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Bin Qalandar An emerging Artist

Azzm e Jawan Bilal Iqbal

Brain Drain Taimoor Mughal

Pride of Youth Nimra Yousuf

A Teacher (Who she is) Sadaf Taimur

Gawadar become trade pointAbdul Shukoor

Memoir for the soulRoha Gull

Driving force toward Entrepreneurur intent Bilal Bangash

Technology improving HealthcareMuhammad Shoaib Hassan

RonaldoAhmed Akhtar

MusicariamHamza

Food Shood Nina Khakwani

Marian Di vaio M. Bilal

Style NNN Style (Modeling Agency)

Dedication to Mrs Maryam Omer Khan Muhammad Ali

How Technology effeting creativesM.Anwar

Positive & negitive effect of facebook on our sociatyWaseem Anwar

Dedicated to Nepal & Naltar Crash Mr. Tahir Butt

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Azzme Jawan

Pakistan is a beautiful country; it has been blessed with vast lands, high mountains, long rivers and unprece-dented weather systems. Its geography has given it a pivotal and yet strategic

role in High Asia as well as the South Asian region. Its lands are fertile and its mountains serve as its natural defenders. One of the largest chains of riv-ers makes it best suited for agriculture in the world.

Having that much resource in their hands, it was necessary that the people of Pakistan turn to be civilized, educated and well equipped with the modern day techniques and technologies, so that they have strong moral courage to stand and strive for development and social uplift.

Our youths make most of the population of the country. It is important that the youth be trans-formed and trained in such a way that they develop the habit of thinking and creativity so that they become an asset towards future-building. Have we

put in our best sincere efforts to make it all pro-ductive? A misdirected youth is like an unguided missile. Such a youth can waste its potentials and energies at a place where it is not required. So the question was how the potential and energy of a youth should be utilized?

Azm-e-Jawan was made with a clear objective of building a morally powerful and socially civilized lot of young and energetic people. Azm-e-Jawan was therefore raised to have a motto: “Give to the youth my sighs of dawn; give wings to these eaglets again, give piercing vision to those deprived of sight.” The same idea emerged from the minds of BUITEMS students. The intention was to lead the stray gazelle back to the sanctuary as powerful force, just for the sake of development of Pakistan.

Azm-e-Jawan is a bunch of talented and energet-ic, motivated and devoted youth. Having limited financial support, only a pocket money some-


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High Ambit ion,Winsome Speech,A Passionate Soul

time, they made it possible because of their strong willpower and determination. It means; if the intentions are honest and strong, the toughest of journeys can be made easy and adventurous. The immediate focus area was the rural area of the Haz-ara region.

Azm-e-Jawan loves those who work hard and want to get education. Through a network of over 5,000 people on the social media, the Azm-e-Jawan made it possible for the talented ones and financially weak students to pursue their ambition of learning in various educational institutes. The Azm-e-Jawan team has always shared its happy moments with the SOS children. They manage to celebrate Eids and observe national days with them to make them feel they are very much alive, loved and owned.

The Azm-e-Jawan organization advocates for se-curing the rights of citizens and common people. The youth under its banner offer their hand to help the district administration in order to plant trees and run campaigns to meeting targets of planting saplings.

Moreover, the provision of free medical services, free technical and formal education, and aware-ness of social issues, youth career counseling and youth capacity building remain to be the focus of young volunteers. Azm-e-Jawan looks forward to receiving assistance from stockholders and philan-thropists around the globe. It believes that one can achieve anything with determination and dedica-tion.


Ever remember the green blade of grass once handled with utmost care... or the soft touch of our fingers over the fragile wings of a butterfly on a spring afternoon in our child-

hood, or that memory of buying candy floss from a street vendor? What was it that made the memory so incredible and pristine that we cherish it to this day with all its vivid colours and sounds? Surely, we must have seen life with all its richness and beauty at that tender age so that it continues to captivate us, even after all these years, as a distant but power-ful image in the mind.

The modern age of digital communication can boast about everything in the universe except happiness. Can we truly claim to be happy today with the immense power of the internet that has brought to our reach everything through a mere click of a mouse... truly no less than the Alladin’s magic lamp.

A silent revolution is sweeping across the globe; most of us are unfortunate to be too engrossed with our multi tasking lives to pay attention to this new, and yet ironically ancient concept, that prom-ises the return of tranquility and contentment in our lives. This is the concept called ‘mindful-ness’, which is a state of active, open attention on the present moment. When you are mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a dis-

tance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to the rich experience of simply ‘being’.

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-mo-ment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mind-fulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them – without believing, for instance, that there’s a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practise mindful-ness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.

Though the concept has its historical roots in Bud-dhism, it received a complete makeover for the dig-ital age and entered the mainstream western life-style, through the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn. I first got a whiff of the concept during a conversation with a Finnish Psychiatrist, Dr Hanna Putkonen, in 2012, who considered it to be the elixir of life and a remedy to all the stressors of modern life. Being a psychiatrist and a conservative adherent of my faith, I initially dismissed it as yet another addition to the yoga, meditation and alternate treatments to life’s problems. However I became a staunch con-vert when I first watched Jon Kabat-Zinn speaking about the concept in a lecture and lo and behold!

