I do believe that we human beings are all equal in rights and dignity regardless of gender, race, social class, language, traditional and religious beliefs, and political opinions. In past, custom and culture were dominant, as a result women were considered inferior to men. Nowadays patriarchy is still practiced but I think that women have the rights and freedom to do whatsoever they want without discrimination.
Moreover, they have the rights to life, liberty, security, education, health and engage in any activities in the public and in the private sphere. They do have equal rights as men to participate in politics and be elected into parliament and become leaders. Promoting gender equality would result in cultural, social, political, and economic changes within the nation.
And also women are keen and critical thinkers that would help in enhancing the environment and boost the nation to a new level and they would aid in supporting feminism and gender equality in the nation.
Hence, I urge the government and the Minister of Justice to enact regulations and bill of rights with respect to gender inequality, and also recommend that women should take a step forward to make their voice heard.
The Kashmir dispute is the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world today taking about more than six decades. In fact, this is the core circumstance between Pakistan and India that has bedeviled relations between the two countries since August 1947 while the State has majority of Muslim population, and it not only enjoys geographical proximity with Pakistan but also has essential economic linkages with the territories constituting Pakistan.
Pakistan has also proclaimed 20 July as the black day to pay tribute to the victims of Kashmir and once again, Kashmir is on the boil and the routine life is badly affected in the IIOJK because of a shutdown by local demonstrators over the deaths of protesters in clashes with Indian security personnel.
Sadly, it has been the triumph of the unbeatable human spirit of people to seek freedom and the right to determine their political and everyday fate and the aggressive torture and approach of the Indian government to the Kashmiri people and its disputed nature has greatly led to the deteriorating circumstances and can lead to catastrophic consequences for the whole region.
There isn’t anybody more interested and willing than Kashmiris to permanently end this conflict and live in peace.
It is for this right that over 10000 Kashmiris have laid down their lives. The baton-charge of freedom has passed on to their fifth generation and it is a moment of great pride and great pain as they all witness their next generation joining the journey of freedom and sacrificing their lives.
It is really pathetic that the two regional powers which have linkages with everything, be it cultural, religious, and so forth are disputing without any long-term ceasefire.
In my own conceit, dialogue is the best option to amicably resolve all issues whether minor or vast between India and Pakistan, including the dispute of Kashmir.
Flour is one of the most essential things but due to its high price most people are suffering from it. The same problem is being faced by the citizens of Turbat as well. It is a big problem for the common masses and it is creating difficulties for them. Recently, flour prices have been increased once again and people are unable to buy it. The government of Pakistan is requested to solve this problem soon.
Instead of having huge population and being one of the most populated villages of Balochistan, Dasht has been facing some intense and severe basic facilities. There is no hospital, lacks qualified teachers, functional cellphone network and many more.
In fact, students plus people are facing a number of difficulties and hardships which force and compel them to travel to other places. It’s not an easy to move toward other places or Turbat for their basic amenities which creates disturbances and students always get accidents and lose their precious lives.
Thus, the government of Balochistan and concerned authorities should do something to solve these problems and save the lives of its citizens.
The main issue in our educational system is the medium of instruction. Our system imparts vantage to the English language due to which students have to employ most of their potential in learning English. Moreover, its consequences in their weakness in the core subjects. Whereas, the world’s advanced countries such as China, Japan, France and more have revolutionized the fields of science and technology by giving education in their national languages. Perfect suggests that giving education in the national language is very significant in promoting learning abilities to the students. It is my request to the government to bring the medium of Urdu in educational institutions.
It is important that a country reflects on the status it has accorded to its women citizens. A woman is that entity who looks delicate but she has courage to walk step to step with men. No matter, how the time is tough but still she is ready to face every hardship and difficulty.
In fact, woman is a great creation of Allah the Almighty in relation whether she is a mother, sister, wife or daughter. They are pride for their father, bother, husband or son. But before Islam, there was not any good status of women. At that time women were considered as dust of their shoes. They buried their daughters alive when they were born. There were no rights for women but Islam has given every right to the women. By giving the title of a mother, Islam put Jannat under the mother’s feet.
