Who knows better than a Pakistani about traffic jams that get suffocating and horrid as soon as a VIP decides to saunter their way down the town with their battalion of guards and various onlookers. In simple words, we know how much discomfort we face when a high class politician or celebrity makes a point of visiting a public venue. Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi and other cities witness this discriminating
“All I was thinking was that I had to detonate myself near as many people as possible. When I decided it was the right time, it was a moment of happiness for me,” chilling words from a 14 year old suicide bomber who was involved in a suicide attack in the first week of April 2011, at the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in Punjab. This attack killed at least 41 people
In today’s world, members of the media play a big role in determining what news we get and how we get our news. But with the existence of a 24-hour news cycle between television news stations and online news, those media outlets seem to go to extremes to keep our attention. We have “breaking news” left and right with stories hyped up for maximum impact. Do you ever feel like
While felicity takes hold of much of the world at the death of Osama bin Laden, Pakistani seems to be getting sucked deeper into a quicksand of worry, confusion, distrust and more mayhem. There is a need to understand the general sentiment of the Pakistani nation now that the world’s official attention has been directed at the country. While there are several groups that protest the death of Osama bin
This post features another set of breathtaking pictures from Pakistan worth visiting. Enjoy another collection of Pakistan places with Insider.pk and share this amazing country’s sights with the the rest of the world! Famous Rakaposhi peak in Nagar State. Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari Boating in Lake Saif-ul Muluk Photo by The Himalayan Nomad Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari Siri
We talked about why you might start a blog. Now let’s talk about the “how.” Let’s say you want to use the popular WordPress blog platform (self-hosted). Once you have a domain name and Web hosting account set up, you need to install WordPress before you can customize it for your new site. Some hosts give you an easy way to do this, through Fantastico or other automated installation options.
1. Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk. ~J.C. Penny 2. Success…seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~Conrad Hilton 3. Intolerance of your present creates your future. ~Mike Murdock 4. When they
With regular random bombings being just one of their constantly growing fears, Pakistanis hardly have much reason to be a happier nation in 2011. We haven’t stepped into particularly hopeful terrain this year. The CIA World Fact Book estimates that Pakistan’s net emigration rate is 9% higher in 2011. This gives testimony to the fact that many things are wrong in the country – the most glaring 3 of which
As I traveled to work this morning, I flicked through the stories on Google news on my iPhone. Within the space of my twenty minute journey, I read news from Japan, Libya, Poland, the UK and the US. And just about all of it was negative. Try to imagine what it must have been like to be alive a couple of hundred years ago. Life would have been very different.
Are you a great leader? The world needs great leaders; the world depends on great leaders. Today I want to discuss five signs of a great leader, and I want to encourage you to become a great leader, because the world needs you. Without further ado… 5 Signs of a Great Leader: 1. Great Leaders Show Mercy “Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.” ~John