“So let man take a close look at the food he eats” Quran 80:24

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MindfulCornerDr Mustafa


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I felt that the mindfulness could very well be the missing link in our lives. The example that struck a chord with me, was when Zinn described how we go through every single meal each day without re-alizing what we have eaten or how exactly it tasted or tingled our olfactory sense. We don’t have a clue, as to what we experience most of the time chiefly on account of our mind wandering in the past or future. Today mindfulness is a mantra I faithfully prescribe to all my patients and it has added to my treatment arsenal for depression, anxiety disorders and a number of other conditions that plague us.

It has provided me with a fresh perspective and view and has brought back the colours to a once dull and mindless pace of life. Buddhism may have introduced the concept but I firmly believe that Islam perfected it when it prescribed a specific way of prayer involving intense focus and mindfulness five times a day.

The techniques used for mindfulness are simple and practical and I hope to elaborate upon them in ‘the mindful corner’ in future.

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T he exodus of manpower from developing countries to the developed countries, for better opportunity or better future, is a global phenomenon. But the most common – and detrimental of course – is the migration of our well-versed educated lot.

The recent trend of globalization has been characterized as the flow in exchange of goods, services, capital, and informative services and at high level qualified skilled labor. This transformation of skill is known as ‘brain drain’.

There are two factors which enforce an individual towards brain drain: “Push Factors”, which enforce one to leave the country due to political or economic instability; and “Pull Factors”, which allure one towards progress and development. Being a developing country Pakistan is confronted with the great loss of highly skilled workers going to greener pastures. Though the gov-ernment offers high incentives in order to retain a critical number of engineers, scientists, and other professionals in their countries, yet the survey conducted by South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes identifies that the most important cause of the mass de-parture of skillful people has been identified as a desire to be part of global knowledge.

Developed countries specifically the Western Europe, the USA, and the Eastern Asia, led by Japan, established scientific networks com-prising of scientists from the developed and developing countries in order to build scientific capabilities.

The foremost reasons of migration are economic ones. Econom-ic reasons are known as one of the biggest reasons for the brain drain in any developing country. This category has job approval, academically progressive environment, improved pay and service circumstances. A recent study by the World Bank identifies that the

The Brain Drain In Pakistan


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shortage of skilled workers in a country is the main cause of its poor industrial growth and development.

Secondly, all the skilled and intelligent students are not able to befittingly get the superior opportunities to progress well, and this is the main reason that the country faces the brain drain situation. No doubt the skilled brains are one of the important factors towards the uplift and development of a country or nation, but this drainage hinders the nations to a greater extent. The very drainage of talented individuals, not only hampers the development process, but it also decreases the per capita income as well.

Thirdly, another major reason of the brain drain is the political in-stability prevalent in the country or in the mindsets of the causes a nation to lose its genesis. Such instability has brought the biggest rise in the brain drain in Pakistan.

The governments need to join hands together, sit together and ponder over to formulate a well thought out strategy in order to stop the brain drain. There needs to be more like diplomatic solutions with the help of which they can bring full stop to all the conflicts and brain drain

problems.

Experts say a number of people leave the country in a desper-ate situation, thus leaving the country itself unstable, econom-ically chaotic and in desperation. They swamp foreign countries’ embassies with visa applications, and according to a survey, the biggest number of applications are for the British visas where doctors, lawyers, IT profession-als, etc are leading the exodus, whereas the laborers and farm-hands are joining the queues of malnourished people who gather daily outside the US Embassy in Islamabad. “In Pakistan, the value placed for a scientist with an advanced level degree is Grade 17 with a salary that is totally insufficient to meet the basic requirements of a family,” said a dismayed PhD in Molecular Biology.

It is possible to provide the emigrated elite of a developing country with sufficient incen-tives to re-migrate even if they have already been living abroad for a long time and have not yet built up any productive contact to their country of origin. Highly skilled value-added textile work-ers have been thrown out of job

due to power shortages. Some of them are running three-wheel rickshaws. Highly skilled carpet artisans are working in unskilled labor markets as they cannot find work in carpet knitting. Adding to this, even qualified doctors are joining civil service, leaving their profession for good because the chances of promo-tion in civil service cadre are brighter.

The Agha Khan Medical Univer-sity conducted a study about the brain drain (of doctors) from Pa-kistan. As per the research 95% of the students of AKU and 65% students of BU want to emigrate due to poor salary in Pakistan along with poor quality of train-ing and work environment this is now added with poor law and order situation.

To conclude, the brain drain is a very complex and vast phenomenon. In this respect a brief description about the main reasons of brain-drain and possi-ble measures to tackle this issue in Pakistan’s context has been given. To stop this brain drain the government needs to react as a strong opponent.

Similarly, it should act with a positive mindset, which may help not only an individual but in the development of Pakistan as well. For the very purpose

the government should employ those pull factors which enable to magnetize the skilled. The pull factors of the migration are higher wages and income along with job mobility, also most of the clients consider professional career development as a pull factor to move.

