Technology is something that is highly appreciated in a developing country. However, there are so many parents that are concerned about their children in Pakistan because they have become too involved with their cell phones and laptops. Not every child in Pakistan has a laptop and not every child can afford a phone, but those that do are using these things 24/7.

Many people would think this is normal because the world is turning around and things have become so fast paced. Parents in Pakistan do admit that computers are necessary for education and are needed for communication; however, most parents feel that computers and cell phones are being used for all the wrong reasons. Children do not have time to look up from their cell phones because they find the apps, games, messages, and other things so amazing. The family time is diminishing, and children are talking less to their parents. There are parents who say that their children have poor speech skills, and cannot talk in public because they are so used to text message what they have to say. Some even feel that their children have low self confidence because of cell phones. They can talk to anyone on a cell phone, but do not have to courage to speak to that same person in public.

The other problem, that is sweeping this country, is that kids are becoming so addicted to such things, and it is becoming so hard to monitor what they are doing. Kids are not really kids anymore, and they have minds like adults. Technology has been extended over the past few years, and if we think about it kids can do anything online if they are not monitored. Many parents reveal that they refused to buy separate laptops for each child because they wanted to have one desktop in the living room. This would allow the parents to monitor what the children are doing and would help to keep them away from harmful things online.

Children do not understand that things online can be very detrimental, and if the trend of family time diminishes or if children rely too much on technology, then we can only imagine what it will be like in the next few years. Children will become so dependent on these things, and it will become hard to control them. Technology is great, but the use of it should be limited. Parents in Pakistan are concerned, and many parents are even implementing strict rules such as no use of cell phones during dinner and family time. There are also set limits for children on how long they can use the computer.

This concern continues to increase and parents have to implement strict rules and keep an eye on their children so that they do not forget their values or overlook the things that are really important such as religion or family. Parents in Pakistan are going through a tough time and let’s just hope that they find suitable ways for kids to understand that technology is not everything!

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The family of slain Wall Street Journal reporter may finally have an answer to who killed the infamous reporter in a gruesome recorded beheading in Karachi, Pakistan. Officials in Pakistan arrested Qari Abdul Hayee for his alleged involvement in facilitating the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, which eventually resulted in his death. Pearl was in Karachi to research a story about Pakistani militants and Richard Reid, the so-called “shoe-bomber”.

Pearl was kidnapped by militants and later decapitated. His killers sent a chilling video of his killing to U.S. officials. The video of Pearl’s death received condemnation all over the world. The video started off with Pearl seen declaring his Jewish heritage.

He said that his name is Daniel Pearl. He is a Jewish-American. His father is Jewish. His mother is Jewish. He is a Jew.”

The correspondent then went on to make statements that most analysts believe were made under duress. He spoke about how he had visited Israel several times with his family, and that a street in an Israeli town was named after his great-grandfather, one of its founders. The camera then turned over to members of the militant groups, who then claimed responsibility for the abduction of Pearl. The militants described themselves as members of the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistan’s Sovereignty. They demanded the release of Pakistanis being held without due process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the United States, as well as an end to the presence of U.S. troops in Pakistan, and the delivery of F-16 fighter jets purchased by Pakistan but never delivered.

Qari Abdul Hayee was arrested in a paramilitary operation targeting local militants in the port city of Karachi on Sunday, according to a senior government official who preferred to remain anonymous. He said that the covert operation was based on intelligence information received by security forces and that a significant number of weapons were recovered during the targeted raid.

Hayee is not the first man to be arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British militant was recently sentenced to death for his role in Pearl’s murder by an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Hyderabad. Three other accomplices to the murder were awarded life sentences, a term that is normally equivalent to twenty-five years in Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, who was also arrested in Pakistan in 2003, confessed to killing the Wall Street Journal reporter. Interestingly, Muhammad, who is also a suspect for his role in the 9/11 attacks, has not been charged with Pearl’s murder as U.S. officials felt it might complicate his prosecution for the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center.

Pearl’s widow, Mariane Pearl welcomed the capture of terrorists involved in her husband’s death, saying that it should serve as a reminder that there is still “a vast and international network of terrorists.” At the time of her husband’s death, a pregnant Mariane Pearl had called upon the international community to take responsibility for fighting terrorists, and upon citizens to take a more active role in deciding their countries’ foreign policies. The fact that no one has been charged with the tragic death of Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Pakistan serves as a stark reminder that a lot needs to be done to make the world a safer place, but this arrest will bring some comfort to those who had gotten to know the budding journalist.

