korean and the most atrocious “The Israel troops and forces”. The true and bitterly true side of this scenario is that the activities of a handful of Muslims are like those of Robin Hood, Zorro,

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The Fate of Atomic Energy

It had been sufficient for eye opening of the world to see what had happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities of Japan. What a great destruction was made of human life and property is a historical event to be remembered by all the peace loving nations of the world. During the post war period after 1945 to 1990 the American block and Iron curtain Russian block both remained busy in inventing and dumping the atomic weapons. Meanwhile Chine, France and Great Britain have become atomic powers, and now in the last years of 20th century. India,

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World Trade Organization (WTO)- An American Perspective

Good-paying American jobs, higher living standards, and the continued growth of the U.S economy depend on the ability to sell its goods and services to consumers everywhere. The World Trade Organization (WTO) helps the U.S achieve this goal. As a leading force in establishing the WTO as an international institution, the U.S negotiates trade agreements to reduce barriers to trade with 144 other members today, allowing American businesses, farmers and working people to find new opportunities, create new jobs, and raise family living

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Importance of Education

"All professions are conspiracies against the laity." George Bernard Shaw, "The Doctor's Dilemma"

"Give a man fish, and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Chinese Proverb

"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go; and when you are old, sit under it." Charles Dickens, "Dombey and Son"

"If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a

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Negative Apply for Unemployment

Unemployment affects not just the person himself but also his/her family and in the end the society where he lives. Unemployment brings with it despair, unhappiness and anguish. If forces people to live their lives in a way they do not wish to - The life expectancy is negatively affected.Life expectancy is the ease by which people living in a time/place are able to satisfy their needs/wants. Here are the main aspects:

• Mental Health: Mental health problem like law self-confidence, feeling

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Beijing Olympics 2008

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Game of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from Aug 8 (except football, which started on Aug 6) to Aug 24, 2008. 10,500 athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports; one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 Games.

2008 Olympic Torch

The design of the Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as the "Propitious Clouds". The torch is

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Beijing Olympics 2008 Records and Ceremony

Olympic Records

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	China (CHN) United States (USA) Russia (RUS) Great Britain (GBR) Germany (GER) Australia (AUS) South Korea (KOR) Japan (JPN) Italy (ITA) France (FRA)	51 36 23 19 16 14 13 9 8 7	21 38 21 13 10 15 10 6 10 16	28 36 28 15 15 17 8 10 10 17	100 110 72 47 41 46 31 25 28 40

The Games saw 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set. A

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Actions Speak Louder than Words

“I am ashamed of my emptiness”, said the Word to Work,

“I know how poor I am when I see you”,  said the Work to Word. Rabindamath Tagore “Stray Birds”

“People who know how to  act are never preachers”, -Emerson

“A thought that does not result in an action is nothing much,  and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all” –George Bernanos

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E-Commerce in Pakistan

The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has a number of programs to activate the local IT sector.

• IT companies qualify for an income tax exemption on software-export revenues until June 30^th 2016
• Software exporters may retain 35% of their earnings in foreign exchange accounts.
• Computers and related hardware are exempt from customs duties, though

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Multinational- A Threat to Developing Economics

"Globalization is no longer an option; it is a fact Developing countries have either to learn to manage it far more skillfully or simply drown in the global cross currents" Dr. Mahbub ul Haq (late). Globalization instigates the cost effective strategies and the technologies help big MNCs (Multinational Corporations) to switch operations to cheaper developing countries. Companies like GE Capital Services have been outsourcing in India for simple jobs such as collection of money from delinquent credit card users. British Airways along with other

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Advertising Agencies in Trade and Industry

In modern age, advertisement has become the backbone of trade and commerce. Beyond doubt, it gives much profit to businessmen. That is why most modern advertisement agencies have been established. Advertising is considered as the source of growth of business. Most modern machinery and commodities of new pattern are flooding in the markets. All this is made known by means of

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Problems of Mega City

Life of any city is full of hustle and bustle, hue and cry, hurry and worries. Same is the case with Karachi City. Karachi is the seventh largest city in world. People living in this highly city of Pakistan enjoy better amenities of life, which is full of glamour, attractions and charms of entertainment, yet on the other hand a city, which deals with great problems and pressures. That is why this city is also named as "A city of Mega Problems". The most annoying and troublesome

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Self-Reliance and Self-Improvement is the Key to Success

"None will improve your a lot: If you yourself do not" Bertlot Brecht
"If you don't crack the shell, you don't eat the nut" Russian Proverb
"Every tub must stand on its own bottom" Thomas Fuller
"Every man is the son of his own works" Cervantes, "Don Quixote"
"If you want a thing done well, does it yourself" Napoleon
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another, which it was possible for me to execute. I have always kept in mind that no man should part

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The Invention of Computer Technology that Changed My Life

The innumerable situations of like keep on creating necessities, and necessities are the mothers of inventions. However, the invention that has influenced my life the most is computer technology. The computer technology is a world in itself. It makes your computer a typewriter, a printer, a scanner, a copier, a fax machine, a radio, a telephone, a diary, a bank account, a market for selling and purchasing all kinds of goods, a library, a TV, an audio video recorder and player,

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Responsibilities of Citizens in the Face of Terrorism

We, off and on, encounter different situations of terrorism in the hustle and bustle of modern life. The more the world has advanced, the more the tactics of killing have been invented. Terrorist are so ruthless they they do not care for the extremely precious lives of the public and carry out terrorism in the most merciless and inhuman manner. Some terrorists carry out suicide attacks. They are mobile and fragile bombs. They can explode any time at their discretion. It is very difficult to prevent such suicide attacks. The only way is to be cautious

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Urdu as a Medium of Instruction

Russians have Russian language as medium of instruction, Germans follow German language, Chinese use Chinese and even India has adopted Hindi as a medium of instruction but it is our national tragedy that Pakistan could not adopt Urdu as a medium of instruction specially in Universities and Colleges and also in the Engineering and Medical Colleges as medium of instruction.

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Most of the Pakistani TV Channels are New

Most of the Pakistani TV channels are new, showbiz, food or fashion channels. There is no specific channel that broadcasts purely scientific programs. Therefore, the few programs related to science are those of food and health topics. It is not the case that Pakistani viewers are not interested in science programs. Actually, they resort to other science channels to keep them aware of the recent advancement in science; and the programs on such channels as BBC,

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Energy Crisis in Pakistan

According to an official report, the difference between firm supply and peak demand is estimated at 5,529 MW by the year 2009-10 when firm electricity supply will stand at 15,055 MW against peak demand of 20,584 MW.It says that no power generation project will commission during this fiscal year and the total installed capacity of electricity generation will remain 19,478 MW to meet 15,082 MW firm supply and 14,642 MW peak demands. The report said that Malakand-III (81MW), Pehur (18MW) and combined cycle power plant at

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