Necessary Evils
Category Archives: Motivational
Would You Permit Me? – Nizar Qabbani
I found this posted on a blog last week and thought it was very fitting for Pakistan. We post this for your consideration:
In a country where thinkers are assassinated, and writers are considered infidels and books are burnt, in societies that refuse the other, and force silence on mouths and thoughts forbidden, and to question is [...]
Inspire Yourself for Change
The following words are written on the tomb of an Angelican Bishop (AD 1100) in the crypts of Westminster Abbey:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser I discovered the world would not change -
So I shortened my sights somewhat and [...]
Loose Ends and Ankahi
Faisal Qureshi is an anchor on a TV show on Samaa – his show, Ankahi, discusses topics of social awareness and civic responsibility. ‘Loose Ends Pakistan’ was a show he anchored on another channel, similar to Ankahi, but with larger groups of people at a time.
This evening, he had Samina Peerzada (respected filmmaker in Pakistan) [...]