Moreover, most of the emigrants consider foreign degrees and modern educational system as an attractive thing to move; in short most of them consider social security is a big reason for leaving their homeland. Special schemes in various academic fields should be launched with a view to encouraging talents and career strengthening. At the government level new projects, Diasporas and networks must be encouraged to reimburse the loss of qualified workers residing abroad. Good practices in human resource planning and management is very important step for easing educated persons at their right place. It is also important for holding highly skilled manpower to provide them technical and financial assistance. Steps must be taken in the best interest of Pakistan; otherwise we will lose more and more competent people. I repeat, it is important.


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a. Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft. Achieved specialization in three

Microsoft Office Programs; Microsoft Office Word 2010, Microsoft Office Power point 2010 and

Microsoft Office Outlook 2010.

b. US President’s Award for Educational Excellence in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Excellence 2012.

c. “Student of the Month” Award presented by South Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

d. Global leaders ACT: for holding the keys to Global Leadership: Academics, Citizenship and Technology.

e. “Student of the Year” Award from Monroe Middle School.

f. Member of National Junior Honor Society which is the nation’s premier organizations estab-lished to recognize outstanding students

g. Achieving the highest GPA of 4.43 in Monroe Middle School.

h. “Outstanding Eagles Student” Award for Academic Excellence in Monroe Middle School.

i. “Reading Counts Award” for reading most books and passing most quizzes related to novels.

YOUTHPRIDE OF

Nimra Yousaf is the eldest child of Briga-dier Muhammad Yousaf Awan. Owing to father’s service she studied at numerous schools with changing faculties and classes. Brig Yousaf was selected as Strategic planner at US CENT-COM at Tampa, Florida in 2011, while she was studying in Army Public School Kohat.

The remarkable modest young student has a special thirst for knowledge. Since her childhood she has always been a shining, intelligent and hardworking student yet changing over to an all together differ-ent schooling model and environment in a differ-ent country was an uphill task she managed it very

courageously and had always kept the flag of the country high. She is an extremely patriotic girl who wishes to achieve greatness and project her home-land, Pakistan. Throughout her school life, she has been actively participating in both curricular and extracurricular activities. With her hard work she has brought laurels to her institutions and parents.

After being shifted from APS kohat to Monroe Middle School, Tampa, Florida, she adjusted herself in record time and was recognized as the brightest student.

She was honored for the highest Grade Point Aver-age in the state of Florida which was (4.43).

Few glimpses of her other achievements are listed below


FACE TO FACE

Yes that is right! 80% of the teach-ers working in the private sector of Pakistan are female. Moving away from gender bias, what else do they have in common? After

reading a few articles, I have realized that approx-imately 80% of the teachers working in private sector are unmarried and living with their parents or brothers. Their families have no respect for their profession. But here, we cannot blame the families. As a nation, Pakistani people don’t understand the key role that teachers play in nation building. This is because, while other nations are planning for their future, we are so busy in surviving today; tomorrow’s planning is nowhere close to our list of priorities. We can value a teacher only if we can value tomorrow. Teachers must be given due respect, so that she can feel special and have a posi-tive impact in the class room.

I am not much related or have a direct interface with the classrooms, but as far as historic research is concerned, the challenge of classroom manage-

ment or discipline tops the list of school’s manage-ment priorities. 40 to 75% of the classroom time gets wasted on managing the learners, which is the major chunk of teaching and learning time. Some-times external trainers are called for help, who overload the teachers with the management tech-niques instead of addressing the reasons for having low self-esteem. Let’s address this issue now! Our society value females ONLY when they are married and there is a stigma attached to crossing 25 and not getting married. No matter what her capabilities are, her family members (including her mother) and friends make her feel terrible.

So here is the scenario. The teacher is single; her family is busy finding a suitable mate for her. At least once a fortnight she hears the news that she has been rejected. Then she comes to school, where she is congested with the management techniques and directives. And now you have 24 to 30 children acquiring lower self-esteem from their teacher on permanent basis and then they spew that out in the form of disciplinary problems.

I think these challenges need attention and we must start thinking about resolving these challenges

with suitable strategies for better tomorrow.

Sadaf Taimur


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Let’s flip the side now. Teachers want money be-cause in Pakistan, the society has taught the young generation to think about today, only. And for today’s luxury, they need money. They do not have time for self-development and hard work. Due to this, I

predict that visionary leadership will get extinct. We need glory without hard work. And in a long run this will become a concrete block in the path of our success.



G WA D A R T O B E C O M E T R A D E P O I N T F O R M A N Y S H I P P I N G R O U T E S I N R E G I O N

Abdul Shakoor KhanAbdul Shakoor , quetta based journalist, working with premier news agency Associated press of Pakistani (APP).

With its sparkling blue waters, Gwadar is set to become a vital trading point as it connects many shipping routes.

• Pakistan and China are keen to turn it into a symbol of their expanding cooperation in future.

