ہم کو یہ کھیل ادھورے نہیں اچھے لگتے

ہم کو یہ کھیل ادھورے نہیں اچھے لگتے 

ہم اگر آتے تو پھر بازی الٹ کر آتے_

Gender Gap: An Uncured Curse

Despite tiresome endeavors of NGOs and iNGOs the dilemma of gender discrimination still remains unresolved. Feminists, individually as well as communally, are pervading their vigorous part for the main stream struggle around the globe.

The dismal and miserable depiction of the situation reroutes our attention toward the necessity of action beyond the traditional methodologies assumed to mitigate issue. Contrary to all these endeavors to reducing the gender gap, some countries have proven to become even more vulnerable. Women and girls are still married off as minors, trafficked into forced labor, sex slavery, refused access to education and prevented from making personal choices in their private lives.

Albeit Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) proposed by UN ranks gender equality at top of the priority list and perked up apparent status of women but such efforts have failed miserably to change mindset among patriarchal world society. It shows that the roots of this curse sprout from dogmas and not essentially from individual frame of mind.
Gender gap, according to oxford dictionary, is; “the discrepancies in opportunities, status, attitude, etc., between men and women.” Keeping in view, the definition of gender gap, one can easily point out violations happening around even in educated and civilized milieu. From sacred religious outlets to the higher educational institutes and from brick kilns to the parliaments, women are wretchedly exploited.

World Reports 2017 proposed by Human Rights Watch shows that 700 women were killed in Peru during the period of 2009-15. In Afghanistan, 2,621 cases of domestic violence were reported in the first eight months of 2016. Iraq’s Ministry of Planning’s study in 2012 found that 36 percent women were domestically violated by their husbands. An estimated 32 percent women in US have suffered physical violence and 19 percent have been raped either by their partner or by others.

According to Human Rights Watch, around 1,000 women are killed, in the name of honor, every year in Pakistan. Though cases of Zeenat Rafiq and Amber came into spotlight but the alarming fact is that even in top varsities girls are sexually assaulted by male faculty members on daily basis. On the other hand, senior male parliamentarians’ attacks on female MNAs’ self respect show the sensitivity regarding this grave issue by the current government regarding women rights. Hence all endeavors, in such a hypocrite milieu, have proven fruitless in Pakistan.

It is need of hour to incorporate women into all walks of life. Besides this, social and religious values and norms should be protected. In Pakistan, there is a sharp contrast concerning gender gap area wise. In modern areas female are even more superior to their partners while in slums a woman is no finer than livestock. A balanced psychologically designed unified course of education and training can be the only cure of this curse.

Hypocrisy and double standards, found in behaviors, must be denied. This can be achieved by presenting parables by leaders, reformers and activists. Since gender gap is a multi-faced issue hence it also requires multi-pronged efforts. Just nominal awareness campaigns, seminars and celebrations are not enough to tackle this challenge. We need solemn and serious behaviors if we want to bring women in main stream of development in this modern world.

This Indian wants five Pakistani judges in exchange for all judges of the Indian Supreme Court

An Indian on twitter has requested Pakistanis if they will take all the 22 judges of the Indian Supreme Court in exchange for five Pakistan Supreme Court judges, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khoosa. He was referring to the same bench that disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the panama papers corruption case.

Dear Pakistani Friends, Can we have exchange offer please ? You take our 22 Corrupt #SupremeCourt Judges including our CJI Dipak Mishra and give us 5 Judges of your SC bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa 🙂 #NawazSharif Verdict.

— Madhusudan Thakkar (@madhusudan41) April 13, 2018

Pakistani’s had some witty replies to Mr. Madhusudan Thakkar’s tweet.

Atif Murtaza went far ahead in generosity and offered Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Zardari for free with the judges.

Aapke 5 Upright SC Judges pe 5 Politicians free ? We already have Grandfathers like them in India ☺

— Madhusudan Thakkar (@madhusudan41) April 14, 2018



Mr. Thakar respectfully declined the counter offer saying India already had grandfathers of such politicians and that he was only interested in the upright judges who gave the historic verdict against Nawaz Sharif.