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Pechly saalon ki tarah 2012 bhi guzar gaya. Jis nay Pakistan ki tareekh mai buhat say char chand lagaye jis mai mujh achi chezain kaam aur buri cheezain zyda dekhnay ko mili. Dahsaht gardi, wazarat ki jang hamary mulk ka aham hissa ban gai. Jis ko khatam karna muskil he nai balke na mumkin hu gaya hai. Lakin hamri hakumat ko e ski koi parwah nai hai sub ko wazarat ki kursi sambhalay bethay hain aur bechara ghareeb he piss raha hai. Loadshedding, gas petrol aur bills k maslon nay sub ki zindge ko nihayyat muskil mai daal diya hai… jis mai se niklna usi tarah se muskil hai jis tarah kisi daldaal se niklana. Hum es musebat se azaad usi waqt hu saktay hain jab hamari hakumat ehsas e zemedari se kaam karay.

2013, 1 January k phele he din subah sawaray yeh khabar sunay ko mili kay ab na sirf gas band milay ge balkay ghair ilaaniya mudat tak petrol milna bhi muskil hai… jaisa kay naya saal suroh hu chukka hai. Jab bhi naya saal ata hai tu logo ki umeedain bhar jatin hain ku yeh naya saal hamri zindgion mai bht se nayi cheezain lata hai. Pakistani shehri honay k natay hum sub ki yehe umeedain hai kay shayad anay wala naya saal humain musebaton say bacha sakay. Lakin dekha jai tu aisa kuch bhi nazar nai ata. Govermnet elections aur dhandli ki tyarion mai masroof hai.. lakin jaisa kay maine kaha k chahy kuch bhi hu jai insane jis marzi masail sey guzar raha hu who kabhi bhi umeed nai chorta. Tahir ul qadri kay long march say buhat sey logo ki umeedain wabasta hain. Allah karay kay yeh long march hamri zindge mai koi naya badlao lay eta k ghareeb mukhtalif pareshanion say azadi hasil kar sakay.

Es saal mai humain chahye kay hum apni zindgeion mai kuch badlaon laye…hum bhi es jurm mai shareek haib ager hum apni qoum k liye kuch nai kartay hum sirf apni hakumat ko ilzam nai day saktay ku k hum bhi hath pe hath dhar k bethay hain jo jo bilklul ghalat hain…hamaray Pakistan ko tabdeel hony ki buaht zaororat hai aur yeh sirf usi waqt hu sakta hai jab hum sub kisi mazhab k farq ko bhul kar yakjaa hu jain aur yeh the kr lain kay hamara aik he azaam hai tu mujh yaqeen hain k hum dobara se taraqi kar saktay hain. Hum muslim buhat taqat war hail akin afsos ki baat yeh hai k humain apni taqat ka bilkul bhi andaza nai hai… esliye humain chahye kay hum aik parcham talay ikhtay hu jain ta k hum apni qoum ko aik baar phir sanwar sakay aur Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah jaisa Pakistan bana sakian….

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The religious man of Pakistan by the name of Thair ul Qadri has started his Million Man March on Islamabad this Sunday. He has returned to Pakistan after around eight years of exile in Canada. There are many people that are quite skeptical about his Qadri’s intentions because he says that he wants change. He has spent millions on his advertising getting support for his part. He says that terrorism and violence cannot be permitted in Islam.

Tahir ul Qadri has been busy promoting his agenda from Canada and even speaking out to the public through his videos and books. Now he is back in the spotlight in Pakistan and is ready to take action. He is telling the caretaker administration to replace the government and carry out fare elections this time around. The government has responded to the actions of Tahir ul Qadri by saying that nothing is going to stand in the way and there are going to be timely and fair elections.

Tahir ul Qadri says that he is doing his upmost best to ensure that there is a corruption free electoral process that takes places. Qadri has said that if the election reform demands are not met by Thursday then he will stage a Million Man March to the capital with thousands of supporters following him. Malik says that he will not allow the rallies to enter downtown Islamabad because they pose a security risk and will disrupt business in the city. Mr. Rehman Malik has said that he will hold Qadri responsible if any violence or murders occur in the country.

Malik has announced that Pakistani Taliban is planning attacks on the Million Man March and still Mr. Qadri is spending a lot on television urging others to join him. Despite a lot of criticism from the government Qadri is quite intent on marching to the capital despite all the risks. It has been expected that there are going to be around one to two million individuals that are going to join in on the march. They are planning on removing the barricades that are going to be put up by the government and will be in the city until all their demands are met. There are numerous supporters that say that Qadri is doing this for the benefit of the country and is trying to make a positive change.