• Gwadar Port is a gateway of China-Pa-kistan Economic Corridor.• The project would serve as primary gate way for trade between China and the Middle East and Africa.

• China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project is one of the massive uplift projects of Pakistan that will give boost to the economic growth of Baloch-istan.

• “Some international forces don’t want success of the CPEC project and all political parties should be taken on board to make the project a success”.

• Besides China-Pakistan Economic Corri-dor project, Chinese government also plans 21st century Maritime Silk Road, and One Belt One Road projects which would have transformative impact on Pakistan’s economy.

• Ports are considered vital sources of eco-nomic growth in the world and we have to realize the essence of maritime economics. The connec-tivity which Gwadar enjoys has even not blessed to Dubai and Singapore.

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ROUT E TO SUCCESS

MEMOIR FORTHE SOUL

Roha Gul

I had not seen the world yet. Only on celluloid and paper. All I had was a very limited experience. Limited to my imagination, to the heart and soul. It was a want, or maybe a need for me to get out, to be free. When you want it, you need it, and God! Did I need it…Which destination I will first visit? What places and streets I’ll walk through? It was all very exciting, deciding where to go, what places to visit? And it wasn’t too

long when the big day finally arrived. I got on board with the fears of planes in my heart, heading towards my first destination.

My very first destination was Germany, and I started putting my feelings in order. Was I hap-py? Yes. Was I scared? YES! It was a whole new continent, a whole new way of living, a whole new location and a whole new experience. I’m only kidding, you should hope.

A little background on Germany: Germany is a federal parliamentary republic, located in western – central Europe with a population of 82 million. Germany is a home to cars, beer, bread and philosophers like Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.

Germans were very welcoming and there’s no doubt that they made us feel like home .I stayed in Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was stunning .So beautiful and clean as if untouched by the man’s destroying desire for wealth and power. It was modern, sleek and inspiring. Every-where I went, I could see public displays of art, affection, anger and hurt. As if no one existed except them. And I guess that was a good way to live. To not care about what people had to say, to be free of the restraints imposed by the society. Needless to say, it was a much needed breeze of fresh air.

In Germany I saw walls splashed with graffiti all over, musicians playing the tunes along the roadside, a public microphone placed by the train station where anyone could sing if they’d like and believe me those places were never short of an audience.

I together with a group of people lived in a hostel. Every evening, for dinner, we went to this Indian restaurant on foot. We would pass this bridge and from there we witnessed the most beautiful sunset and I swear it was the brightest shade of orange, the sun ever wore. That was the first sunset of my stay in Germany.

The next morning we took the route to our assigned destination and believe me the way to the destination was in itself much more fascinating. Enroute to the destination we saw people of every race, color, creed coming together for a drink, making music, eating, laughing and dancing.


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Our mornings were occupied with the distress of getting off on the right station so that we wouldn’t get lost in a city where it was so easy to lose one’s way. I had a total of three weeks, to store all the precious moments I could have, in stock.

As we all know, or have heard, one of the most famous landmarks for Germany is the stalwart Berlin Wall. Berlin Wall is a barrier that separated East Berlin from West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Since day one all we ever wanted was to witness this great Wall with our bare eyes. We grew tired of waiting, days kept on passing by. We asked and our questions went unanswered. Everyday we used to pass by a wall full of graffiti and indescribable paintings, oblivious to the fact that it was actually the great Berlin Wall, in all its glo-ry, tattooed with paintings, art, writing and notes. There were love notes, slogans, lyrics, anything and everything one could ever imagine was right there on the wall. It felt as if the wall had been erected from the hearts and souls of the locals.

Never had I seen something so mesmerizing. It went on for miles and miles. There was this one saying by Varda Carmeli that was painted on in bold letters, which went some-thing like…

“Lead me on my dreams among differ-ent time and space. To share hope with nations and believers. To observe with modesty the pure truth. And to reveal prudently the magic and the mystery.”

I wrote my name on the wall too. I wanted it to be known by all, that I had been there. I guess the attempt was futile since all I had was a ballpoint and I barely scraped the surface. If you ever go there, and see the tiny scribbles next to the painted flames. Guess what? That’s me.

I used to go on walks at night with my friends, just


walking on the roads, turning towards every corner possible, never worrying for anything to happen. There was peace. There was a calmness in the air.Streetlights were lit and we were together. That is what mattered. We roamed the areas many times, laughing, observing, taking pictures and most importantly learning.

We also went to universities, visited malls, cinemas, castles, theme parks; every place welcomed us with good weather and great people.

Those were the days when the world cup for soccer was going on too. Germany was in the finals with Argentina. We had watched every match before that one and were more than determined to watch the grand finale so we chose our little restaurant as the venue and gathered over there cloaked in German flag , painted in three colors; red, black and gold.

The city was buzzing and going crazy.

Germany won that match! We walked out of the building screaming on top of our lungs. It was like someone had mixed something in the air, we were overwhelmed with excitement and euphoria. Everywhere we looked, there were hundreds of

people celebrating out on the streets. They laughed, clapped, chanted and screamed. I had never felt more alive and at ease.

