Impact of media on youth by Amber Azmat

In the past few years teen violence has become a normal aspect of our culture. We have been exposed to so much of this violence that the public has come to accept it and has become numb to their effects. By ignoring or forgetting horrific tragedies we are only encouraging them more. A big part of what influences the younger generation are the things that they watch on television and in movies that they experience every day. Ideas like this show up in movies all the time, where the "good" guys seek out the "bad" guys to give them what they have coming, in a sense. Themes like these make younger people think that this is the right way to solve problems.
Watching violent television programs and movies increase violent behaviors in children. Excessive television watching contributes to the increased rate of childhood obesity. It has a harmful effect on learning and academic performance as well. Moreover watching certain programs may also encourage irresponsible sexual behavior.
Therefore media has had a bad effect on a generation, mainly because youth is strongly influenced by media. Teenagers and children wish to follow the people, who get recognized and do what they do to get noticed.
On the other hand media has also played a significant role in making world a global village and to reduce the communication gaps amongst the people living in the far areas but unfortunately, media these days has become a “commercialized sector”, eying the news which is hot and good at selling. The goal is to gain the television rating points.

I believe, if the media identifies its responsibility and work sincerely and honestly, and then it can serve as a great force in building the nation.

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Bird Like Drones In Pakistan

In recent years the US has sharply increased its used of armed drones to target militants in Pakistan’s tribal region, a volatile area bordering war-torn Afghanistan. The covert CIA drone program has been deeply unpopular with many Pakistanis, who say the attacks kill civilians and are a violation of their country’s sovereignty.



The latest was an unidentified bird like mini UAV that crashed last month in central-north of Pakistan. Pakistani sources claimed it was an American surveillance drone equipped with a camera that crashed in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday close to the Afghan border. The unmanned aircraft went down because of a technical fault just inside Pakistani territory in Chaman town, in insurgency-hit Baluchistan province.



The design secret behind its seemingly effortless flight is the fact its wings don’t simply beat up and down like many other ornithopter designs (the technical term for flying drones like this) but they also twist at “specific angles” much like a real gull’s wing will do–positioning the wing tips at the best angle for generating lift and spilling less waste air. An “active articulated torsional drive” is at the heart of it, aided by clever wing joints, accurate sensors for calculating the wing’s position in real time, and a low-weight motor that eats up just 25 watts. The bird even communicates its flight data back to the remote operator in real time, letting them adjust fine parameters like wing torsion in real time to achieve optimum flight.



I believe it is time for Pakistan to unite against this aggression. Because it is causing our social fabric to distort more and more. By widening the already huge gap created by the different classes in our country.

By
Umer Qasim
Section I
BBA 3

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your time to shine by isfandyar

i fought, i swore, you died and then i cried and wished i valued you more instead of just walking out the door when you needed me most as you hopped from door to door and travelled from coast to coast.

there is something within me that has broken beyond repair and pain stares at me, totally aware that i can never have you and you are not there. sometimes the pain dulls down but sometimes it comes back with a vengence, teaching me a thing or two about putting myself in other peoples shoe.

sometimes i bleed and try not to pay heed to the stone that makes me stumble and fall to the floor as i crumble.

there are some things in this world that are beyond our reach and they teach us a few things and highlight the pain that this world is bound to bring.

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Window pane - Trailer

When you are ready to let go of a painful memory and are ready tell your story...
What would you say? Would you tell the truth? Would you relive your past, mistake by mistake, regret by regret? Or you would paint a little magic on to the canvas, to ease your soul.
If the pictures of your life start to move to tell your story, who would you tell? Most importantly,Would you watch?

Staring: Sameer Rahmad & Aqib Zahid

Directed by: Ubaid Ullah Ahmed
Story by: Schazeen Bukhari & Zara Mirza

Make up: Amber Azmat
Lights: Tazeen Hamid
Sound: Ayesha Nadeem


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Winter 2011-2012 Fashion Trends by Ayesha Nadeem Section I bba III

Today, we all discuss the fashion developments involving Fall/ Wintertime 2011/2012. In extension involving past fall-winter collections, there exists little development this year, nevertheless a variation for a passing fancy designs: the particular cape, printed arty or even retro, the actual sixties and also nineteen seventies, the actual blurring in the inventors, functioning components, particularly developed, but also the change associated with types already in place inside ladies dressing up razor-sharp.