Urooj Fatima however, wasn’t ready to permanently exchange her favourite judges and instead offered if India would be willing to take them for a short period of time and have them returned “after justice is served”.

Qubool Hai ,Qubool Hai, Qubool Hai 🙂

— Madhusudan Thakkar (@madhusudan41) April 15, 2018

Mr. Madhusudan gladly accepted this offer.

Pakistani superior judiciary has taken an activist role as of late and have disqualified a serving prime minister over corruption charges. The judges routinely take suo motto notice on all issues that are of public importance.

The activist role of the judiciary has its critics though. A section of society is against this activist role of the judiciary. The deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif is at the forefront in criticizing the judges contending that the judiciary is encroaching on the executive powers.

A huge segment of the society however is in favour of the active role of the Pakistani judiciary. The proponents argue that the executive isn’t doing its job which is why the judiciary has to take action under article 184 (3) of the constitution to protect the rights of the citizens of Pakistan.

Does Inzi harbor any bias against Fawad Alam?

The exclusion of Fawad Alam from the squad for the test series against England has raised many questions. Former test players, including former captain Wasim Akram, have questioned this decision saying it was ‘beyond comprehension’.

Many fans have slammed the decision as yet another example of nepotism reigning the corridors of Pakistan Cricket Board. They especially point fingers at the inclusion of Imam-ul-Haq who is the nephew of the Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Fawad Alam, 32, seems to be in good form and has been scoring runs in domestic cricket. His batting average stands at 55.37 in first-class cricket. Imam-ul-Haq on the other hand, though quite talented, is only 22 years old, and has an average of 43.57.

On top of having a good form, and batting average, critics argue that Fawad Alam brings experience to the team which will be needed on such a crucial tour.  Imam-ul-Haq lacks such experience.

So does the exclusion of Fawad Alam really means Inzi is harboring some sort of bias against him? Why did he prefer Imam-ul-Haq over Fawad Alam, is a question that merits a convincing answer


Inzamam has kept mum over the issue and has not released any statement in this regard.

The decision has its supporters though. After PSL, the dynamics of Pakistan cricket have changed, they contend. Talented youngsters have overshadowed the role of senior players.

“If someone is talented, s/he should not be negatively impacted just because s/he is relative of a PCB official”, they argue.

In order to step into the world of modern cricket, Pakistan will have to bank on its young talent a lot more. Imam-ul-Haq proved himself when he was given a chance in ODI. It is yet to be seen how he conducts himself in the pressure games against England.

As far as Fawad Alam is concerned, his inclusion or exclusion from the team should be viewed independently from that of Imam-ul-Haq or any other youngster. The exclusion of Fawad Alam, though unfortunate for him personally, is not a bad omen for Pakistan cricket.

Avicii’s sudden death stuns everyone

Avicii, the world-famous producer and DJ, has been found dead in Oman. He was 28.
Born as Tim Bergling, Avicii was a pioneer of Electronic Dance Movement.

He was in Muscat, Oman at the time of his passing, his publicist Diana Baron told reporters in a statement.

“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” Baron said. “He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given.”

The reason of his death has not immediately been revealed but there are rumors of a drug overdose.

During his career, Avicii had worked with Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and many other artists from around the globe. He was considered one of the most successful DJs in the electronic music industry and had won two MTV Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award and two Grammy nominations.

Sexual harassment: a misused concept

Inspired by the global Me Too movement, a lot of women in Pakistan have since come forward and accused various men of sexual harassment. It all started when a few girls took screenshots of their DM and posted them on Twitter to expose the harassers. Not surprisingly though, the victims received tremendous support from many as they should have.

However, doubts regarding the veracity of such claims were raised when one of the accused posted screenshots of the original conversation he had had with the ‘alleged’ victim. It turned out she was completely OK with him sending those inappropriate texts and seemed to have enjoyed the conversation. Later after developing personal issues with the person, she deleted her responses from the conversation which portrayed the accused as if he was continuously sending inappropriate texts without her consent.