And finally the last day of the stay came, it was a dilemmatic one.

I returned home with a heavy heart but with a bag full of beautiful stories to share. It was a journey in to the world where I found my true self.

In the end I have a very important message for my readers. Travel! Go out and explore the world. I urge you to broaden your horizons. There is so much to learn from the world. So much to see. Make that decision, go there. You will never re-gret something that taught you what you didn’t know before. You have one life to live, do the justice, make it worth living.



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Binqulander, a versatile Calligraph-artist, was

born in Lahore. He obtained a Bachelors of Fine Arts

in Miniature Painting and did his final thesis in digital

lenticular from the National College of Arts, Lahore

(2009). Prior to a Diploma in Calligraphy (2010), he

worked as a graphic designer for ten years. In his Cal-

ligraph-art he uses strong colours and emphasize on

design, which combines geometry with bold swirls

of shapes. With a miniaturist’s attention to detail, he

builds his work in layers using acrylic, silver leaf and

mix medium. The final effect is that the creatively in-

terpreted Arabic or Urdu scripts acquire rich abstract

forms. In doing so, Binqulander transported minia-

ture painting into the realm of contemporary art.

He challenges medium-based restrictions by exper-

imenting with scale and media. Such media include

animation, video, performance, mural, and collab-

oration with other artists. Binqulander, working on

his first animation, a natural extension of his interest

in layering. He was working on a miniature painting

and decided to scan in Photoshop each change he is

trying to document the metamorphosis of the work.

Binqulander has had five solo shows, including those

in Lahore, Karachi, UAE and participated in several

group exhibitions in Pakistan, UAE, USA, Oman and

in Malaysia. Binqulander conducted six workshops

including those in Pakistan, UAE and Oman.


HEART TO ART

Entrepreneurship is a key element towards the erad-ication of unemployment and supporting the social, political and economic con-

ditions of any state, as it gives and creates opportunity for employment. With that entrepreneurial education benefits the entrepreneurship as observed by Charney, in his book “Impact of Entrepreneurship Education Insights”. Due to this, it has been the mode of discussion through decades by scholars and economical think tanks throughout the world.

Self Conf idence The Driving Force towards Entrepreneurial Intent

Entrepreneurship is the creativity of busi-ness ideas which materializes into big ven-tures and those ventures help support the nation. For this, the entrepreneurial intent is the force that makes the entrepreneurs motivated, practically. Entrepreneurs lead themselves through big time lapses and troubles; only one thing keeps them going and fighting to all odds and that is how well they are trained.

In this article which is an abstract of a re-search paper published in an international

journal, the focus is on the factors which affect the entrepreneurial intent of the students. Business stu-dents are the key in entrepreneurial field and if they are trained well on the grounds from their university level, they are much mature to hold the market after few years.

Affecting factors are extracted as perceived structural support i.e. governmental support programmes. Perceived relational support includes relatives, family and friends; Per-ceived educational support includes the educational structural support in our institutes especially universities.

The attitude towards entrepreneur-ship is self motivation level towards business and self confidence as driving force affecting over the en-trepreneurial intent of students. Self confidence came out as the power to be reckoned with in extracting and pushing the entrepreneurs to achieve their goals.

These factors were one by one measured and proved by getting the results analyzed through 400 samples of the questionnaires distributed, 100 each, in four different universities in Pakistan, including two private and two public universities. The related results were then compared together


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to see where the private and public institutes stood in terms of entrepreneurship studies and motivations.

The key factor affecting the entrepreneurial intent is the self confidence. In Pakistan where we lack entrepreneurial support systems, only one thing which is even then making entrepreneurs striving ahead to be entrepreneur is the self confidence. Self confidence is the only defining factor which drives the entrepreneurs to achieve their objectives besides all odds.

It is to be noted that this research does not stick to only the market within Pakistan but in fact the references are taken in a way in which Pakistan is compared to the international standards and countries that have taken measures in terms of enhancing their educational support, structural support, relational support towards making the young students more motivated in the field of business. More importantly this includes countries like Turkey, China, Malaysia, the USA, Europe, Peru and India.

This research finds problem, gives comparative analysis, and more importantly, gives solution of how to deal with this

problem and what measures should be taken in Pakistan.

The best solution recommended is that all business students should be trained and motivated with attitude of being entre-preneurs rather than being on a job. And suggested to all edu-cation policymakers and universities to sit together and make ruling of not allotting degrees to business students unless they don’t end up establishing small or big but their own business ventures.

Through this more business educated brains will get into the market and within 10 years this policy will dynamically and revolutionarily change Pakistan’s local market to international standards and will extend support to greater extent to the employment problem of the state.For a preview of this complete research paper you can see:Citation: “FACTORS EFFECTING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENT AMONG BUSINESS STUDENTS OF PAKISTAN UNIVERSITIES”, by Bilal Bangash.