One of many trend items which are recognized for becoming comfortable, refreshing and feminine, is undoubtedly the actual extended dress. Lots of the superstars know this and also have made a decision to get in touch with put on in the pub. We are able to not really don’t point out that just about the most flexible as well as repeating things this summer and also celebrities keep this out there.


The fall season is not just about pulling out the summer outfits in the clothing collection and padding it with all the greatest of the wintertime garments. It indicates delivering several exclusive changes on the additional elements of fashion also. Alongside items, it is equipment that make females drink too much. Amongst all the other add-ons, most women are simply to get a fetish for starters special kind and that is hardly anything else when compared with purses. next year Slide gifts some of the most wonderful ladies handbag developments that could give a excellent conclude to any apparel.

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12 things u need to know about Veena Malik by Omer Bhatti

Veena Malik, a Pakistani actress, model and comedienne, has denied posing nude for after an alleged photo of her appeared on the Indian online edition of FHM.

Here are twelve things you need to know about the former ex-girlfriend of disgraced cricketer Mohammad Asif who was jailed last month for his role in the Pakistan match-fixing scandal.

1) Veena was born in Rawalpindi, a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near the capital city of Islamabad, to an Army soldier and his wife. She is believed to have been born in 1978.

2) Before becoming an actress, Veena worked as a comedian for several television shows and series. She made her acting debut alongside Shaan and Zara Sheikh in Askari's Tere Pyar Mein in 2000.

3) Veena was a basketball player throughout school and college.

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4) She is reported to have graduated with a BA degree in Sociology, Psychology and Persian.

5) In 2007, she appeared on the red carpet for the Lux Style Awards, being awarded the tag of “most stylish celebrity on the carpet”.

6) After achieving greater fame through a series of ‘Lollywood’ movies - the term used to describe films made in Lahore - she really hit the big time when taking part in the Indian version of Big Brother, Big Boss 4, in 2010.

7) She was evicted two weeks before the finals, and was one of the final six contestants out of the original fourteen who had participated. WWE wrestler The Great Khali was also among the housemates.

8) Her outspoken views have won her many fans from Pakistan’s youth and liberals. Confronted about her “immoral” behaviour by cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi on a talk show, she insisted that Pakistan had far more issues to focus on than her.

9) In February of this year Veena, became part of a Cricket World Cup reality show called Big Toss where she was captain of one of the two teams.

10) She has worked as a representative at the World Health Organization for over two years.

11) According to reports, her favourite Indian cricketer is Sachin Tendulkar – although she is a fan of the Australian game too. “But if there’s a cricketer I deeply admire, it is Brett Lee,” she said.


12) In response to criticism that she thrives on controversies and scandals, Veena is reported to have suggested she has not been praised enough for being caught up in the match-fixing scandal involving Mohammad Asif.

It is claimed she said: “I seriously expected a bravery award after what I have done. My life isn’t secure anymore after these revelations. This is a male-dominated world and they try to cut to size all bold women. In Pakistan, it is a crime to be bold, beautiful and young. And I am all three.”

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Our Educational System!

Until 10 years ago, Pakistani universities followed a mix of different structural approaches. Engineering programmes were designed on the US model, while science and social sciences programmes largely followed the UK model. Higher education suffered from a flawed bureaucratic structure. Research had deteriorated to a level where academics would write newspaper articles and call them research. They were more interested in grades, promotions and politics than teaching and research. Turning universities into seats of quality education and useful research was a monumental challenge, assigned to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Its predecessor, the University Grants Commission, served more as a controller of universities, but the HEC also facilitated and promoted research.

The HEC brought structural reforms by defining a standard semester system - 128 to 136 credit hours typically taken in eight semesters over four years for a bachelor's degree, 30 credit hours for a master's degree and 18 credits in a minimum of six courses for a PhD.
It also introduced standardised qualification exams, encouraged international evaluation, and stressed publication of research in international journals. Third-party or external evaluation of research, establishment of creditation councils and quality enhancement cells in universities, and emphasis on permanent faculty for masters and PhD programmes were some of the other features of the new paradigm, based largely on the US model of higher education.

