Shoe thrown on the President

An unidentified man throws his shows at President Asif Ali Zardari in Birmingham while he was giving a speech in the International Convention Centre.
Suddenly, a man of around 60 years of age took off his shoes and threw it at President Asif Ali Zardari. The shoe missed him and landed besides him on a table but the shoe-thrower was arrested immediately.
As no television cameras were allowed inside the hall, the local media quoted witnesses and reported the incident. However, Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and other officials denied the incident and blamed the media for spreading rumors.
Pakistan is currently facing one of the greatest floods in history and despite this, President Asif Ali Zardari left for his Europe tour instead of being there for the people of this country.
I believe that this incident shows that how angry the Pakistani living abroad was. Even the Britishers along the Pakistani protested against President Zardari, and suggested that he must go back to his country as the people of the country need him the at this time, but despite this the President continued his tour.
Despite all this, the way media covered this story was wrong. No matter what ever happened the media was not supposed to cover the story the way it did it. It was nothing to be proud of or to make fun of. Though the absence of the President during this disastrous moment was heart breaking, but still we must not forget that he is the President of our country and we are suppose to respect him.

'Azaadi'

Dressed in green with a promise in their heart that they will help the people of Pakistan, student of SZABIST organized the ‘Azadi flood march’ for three days i.e.14th, 15th and then 18th of August to raise funds for the flood victims. The march began from 90 Clifton and ended up at 2 talwar. The energetic students of SZABIST actively participated in the march and collected more than seven hundred thousand rupees in not more than six hours. On the other hand student collected funds and other useful things such as water bottles, medicine, food etc, from the faculty members and students in campus as well.
This march was a combined effort of all the students of SZABIST. The student of SZABIST after all the collection of funds bought useful things which included food items, such as rice, flour, sugar, tea, biscuits, juices, milk etc. Apart from this they bought medicines, cloth, shoes. Student of SZABIST also donated their own cloths to the flood victims. “We have donated from our own pocket money and are also convincing our friends to do so,” said some of the students of SZABIST. These things were sent to different relief camps around Pakistan.
By this great act of kindness the student of SZABIST have proved to their Pakistani brothers and sisters that they are not alone, there are people who think about them, care for them, love them. Although these efforts may not work in the long-run, but by this great act the student of SZABIST have sent a message to the flood victims that the youth of Pakistan is with them.
Many people made fun, many criticized, but surely this act of humanity brought smile on the faces of the flood victims.

Spread Love not Hate

Pastor Terry Jones had threatened to burn the Muslim Holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks over plans to build an Islamic center near where terrorists brought down the World Trade Center nine years ago.
He flew to New York and appeared on NBC's "Today" show. He says that his Gainesville, Fla., church's goal was "to expose that there is an element of Islam that is very dangerous and very radical."
They planned to burn 200 copies of the holy book of Muslims. Reaction to this came from all over the world. Many officials made special call to the church to cancel their plan of burning Qurans, as it will hurt the sentiments of millions of people. But the church seems to neglect all these requests and said that they are ready to sacrifice their lives but they won’t back off.
Though the burning of Quran didn’t take place, but by this aggressive act they have shown the Muslim world that some of the people their hate them.
The present conditions of the world cannot support another war. The people of all the societies may work towards bringing peace and love to this world and end hatred. The responsibility relies more on the educated people than any other. And it is their duty to neglect war and hatred and promote peace.

Positive Thinking

Man is a creature of many moods. Sometimes we feel sad and sometimes this sadness is over taken by happiness. Sometimes there is anger while at the other time there is thankfulness in our heart. All of these feelings are based on what’s going in our lives. At many points, in our lives, we feel down, due to something tragic that has happened to us. Either someone dies or is terribly sick, but we must not lose hope, and always think about moving on. Life is a precious gift; it does not stop with any mishap given to us. So we must think about all the other good things in life and enjoy the other aspects of that life offers. Also at times we face such problems that may seem impossible to solve, but we should never get disheartened and keep thinking positively, because one never know what the fate has stored for us. Most of us have read or heard about King Bruce of Scotland. He lost a battle ad hid in a cave where he learnt a lesson from a spider’s constant struggle. He said to himself “If a spider could work continuously to achieve what it wanted, why shouldn’t I?” In the end he finally liberated his nation from the British.

We must also learn from our Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), who set an example for us. He faced constant opposition from his own tribe, but he never gave up and finally the day came when he succeeded in his task and the whole Arab community started believing in, what he was preaching for years.

Even in our daily life, we must see many people who keep on working through thick and thin, and believe that they can achieve what they want. We must also follow the footsteps of such people, so dream big, think big, think positively and do not get discouraged by any mishaps along the way.

'Peepli Live'

Peepli Live, an Aamir Khan Production movie, is one of best satires that Indian cinema has seen in a decade. The film is directed by Anusha Rizvi and stars Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuveer Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffer, Malaika Shenoy and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead roles. The music is composed by Indian Ocean band, Brij Mandal, Ram Sampat, Nageen Tanvir, and Bhadwai.

The famous Bollywood superstar, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan twitted on his twitter page, “"Delighted with Peepli [Live].. so real so nostalgic so superb. Loved it!!" He also said, “No stars, no foo faah, just a simple tale put across so effectively. So impressed with the first time director!

 The movie attempts to highlight the problems and struggle of the Indian farmers and takes on the so-called politicians and bureaucrats in India. The story revolves around two poor farmers Natha and Budhia, residents of an Indian village Peepli. On the eve of national elections the two brothers face losing their farm lands over an unpaid government loan. They seek help from a local politician, who advised the farmers to commit suicide to benefit from another government program that helps families of poor farmers who have committed suicide from debt. When a journalist overhears Budhia to urge Natha to commit suicide, the media invades the village of Peepli, to find whether Natha will commit suicide or not, however, nobody seems to care for Natha and his fate.

Peepli live, depicts the story of hundreds of poor Indian farmers that commit suicide because they are not able to pay their debts. It also shows the role of media in the daily life’s of people and how the politicians use people just to get votes.

Aamir Khan and the whole crew of the movie have done a great job. Peepli live will definitely make its place in the history of Indian cinema.

Women in Pakistan

"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live."
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, 1944

Since from the beginning the words she heard were “you are a girl”. Her family loved her brother more than her. At times she used to feel as if she is an adopted child of her parents. She was sent to a small school, near the house, while her brother was sent to a convent school. She felt discriminated in her own house.

It is not a story of one girl, but the majority of the girls, living in Pakistan face the same problem. Although today men claim that they are educated and broad minded, but when it comes to women’s freedom and giving equal rights to women, they always have a problem. It seems as if they don’t realize that women have equal working capacity as men. It is even observed that not only men but at times women also discriminate and discourages other women.

A major problem is that women are considered as subordinate to men and people think that a man's honor resides in the actions of the women of his family. This is the main reason for the restrictions on women. While on the other hand a male member of the family is free to do whatever he wants to do.

I think that the people must change their perception and give equal rights to the women, so that they can also work for the success and progress of the country.