Available online at http://www.journalcra.com Interna-tional Journal of Current Research Vol. 6, Issue, 02, February,

2014 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH. ISSN: 0975-833X


As technology improves every day, new developments are constantly infiltrating our lives. Whether it’s the way you shop, how you com-municate with friends, the job you

do, or the way you travel, technology is transform-ing the way we behave.

1. The Internet has become a main source of medical information. It goes without saying that more and more people are using the Internet to research their medical issues. This means not only looking up symptoms, but exploring treatments and medicines on the web. While it is never a good idea to skip out on the doctor completely, the Inter-net has made patients more empowered to make decisions about what to do next.

2. Healthcare facilities are reaching patients us-ing social media. It is easy to see how public clinics, doctor offices, and even research facilities can take advantage of social media tools to reach wider populations. And there is evidence that they are going above and beyond. Healthcare facilities, par-ticularly hospitals, are using social media to estab-lish contact with patients, answer questions about practices, launch public awareness campaigns, and perform community outreach. Some sophisticated sites even offer instant chats with nurses and doc-tors about medical issues and reminders for people

to get regularly needed tests and vaccines.

3. Better treatment and less suffering. Let’s not forget the most obvious way technology has changed healthcare by providing new machines, medicines, and treatments that save lives and im-prove the chance of recovery for billions. Not only do sophisticated medical practices help patients heal directly new technology has also improved research so experts can make healthcare even more effective.

4. Improved patient care and worker efficiency. Information technology has made patient care safer and more reliable than before. Nurses and doctors use hand-held computers to record a patient’s medical history and check that they are administering the correct treatment. Results of lab tests, records of vital signs, and medicine orders are all electronically put into a main database that can be referred to later. And as more institutions are adopting electronic health records, patients have easier access to their own information so they too can understand what is being done to them. These electronic databases are also consolidating large amounts of information that are used for medical research. With vast patient history, scientists can better study trends and causes of ailments. This means more breakthroughs to come.

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5. Doctors are easier to reach and better at their jobs. Technology has also enabled doctors to use e-mail, texts, videos, and conference facilities to consult colleagues from all over the world. This practice, known as telemedicine, is especially use-ful for doctors and patients in rural and under-de-veloped areas. Without moving patients, doctors can consult experts from all over the world to diag-nose, treat, and research conditions without need-ing access to a sophisticated hospital. Telemedicine was used effectively after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and will no doubt be refined for future use.

6. Online databases can accurately predict medi-cal trends. Of course, not every person who search-

es for “flu” is actually sick, but a pattern emerges when all the flu-related search queries are added together. We compared our query counts with traditional flu surveillance systems and found that many search queries tend to be popular exactly when flu season is happening. “By counting how often we see these search que-ries, we can estimate how much flu is circulating in different countries and regions around the world.”

This breakthrough will help medical experts re-spond to outbreaks quickly as well as take preven-tative measures as more and more people use the web to search for their own medical problems.


Positive and Negative Effects of Facebook on Our Society

A lthough Facebook was created with the concept of allowing students and young adults to share their common interests, but with the time passing, it has lost its true essence. Started often as a time pass, it be-comes an addiction which is annoying at times. As a

matter of fact, Facebook is a very useful medium if used within certain limits. Let’s have a look over some of its positive and negative effects on society:

Positive Effects on Society• It is very beneficial for the ones who are far away from their loved ones and want to keep in touch, especially, it is found to be a great source of association for the armed forces personnel when they are far from their homes.

• Families settled abroad want to have strong communication link with their homeland and its inhabitants.

• It is very helpful for people who feel shyness in social inter-action. It is a useful source to make friends and share your thoughts easily.

• Persons who are restricted to their homes due to any sort of disability or environmental factors find a way to deal with their isola-tion.

• You are able to get connected with old friends and refresh your bond.

• It also helps people to find online friends with common inter-ests living in different locations and then make this virtual friendship a real world friendship.

• When you are caught up in a tiring task and want a quick refreshing break, Facebook proves to be highly favorable.


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Negative Effects on Society• The biggest drawback of Facebook is that it has a very narrow border line between favorite pass time and addic-tion. One starts using it initially to catch friends and ultimate-ly ends up with a lot of lavish time in taking playful quizzes and exploring various Facebook applications.

• It is quite distracting if not used within limits, for instance, a student may adopt the habit of updating his online status twice an hour. This is the reason that you will find many adults stick to their mobile phones and laptops to check social networking websites frequently.

• People busy in their lives feel easy to communicate through Facebook but at times it becomes very annoying when virtual communication takes place of real life meetings.

• Being a part of your family members’ life is good, but knowing about each and every moment of others personal lives can prove to be very dangerous at times. Involving others even in your small decisions or forcing your ideas in others decisions is hazardous for personal liberty.

• Facebook has given rise to gossiping as well, as people have found an easy way to get updates about others personal lives.

Finding the Right Balance

It is difficult, yet very important to find a right balance between entertainment and burden. Use Facebook positively to share your thoughts and keeping yourself aware of the surroundings, but don’t cross the safe distance. Try to catch friends weekly or monthly rather than updating them moment to moment.


How Technology Is Affecting Creatives!