By now, Pakistan's academic landscape seems to have undergone a major change. In 2002, the number of international publications from Pakistani researches was less than 600. It rose to 5,200 in 2010. Between 2009 and 2010, there has been a fivefold increase in Finance and Economics publications by Pakistani authors. There has been a significant increase in the percentage of Pakistani articles in research literature of the world. Despite a much smaller budget for higher education, Pakistan contributes as much to international research as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and has surpassed many other countries in the last few years. It still lags behind Iran and Turkey, however.

The number of citations per publication for Pakistani authors has remained constant over the years, and that indicates the quality has not gone down.

Today, more than 50 percent of British universities run research collaborations with Pakistan that involve about 1,000 Pakistani students
More than 5,000 students have been given scholarships for PhD programmes abroad in the last decade. About 90 percent of them returned to serve Pakistan. The HEC is pursuing 30 cases against scholars who breached the undertaking that they would return. All the returning scholars were incentivised with a guaranteed one year job with a starting salary of Rs80,000 and half a million rupees in research grant. And officials say this has worked.

But with constant political turmoil and a relatively low priority for education, Pakistan has a long way to go. In societies based on knowledge and research, the university is the core of social, economic and scientific progress. It is bound to the community, industry, and government, all of which rely on the university for policy research that impacts the entire society.

In Pakistan, there is little emphasis on knowledge, and therefore little knowledge exchange. In the words of Dr Sohail Naqvi, who used to be a senior official at the HEC and has studied and taught in the US, "We have just been barren in knowledge transfer to various segments of the society."

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The 3 Ingredients That Make Any Life Change Achievable

Making the changes that will help us achieve a more balanced life often seems like a gamble – sometimes they stick and sometimes they don’t.

But is there a way to make sure that they’ll stick every time?

The answer is Yes, and No.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to make life changes so easy that they ALWAYS work the FIRST time.

But there IS a way to make sure they always stick EVENTUALLY and it requires these 3 essential ingredients.
1. Compassion

Really? Why would this be the first ingredient?

The reason is that most of what you fear about failing is actually your fear of how hard you’ll be on yourself and all the negative things you’ll say that it means about you if you fail.

Then the need to avoid all that judgment places enormous inner pressure on you to succeed. And pressure ALWAYS makes any goal harder to achieve.

Compassion is a response that says “It’s OK. I’m here. I understand.” And it’s something you can give to yourself, not just others.

Compassion accepts whatever is true in this moment and allows it to just “be”, so you can move forward from it.

Compassion doesn’t need to judge or blame or shame you because it knows that all your outcomes are OK, just as they are. And so are you.

When you can look forward to a compassionate response from yourself even if you fail, it takes ALL the pressure off and makes it so much easier to try making the changes you want.
2. Permission to Fail

In my last guest post here, I talked about how important it is to allow yourself the time to keep working at it when you’re trying to change your habits.

This is because, when you introduce anything new in your life, whether its a new eating habit or bedtime or a less hectic schedule, your brain needs time to build new pathways and neurons around it.

So even if you fail over and over again, you’re still building these new pathways in your brain and eventually the change will start to feel natural.

The problem is – most of us don’t give ourselves permission to fail this many times at something without just giving up.

Instead, we make up a story about what a failure we are or how we’ll never be able to do this and we stop trying. (That’s why compassion is the first ingredient!)

So giving yourself permission to fail before you even start gives your brain time to build new pathways and keeps you from ending up in a hurtful story that will only keep you stuck.
3. Willingness to Try Again

As you might guess, this is the ingredient that makes it possible to achieve almost any change, because it simply means that you won’t give up.

And persistence virtually guarantees success!

Many of us approach life changes with our WILL or the sense that we’ll force a positive outcome or muscle our way to the result we want.

Willingness has a very different feeling to it.

Its almost a kind of surrender.

Willingness is like saying “I know I’m not in control of every part of this path, and I know things might not be going the way I wanted, but I’m willing to keep trying anyway.”

Willingness can also help you tap into your deeper reason for seeking change in your life and what it will truly mean to you to achieve it.

In order to be willing, even AFTER you’ve already failed, you’ll need a reason to try again and that reason is your fuel to keep going.

These 3 things together – compassion, permission to fail and willingness to try again – create a pathway to change that’s less stressful, more open, more encouraging and a lot easier on you.

I’d love to hear YOUR thoughts on these ingredients and how you’ve experienced the process of creating positive change. Join the discussion in the comments below.

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