The question is, can we call it harassment if it involves ones consent at the time? Also, can one retrospectively go back in time and call an act or a conversation as sexual harassment even though he/she was totally fine with it at the time?


Another prime example of fake sexual harassment allegations is that of Ayesha Gulalai’s. She created a storm in the country by her startling revelations against Imran Khan and received massive support from feminists. She blamed Mr. Khan of sending her inappropriate messages. However, she’s yet to show those lewd messages to the public or any court of law despite her numerous promises.

Recently the case of Meesha’s allegations against Ali Zafar has taken everyone’s attention. However, it is different in a sense that it doesn’t involve texts or anything that could be used as an evidence. Although one can’t really expect Meesha to have recorded Ali’s alleged sexual advancements when she was being harassed but that doesn’t mean we should accept Ali Zafar as a harasser and boycott him just because Meesha said so. Given the absence of any evidence, it’s essentially Meesha’s word against Ali’s.

Who do you trust is just a matter of one’s personal opinion. Legally though, Ali is innocent unless proven guilty. We must not draw conclusions based on mere allegations of someone.

Having said this, the best way for a woman to fight sexual harassment is to stop it right there at the beginning. Say NO if you are not comfortable with it. A decisive NO will suffice for more than 99 percent of men. For the remaining one percent, if it’s online conversation, there is a reason almost all of the social media platforms have a “block” option available. Use it.

However, if you really want to choose social media to shame a harasser, then you must be prepared to share some proof otherwise  you can’t blame people for asking you proof.

Google makes $27 billion in ad revenue in first quarter of 2018

File photo of Google CEO, Sundar Pichai.

Google put out its financial results last week and it turns out it made a shockingly large amount of money from ads. They made $27 billion in ad revenue in just last three months.

If you do the mate, that’s $300 million of revenue every single day, or around $12.5 million every hour. Quite the money-maker, eh?

What’s more, the number of paid clicks on Google Ads is increasing fast. Paid clicks on Google Ads were 59 per cent higher than the same period last year.

“Our ongoing strong revenue growth reflects our momentum globally, up 26% versus the first quarter of 2017 and 23% on a constant currency basis to $31.1 billion. We have a clear set of exciting opportunities ahead, and our strong growth enables us to invest in them with confidence,” said Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet and Google.

Canadian Singer Shania Twain caught in the crossfire over Trump comment

Famous Canadian singer Shania Twain seems to have been caught in the crossfire after her comment praising US President Donald Trump during an interview with Guardian News. She later apologized after mounting criticism from her liberal fans. However, the apology didn’t go well with her conservative fan following and they started criticizing her.

To a question about the US election, Shania reportedly told Guardian News, “Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bulls**t. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”

The singer, however, issued a series of tweets apologizing on the same day her interview got published. The singer said that her statement “didn’t mean any sort of endorsement.”

“I would like to apologize to anybody I have offended,” Twain tweeted. “The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context.”

“My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him (Trump). I make music to bring people together,” Twain continued.

The Canadian said she does not “hold any common beliefs with the current President.”

Her apology later ignited anger among Shania’s conservative fans contending that she was supposed to stick to her statements as this was her right to speak her mind.

انسان اپنے اندر چھپی ہوئی نفسانی خواہش کی وجہ سے

انسان اپنے اندر چھپی ہوئی نفسانی خواہش کی وجہ سے برّ ے

لوگوں سے مغلوب ہوجاتا ہے ۔۔۔۔

جن لوگوں سے ہمیں بہت محبّت ھو ان سے کبھی نفرت نہیں ھو سکتی

جن لوگوں سے ہمیں بہت محبّت ھو ان سے کبھی نفرت نہیں ھو سکتی 

پتہ ہے کیوں ؟؟؟

جب یہ بہت عزیز لوگ دھوکہ دیتے ہیں

تو پھر یہ دل سے نکل جاتے ہیں

اور یوں نکلتے ہیں کہ دل انکے لئے کوئی بهی جذبہ رکھنا پسند نہیں کرتا ۔۔۔۔

محبّت ، نفرت ، عزّت ، احترام کچھ بھی نہیں