Furthermore, in this world women are taking parts in the national economy by running their own businesses on small or larger scale and many women have participated in it like education, online jobs, embroidery etc so that to bright the name of their country.
In other words, the principle of policy underlines the principal of equal rights and equal treatment to all citizens without any distinction including on the basis of sex, the following articles of constitutional of Islamic republic of Pakistan broadly covered the women rights, like the article 3 calls upon the state to eliminate all forms of explosion, article 4 provides for the basic rights of law.
Hence, women should be treated equally and support and let them to play their own roles in the society or country .
According to the World Bank Report (2020), 48% of the total population of Pakistan consists of women but we oppressed them and made them a burden on 52% of the population by forgetting them. By carrying the economic, political and social burden, they would start working within the society to pay off their debts.
Why are the women living in Balochistan considered as the most isolated, backward and useless, even though their skills and God-given abilities are tested? It is not difficult to find great personalities like human rights activists Fazeela Aliani, Raheela Durrani and Khurshid Barocha. All that needs is for America to make our young girls, women and girls aware of the trend of social development, the role of women and its importance. Women should not be a burden on the society and the land of Balochistan but should be made equal partners in development and social reforms so that 64% of the youth population was halved and not only young boys were employed but 64% of men and women youth were given responsibilities.
Let it be made a beacon for society. The role of women in the development and prosperity of Balochistan will be seen prominently even though they have not been provided with such platforms and institutions where they can live and work and pay off their debts but only those new institutions, platforms and opportunities. If this is done, the role of women will come to the fore who will prove that this region is the best in the world by working more or less on an equal footing with men.
The barrage of questions has once again made a fuss in my mind as to whether our daughters had access to the Universal Institutions that would give them a mental term. From which emerges their ability to come up with their business idea. Have my daughters got quality education so that they can become women of characters and improve society and the nation? Hasn’t every woman in Balochistan been treated unfairly and prejudiced that she was not made for the betterment of every society? We may find ourselves guilty in answering all such questions. By providing them with education and educational institutions, they should be made aware of the responsibilities of the country, the nation and this province so that as human beings they too can play their key role in the development of Balochistan by using their mental, physical and conscious abilities.
Ever since Pakistan gained independence, Balochistan has been raising its voice for electricity. Sadly, it has not been connected to the national grid station yet. Electricity makes our lives easier and helps us in every aspect of life, but depending the division’s electricity on Iran – the neighboring country – and not with the NGS makes things worse for the province.
In other words, electricity is one of the major problems of Balochistan which is completely destroying the fate of the province. However, Balochistan, despite being resource-rich and the largest province of Pakistan and covering 43% of the country’s land area, including maritime land, its some parts receive electricity from outside. In 2003, Pakistan and Iran entered into an agreement under which Iran supplied 35 megawatt of electricity per day to Balochistan to light up its areas.
These megawatts were less and could not completely cover all areas of Balochistan. Iran was asked to increase megawatts of electricity which she was giving to the province. In approval, Iran increased its megawatts to 70MW in 2011. Almost 5 years after the construction of Gwadar port, an increase of 30MW was made. So far, Iran has been supplying 100 MW of electricity to Balochistan.
On the other hand, Pakistan generates its electricity in three ways; thermal, hydel and nuclear but still allows Balochistan to be depended on another country. In addition, this 100MW power failed to reach out to the citizens due to load-shedding in the province. Load shedding continues for 12 hours per day in Balochistan, but whenever they want to cut off power, they use the name of Iran and make an excuse that power is out of order from Iran and, on the other side of the picture, Iran is completely unaware of it.