T here is no doubt at all that tech-nology has advanced, changed and in some cases destroyed the way creatives create, develop and present work. The developments of

technology in the last few years has brought society into a new world but has it truly given us all such a positive bounty – the art world’s top names discuss creativity and craftsmanship in new Liberatum film, ‘Artistry/Technology’.

Directed by Pablo Ganguli and Tomas

Auksas in a 13 minute docu-film they present us with some of the greatest creative minds of our time responding to the technological revolution in their industries. The visionaries involved include: David Hockney, Francis Ford Coppo-la, Susan Sarandon, MIA, Marc Quinn, Miranda July, Frank Gehry , Ed Ruscha and Brett Ratner have all revolutionized their industries.

It provides us with insightful opinions and dis-cussion on how our world has changed and how


T ECH EFFECTS

“Everyone is walk-ing down the street and not paying at-tention to what’s go-ing on or constantly taking pictures of their food and their lives and not in their food or their lives.” Susan Sarandon

The first technology is brushes, pencils, pens, things like that – the technol-ogy that you draw with. I got an iPhone and then I found you could draw on it. I’d draw flowers and things, I made about 200 drawings. Then I read about the iPad, so I thought, well the moment the iPad’s out I’ll get that, because drawing on a bigger thing would be better. – David Hockney.

creatives are benefiting and empowering technolo-gy to fuel creativity. Some respond with a positive outlook and grasp this technology with both hands such as Hockney. Others like Francis Ford Coppola comment on the obvious we take for granted such as moving image and Marc Quinn finds most inter-esting the fine line between our physical world and our virtual world.

However not all are majorly positive on technology due to the fact we rely on it so much and the addic-tion we have with it. Susan Sarandon comments on our dysfunctional relationship with the world due

to technology and MIA responds with respect to those who have grown up without it.

Co-director Tomas Auksas com-ments that “It is an exciting time to be an artist” which I believe is true for those adapting to it. Channelling creative vision is complex and the relationship not only the creative industry has with technology but also other indus-tries can be a tricky. The film itself does not give a final conclusion however it does provide an insight of opinions and discussion.



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Education, what does it mean?

To read or write?

Or pass the time cramming?

Which would never get into your mind…

Have u ever noticed?

There is nothing except education,

Beneficial for us,

In this whole wide world.

It’s an absurd idea!

Not to be educated,

As illiteracy ruin’s the person’s life,

He becomes deteriorated and useless.

World Demands EducationBy Alishba Batool

YOUNGWRITERS

A Paean of PraiseHamza FuadOn the border they are fighting

About them i am writing

They don’t fear guns or knives

Having a bold heart in their chest

They are giving God their lives.

We’re all lonely and broken people.

We’re all waiting to be completed.

We’re all seeking the Grand,

And that what keeps us breaking

We expect, we want, but we don’t do.

We demand, we complain, but we don’t try.

And so, we keep on breaking.

Leaving the Earth beneath the feet shaking

Till the Nothing also fades and we’re empty…

“Shape without form, shade without color,

Paralyzed force, gesture without motion;

Remember us—if at all—not as lost

Violent souls, but only

As the hollow men

The stuffed men”

…We must accept that hand and let it fit in ours.

We must accept the light and let it dominate the dark.

We must give ourselves to be taken by others.

We must accept, to eventually be accepted.

And only then, the Grand will come rushing to us on its own.

With all its fulfilling ideas, dominating the Nothing, only then, we can be completed.

The Grand NothingNoor Ul Huda


KIDS CORNER

Never Unsaid ArslanI never want this to go unsaid,

And so this poem is for all to be said.

There are no words to express how much you mean to me,

A son like you, I thought could never be.

Because the day you were born, I just knew,

God sent me a blessing- and that was you.

For this I thank Him every day,

You are the true definition of a son, in every way.

It is because of you that my life has a meaning,

Becoming a mom has given me a whole new set of feelings.

I want you to know that you were the purpose of my life,

Out of everything I did- it was you that I did, flawlessly right.

Always remember that I know how much you care

I can tell by the relationship that we share.

For a son like you there could be no other,

And whether we are together or apart,

Please do not ever forget-

You will always have a piece of my heart

The sincerest love is the love for food,

But what do you do when you’ve got weight to lose.

I’m bored to death; I need to go online,

But what do, load shedding has no fixed time.

I watch T.V and that’s all I do,

But what to do when revision in school seems new?

Allah is the creator of all and is to be obeyed,

But what do when people have lost faith?

Sixteen billion people on the mother earth,

But what to do when no one knows its worth?

The moon, the stars, the rainbow, the sun,

I wish electricity could be supplied by any one.

There is so much to do like exploration and invention,

But what to do when you’re stuck in detention?

Hit the books to get good scores,

But what to do when exams are so close?

My neighbor bullies me and my mom says to fight back,

But what to do when her karate belt is black?

What to do?