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Thursday was the bloodiest day in Pakistan in recent times, and in a country that is being devastated by militants, that is saying something. The capital of the troubled province of Balochistan, Quetta, was hit by three separate bomb blasts, leaving over 100 people dead. While hospitals in the city cope with hundreds of people who were injured in the devastating blasts, funeral prayers for the deceased were carried out today. The attacks have received widespread condemnation from people belonging to all walks of life, including the government, politicians, and civil society at large.

Twelve people were killed as a car bomb went off near a Frontier Corps vehicle on the roads of Quetta. However, that was just the start of a day that would soon prove to be one of the bloodiest in the history of the city. According to eyewitnesses, a second bomb blast took place inside a crowded snooker room in the heart of the city. As emergency workers, police officials and the media rushed to the site, a third bomb exploded right outside the same building. Due to the large crowds prevalent at the site of both explosions, the number of casualties was unusually high.

Police officials claimed that the explosion that occurred inside the snooker club was a suicide blast, and the one that occurred right outside the very building was a car bomb blast. The latter two attacks occurred in a primarily Shia minority locality, raising fears of further sectarian tension in the already divided state. Soon after the blasts, a Sunni extremist group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying that they targeted the predominantly Shia Hazara community which has settled into Quetta. Earlier in the day, the United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the attack on the Frontier Corps vehicle.

Balochistan has witnessed unprecedented violence ever since the independence of Pakistan. Various separatists groups have constantly attempted to implement their own agendas through the use of limitless violence on innocent citizens. A number of major army operations in the province have failed to curtail such violence in the long run. The government has failed to negotiate with the number of groups. Sectarian conflicts between Shia and Sunnis have also caused immense loss of life over the past couple of decades. Balochistan-based nationalist groups have continually targeted frontier corps forces as well as other army personnel since they detest the presence of the army in their homeland.

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In this Episode, Chris and Caitlin speak with Hassan, in order to get a glimpse into the day in the life of a Pakistani student. He speaks about corruption, his views on the West, as well as Islam in his country.

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In this Episode, Chris discusses with Hassan, a Pakistani student, about poverty and terrorism in Pakistan. Topics include the stoning of women, Osama bin Laden, and religion v. poverty.

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Two months back, an Afghan soldier shot dead four French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan to train them.  The unarmed victims got killed at the spot that made former French president to cry out and rush to Afghanistan and announce immediate drawdown.

If this entire incident is understood in the local dialect, it says: the French government says good bye to training and UN mandate and does not want poke its nose in others affairs. Now France is creating a great brouhaha over the killing of a few soldiers. The soldiers are there to fight. If they kill others, they win appreciation and if others kill them, why is there hue and cry? The entire French Government is making a noise over the death of just a few soldiers. Where is the NATO alliance and where is the terror war commitment?

The soldiers are soldiers no matter which country they belong to. This is a good parameter that if their soldiers die, they start lamentation and express grief, and if not one or two, but a dozen of Pakistan troops die, or rather killed, everyone assumes silence. They completely tighten their lips as if nothing has happened. This double standard has become a lesson for us to learn for both the Pakistani public as well as the rulers.

Following the 9/11, we jumped into the others’ war over nothing. Everyone was declared a member of either Al-Qa’ida or the Taliban. Our Army was unleashed by the United States and the west on our own people. The rest of the job was done by the drone attacks. Soon our soldiers were unsafe. Not one, but countless of them embraced martyrdom. The international community has never appreciated our sacrifices in terms of compensation.  The US and other western nations continued berating Pakistan and insulting Pakistani nation. Then US deliberately killed 24 soldiers at Salala Check Post and there never came any apology.

Now see the condition of the public. There is shortage of electricity, gas and food items in Pakistan. The US provided aid and there is no denial. But it was just a peanut as compared to what Pakistan lost in terms of money, resources and lives. Most of the aid was paid back to the US trainers, US companies to purchase weapons to fight terror war and to repair roads left destroyed by the NATO containers. Now that the Parliament is there in place in Pakistan to decide about NATO supply and new tariffs, the US papers and officials are balking over the demand, saying that it is extortion. How is it extortion when Pakistan demands just transit fee for using roads and areas for last eleven years. No country came to rescue Pakistan during last four years when it suffered the worst suicide attacks and economic downturn.

However, we are very naïve people, for “we are expecting fidelity from those, who do not know its meaning”.

When you are overawed by somebody, and accept his supremacy, then what is justice and what is fairness. The recent measures taken by France should open our eyes. They have awakened over the death of only four soldiers. We should rather speak face to face to the US officials that we have rendered sacrifices more than 100 times than theirs and not for ourselves but for the US public to save them from Islamic extremism and Al-Qa’ida. They are not a threat to us. They are only a threat to the US and the US public. At least, 40,000 Pakistan lives perished for US public demand some sort of respect and honor,not insults from Panetta and other his cohorts.

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