However, the only way to get water easily is based on electricity and with motors we fill our tanks and bottles of water. Electricity not only affects people’s lives but also the production of industries and businesses. To add more, educational institutions and hospitals should get electricity within 24 hours and it becomes unbearable to endure extreme heat in summer in some of Balochistan’s areas; educational institutions and hospitals face severe difficulties.
The solution can finally be found when Pakistan connects Balochistan to its grid station and provides electricity to Balochistan in as many hours as possible.
Mangeshkar, also known as the ‘Nightingale of India’, was one of the most versatile singers in the Indian film industry. With the reference of a report, Lata was born on September 28, 1929, to classical singer and theatre artist. Her father started teaching her music at an early age. By the time she was five, Lata was seen participating as an actress in plays written by her father too. After that Lata Mangeshkar was the singing voice for a bevy of Bollywood leading ladies. She lent her voice to over 5,000 songs in over a thousand Hindi and 36 regional films. She had an unprecedented impact on Indian film music. Since 1942, Lata pushed back the boundaries of music with her mind-boggling skills.
Furthermore, in 1942, lata’s father died and she faced some disturbances in career due to her father’s death. But a friend of her father, who was Master Vinayak, took care of the Mangeshkar family and offered her a role in the film Badi Maa. In 1949, she moved to Bombay, where she began learning Hindustani music from Ustad Aman Ali Khan. There, she worked with many legendary musicians wonderfully. Gradually, she continued whatsoever she was interested in till 2011.
After, in 2012, Lata Mangeshkar launched her own music label called LM Music. Her most recent release (March 2019) was the song Saugandh Mujhe Is Mitti Ki, composed by Mayuresh Pai, which is a tribute to the Indian army and India.
Finally, Lata Mangeshkar received several awards and accolades during her eight-decade-long career. In 1974, she became the first Indian to perform at the Royal Albert Hall too. She died peacefully at the age of 92. But the 6th February, 2022 will always be remembered forever because a golden era has ended. I pray for her that her soul may Rest in Peace.
“Out ofmy mind”. It is a novel which is written by Sharon M. Draper. This is a great book which tells about the disabilities of 11 years old girl, Melody. Although she was disabled bodily, but she was always a mentally strong girl.
Melody was not like other kids. She could not walk, talk and control her body movements because of a disease named cerebral palsy (which paralyses a person physically). She was not like the other girls, but she was smarter than other kids in her whole school. Unfortunately, nobody knew it.
She faced many problems in her life but she never gave up. She saw the reality and the actual face of her society. She was neglected because of her disabilities. She never got good responses from anyone. People thought she was just a trash.No matter if she could not talk, but she could learn a dictionary within 10 minutes. No matter if she could not walk, but she could lead her towards destination and most importantly, no matter if she could not stand for herself, but at least, she cared for others, and what I guess it was and is the biggest ability of a human being.Most of the people, her teachers, her classmates, and her doctors mentally challenged her, because she could not tell them how wise a girl she was. Melody did not want to be defined as a disabled kid, but she, on herself, was a disabled kid. She wanted to prove herself to them; at first, her parents were good to her, but at the end, her parents stopped taking care about her, acted as her society, and made her feel like a disabled kid. She was tired to listen to them, whether it could be her society or her parents. She wanted to prove it to all of them. She learned a lot for herself. She faced many blur challenges in her life. She worked harder and proved herself to her parents and the society. She turned her disabilities into her abilities. She was determined to let everyone know it. She changed the suspects of people as to what they thought about Melody. What I feel, it was the biggest ability of Melody no matter if she was disabled from her body, but she was the most abled person as a human being. She had a sharp mind to lead a good life.
This book teaches us not to mock on anyone or their disabilities. We usually tease people for a thing which they did not choose for themselves. The author suggests that everyone deserves to get an opportunity to prove themselves. No one knows how the next moment be like. But we are never to be judgmental very early; we have to analyze the things very deeply and support everyone to every bit we can. At last, the writer narrates the theme of the book in very simple words: he says that we need to be good human beings to prove we are normal and not disabled beings.
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