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Lahore: Transparency in the budget is the need of the hour. Public participation in the budgeting process is the right of the citizens and the budget should be considered a public document. In this regard, the government should take immediate steps to improve the budgeting process. These views were expressed by different speakers in seminar on “State of Open...

"MANGO DREAM" Just this morning I had a dream That I'm in a garden With small mango tree It spreaded its aroma All around in the sky And having smelled it once You can't just pass by The mangoes were as ready to fall off As eager I was to catch them And in the bright sunlight I ran beneath the tree stem Soon the shower began While I stood...

VIENNA : A group of students from Vienna Diplomatic Academy visited Embassy of Pakistan in Vienna. H.E. Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khokher, Ambassador of Pakistan to Austria, briefed the students on political and economic issues of South Asia. The Ambassador provided a comprehensive account of dynamics and foreign policy challenges of Pakistan. He reiterated Pakistan’s desire to have constructive and friendly...

VIENNA : Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world. Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member — and we know that other stresses, from the COVID-19 pandemic to economic turmoil, inevitably lead to even more physical and verbal abuse. Women and girls also...

Syeda Tahmine Mozaffari was born in the spiritual capital of Iran, Mashad in 1982. Her parents migrated to Iran as a result of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. She acquired higher education in Iran. She writes poetry and prose. She promotes Afghan culture and heritage and protects women rights in general and Afghan refugees in particular. During my visit...

Quayyum Raja's Unfolding Life : Chapter 6 "Maqbool Butt's Hanging" Maqbool Butt was sentenced to death in 1966. He was only 28 years old at that. He was a postgraduate. He got a LLB and Master in Urdu and worked as a journalist. Maqbool Butt was an excellent writer and speaker, who used his gifted skills for the national cause of...

"Moving" We ’re naked now We donned the colors Undressed words and voices We ’re blind now We drank the light Swam in death With alcohol and tobacco In our luggage We testified falsely Forgetting who we are We built our life On a bird And we flew again Simply we moved Read Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis's Poems: Click Here

"RAINFALL" THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND ATMOSPHERE SO HUMID SUDDENLY WITH A GUST OF WIND CAME DARK CLOUDS SAILING HEADING OVER THROUGH OUR CITY, THEY DECIDED TO PAUSE FOR A WHILE BUT SEEING OUR PARCHED FACES, COULDN'T RESIST AND SHOWERED AFTER AN HOUR OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CHANGING OUR WET CLOTHES, WE COULD SEE THE CLEAN CITY SHINING WITH FLORESCENT FLOWERS SMILING BREATHING IN THE COLD BREEZE AND HAVING A NEW MOTIVATION IN...

There are many such incidents in life, in which a person is overwhelmed by emotions and the veins start bursting with anger. The heart wants to take revenge immediately, as much as possible, to show the superiority and charisma of the enemy in such a way that the enemy forces will be defeated forever, it is possible to get...

By : Nimra Naseem Qureshi Although it’s the 21st century, Pakistan is struggling with the basics of the development stage where all citizens are demanding to be treated equally and given equal opportunities. Pakistan is yet struggling with Women’s Empowerment. Though the situation is not as bad as it was in past still this issue cannot be avoided because women...