Why take extra tuition?

Why do we need extra tuition? Our ancestors say they never had to take any tuition or coaching apart from that given in school. In fact, there were no tuition centers back in 1970's. Just, some private teachers who only used to help the really weak students. This tuition fever, the race to waste more and more time, has just caught fire in the late 90's. So what caused this tuition-ism to grow so enormous? And why, when every morning the shop shutters are lifted up, every tenth of them turn out to be a coaching center instead! Are the young ones today less sharp and brilliant then their mamas and papas? Or is the curriculum of today so advance...

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Dirty words banned in Pakistan

Bad news guys, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), on 14 November, gave a list of dirty words and phrases to be completly banned from texting, giving a notice period of seven days. The amount of dirty words to be banned are 1695 and about more than 900 words are English are the rest are of Urdu and Punjabi. Surprisingly, the words aren't banned as yet, and who know when this notice is gonna have an implementation? Its our beloved country afterall! An official from one of the carriers in question told the media: "There are more than 1,600 words in the list including indecent language, expletives, swear words, slang etc, which have...

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Will Hardees beat the rest?

All the mango people must have visited KFC, Mcdonald, Hardees. But if you havn't, screw you. The fight to be the top fast food restaurant started between KFC and Mcdonalds, but in the mid 2011, new contender in Pakistan showed up called "Hardees". KFC became Pakistan's most leading and earning fast food restaurant early as it meals and deals were totally amazing. Mcdonalds had all kinds of burger types and qualities where as this was the only disadvantage KFC had was that it only had chicken items. Mcdonalds relied on different types of stuffs such as chicken, fish, meat and some...

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Situation of Power Resources in Pakistan

The energy consumed by Pakistan as compared to most countries of the world is low. Pakistan consumes 10 times less energy than the world's average. Our country is not sufficient in power resources. The main sources of energy in Pakistan are oil, gas, coal and hydroelectricity. Pakistan's coal reserve are of poor quality and the seams are lean. 90% of Pakistan's coal is used for burning, especially in brick kilns. Because of poor quality of coal, they are not exported where as they are all used for burning for domestic purposes. The reserves would last no more than 200 years. Pakistan also faces lots of problems in...

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Imran Khan: How was he different?

This article contains non-political views only. Imran Khan, a rapidly popularizing political leader of Pakistan, had a memorable first jalsa in Lahore. The rally was held at Minar-e-Pakistan, a patriotic venue. There are loads of different views on the success level of his rally, but we are not politicizing the discussion here. No doubt, his rally was very inspiring and different. So what differences did Imran Khan come up with in his rally, compared to others? The prearrangement Public security was an important aspect which was given attention. Magnetic metal detectors were used to scan any arms and weapons possessed...

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Ijaz Butt's era finally over

His era is finally over! Ijaz Butt made us weep throughout his tenure. Bad news followed by another, followed by another. It was only the last few days when the International Cricket Council tightened the reins on Ijaz Butt that he took a few steps for the sake of Pakistan cricket. Rest was all rubbish. Have a look at a brief rundown of his tenure. 2008 Ijaz Butt Ijaz Butt was appointed the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board on 7th of October, 2008 and the bad days begun. Ten days into his tenure, we had our first selection committee and management change. Saleem Jaffer replaced Salahuddin Ayubi as chairman of the committee and Talat...

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Happy Eid!

Eid Mubarak to all the viewers and followers of Aspiring Pakistan! Hope you have enjoyed feeding your animals and I hope that Allah accepts all your 'qubaanis', for this is what really matters. Enjoy all the slaughterings, running after cows, unpleasant odours, flowing blood and the meaty parties. Keep visiting Aspiring Pakistan :-) F466HW798QAV ...

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Only in Pakistan

Our country is full of depression. Continuous terrorist attacts, blast, racism and raging makes us think that our country is nill in everything and most of us try to abandon Pakistan just to get secure life and have fun in other countries. But trust me guys it doesn't work that way. We people never think about the bright sides of living in our country. When people move to other country they feel like they have a good living standard, which is true. They may get inspired by the modern lifestyle and facilities, but, they'll surely miss many things found only in Pakistan. Living in Pakistan make you have your own living style. Although...

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Bluffers at petrol pumps

My car was running really low on fuel so I headed to the nearest petrol pump I could find. It was a Shell pump located on Dalmia Road, Karachi. As I entered, I noticed that all the staff was free and there was no other car although it was rush time of Saturday night. Odd it was. As i entered I was greeted and directed warmly by the staff. When I stopped, one of them rushed his head through the window into my car. Having just Rs.900 in my pocket, I told him to fill so much. With no delay, he extended his arm towards me to grab the money. Feeling awkward a bit, I handed it over to him. The other guy showed me the meter as they usually do, and then the petrol started to pump i...

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Pakistani Players to be taken in IPL?

As we all know that Pakistani players did not played Indian Premier League held by the govt. of Indian Cricket Board. But as a matter of fact, discussions have now been put forward by Rajiv Shukla, the league's chairmen to let Pakistani players participate in the coming up IPL in 2012. Pakistani Cricketers have not participated in IPL since  2008 after the terrorist attack in Mumbai but Shukla said it does not mean that players from across the border won't be allowed at all. "This decision has to be taken by the Governing Council and Governing Council will have to take a view on it. It is not that Pakistan as a country has been banned...

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