WHAT TO DO? Armna Khan


the bestRonaldo


SPORT IVO

Ahmed Akhtar

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiroor, mostly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is one of the greatest players in the history of football. Belonging to a humble background, he is the youngest son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis

Aveiro. He has one brother and two sisters. His father was a farmer, after he died Ronaldo’s mother became a cook. Ronaldo is named after a Holly-wood star and President Ronald Reagan.

Fortune favors the brave; Ronaldo got selected for Clube Desportivo Nacional of Madeira. After winning the heart of his team and Europe, he joined the Manchester United, an English Premier League Club in 2003. A goal machine for Manchester United, who put them on the top, liter-ally moves like a ghost on field. No one could even see the ball while he dribbles, the ruling king of the football. No one would even dare to snatch the ball from him. But then a grim day came for Red devils, when he was sold to a Spanish league’s Giant club named Real Madrid. His selling price was whooping $131 million.He became even better in Real Madrid and became the ultimate goal machine. He was on the top until a new player named Lionel Messi rooted from Argentina and played in Barca Club arrived and became the top player. From then onwards famous feud between Ronaldo and Messi came forth, but Ronaldo is still going strong, also having more social media followers than Messi. Ronaldo is more reputable than even from Eden and more expensive than emerald from oceans.

In the latest estimates CR7 would cost another club more than 141 million Euros. Ronaldo is a kind hearted man. Even if Messi is his biggest rival, Ronaldo thinks of him as a friend and every documentary and blog we see about their rivalry, one has always read that Ronaldo and Messi are actually folks. His humanitarian work is proudly to be mentioned here as Ronaldo donates half of his salary to the poor and needy people. He loves his fans. In professional eyes, Ronaldo is still the best player of the world because he has true sportsman spirit. Last but not the least, no money can separate CR7 from the love of football.


start ups need constant boost of great motiva-tion and psychological peace. To prevail the stability of effective

motions and sustainable emotions they do different selective thera-pies. Music is one of the inflential therapy in mood canging and uplifting of zeal in any person so with this regard, we dig out few songs which enhance positivity, srtive hard and optimistic nature . For entrepreneurs We bring these songs as must have to add in their play list:

Entrepreneurer songs:

DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win feat. Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-Pain & Snoop DoggJay-Z Ft. Kanye West – Who Gon Stop MeMac Miller – Donald TrumpRick Ross – Aston Martin Music ft. Drake, Chrisette MicheleDrake – Started From The Bottom (Explicit)50 Cent – If I Can’t


MUSICARIUMBilal Bangash

Born in 1989, in the small and fasci-nating Assisi, Mariano Di Vaio leaves Italy very soon, just eighteen, to pursue his actor and model ca-reer: one year in London, working

as a model, and then in New York City, to study acting at NYFA.Back to Europe, he continued his professional career as a model, quickly obtaining magazine covers and collaborations with top interna-tional brands (i.e. cavalli, brunello cucinelli,

gucci)In March 2012, he opened his own blog, www.mdvstyle.com, a digital magazine dedicated to men’s passions: no just fashion, but also life-style, sports, travel, music and movies.The growth of the blog, combined with his of-ficial profiles active on social networks, made Mariano one of the most influent worldwide fashion blogger, able to reach, on a daily basis, millions of people.


STYLE DE MODA

Nina Khakwani, is a home econ-omist and nutritionist. She did diploma of a professional chef from the College of Tourism and Hotel Management (COTHM), and did cooking courses from Jordan, USA and other countries. These courses included Dessert Making, Baking, Cocktail Drinks, and Wedding Cake Decoration by Taimi Morris in Alabama, USA, Dress Designing and Interior Designing. She loves to cook Continental, Chinese, Italian, Mughlai and Arabic dishes. you would realize that this all speaks of her passion and obsession as a home economics man-ager as well as a nutritionist. She has shown her cooking abilities on Masala TV also. Enjoy and do not forget to share your feedbacks at [email protected]

Asian Chicken SaladServes 62 tablespoons brown sugar2 teaspoons soy sauce1 tablespoon sesame oil (optional)1/4 cup vegetable oil3 tablespoons rice vinegar1 (8 oz.) package dried rice noodles1 head iceberg lettuce, rinsed, dried, and chopped4 boneless chicken breast halves, cooked and shredded3 green onions, chopped1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

How do we do it• Prepare the dressing 30 minutes ahead of time by combining the brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, salad oil, and rice vinegar in a salad dressing carafe.

• To prepare the Chinese rice noodles, heat a skillet with a few tablespoons of oil and break off a little bit of the noodles and add them to the skillet and fry them. They will puff up in the skillet, so only add a few at a time. As they begin to puff up, remove and drain them on paper towels. Be sure to cook long enough as the under cooked noodles will be like eating needles. Once cooked, add them to the salad mixture.

• In a large bowl combine the iceberg lettuce, cooked and shredded chicken, green onions and toasted sesame seeds. Let chill about 10 minutes, and just before serving add the cooked rice noodles.

• Serve in salad bowls and offer the dressing in a pourable container so your family can add as much dress-ing as they want. You can also pour the dressing over the top of the salad, toss, and serve immediately.

The Fortune FoodShood presents Recipes by Nina Khakwani


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