Waqas Javed's personal Blog

Enough with the killings, Enough with the bloodshed, Enough with the suicidal, Enough with the pain, What can we do to stop this bloody revenge game? What can we do to spread love & happiness? What can we do to make Pakistan a safe haven, a peaceful country once again? Neither am I a mother, nor am I a relative of the children who lost their precious lives in the Peshawar’s tragic incident, I’m just a human, who can feel the pain, I’m just a writer expressing my sorrow through the power of my pen. 16 th  December is now an even more mournful day for us all, It’s time to change things around, Raise our voice and fight the evil, Before more humans die and bodies fall. Watch the innocent get killed and let this go on forever, Or, stand up, speak now and say no to killings, be it today, or ever. Let’s leave our differences behind and unite as one, Before another brutal act of killing is done, Our oneness is our strength, Our weapon to...

Recent visit of our Prime Minister to US for UN meeting and the response we received from USA made me write this article. I am neither a Financial/Political Analyst nor a Economist but I guess being a Pakistani I have every right to share my opinion. There is a lot for discussion but I’d try to keep it short, simple and straight forward. Basically there are number of areas where I’d like our “Leaders” to put emphasis. 1) Education When we talk about education, I mean the education in general. We do have number of good universities and institutes but overall the numbers are not so commendable. The country which has produced the gems like   Babar Iqbal ,   Arfa Karim, Mehroz Yawar and Ali Moeen Nawazish   to name a few, means we have the talent to compete at international level but to nurture such talent you need quality educational institutes and superior quality teachers. Institutes like   TCF – The Citizens Foundation   are providing quality educatio...

There are times when something strikes my mind with enormous power, a strange question that usually arises whenever I see, feel, realize or be a victim of something most commonly known as DISCRIMINATION !!! And the question is ARE WE PAKISTANIs?? Well, my straight answer would be NO !!! Strange right? but let me explain why did I say that ! We as a nation lacks unity, we can be punjabi, sindhi, balochi, pathan, muhajir etc etc etc !!! but none of us would be “ ONLY PAKISTANI ” I know when I say this thing a lot of friends get emotional and aggressive that we are Pakistanis and then something else (like Punjabi, Sindhi etc etc) but my question is …. Why Do we need any other representation after calling ourselves Pakistani ? Let me share a little incident with you; 2 years back I was sitting in my class and the topic of discussion among my friends was which of the cast or provincial identity is SUPERIOR or is the most ancient ? Everyone gave their opinions how Sindhis a...