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My take on Elections 2013 (Part 2)

By Farkhanda Qaiser Before the results of elections started pouring out, many people were anticipating large scale change in the national political scenario. I believe, changes did appear but not as expected. Change # 1: In Punjab and KPK: PTI was foreseen to sweep the province of Punjab and replace PML N to a largeContinue reading “My take on Elections 2013 (Part 2)”

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My take on Elections 2013 (Part 1)

By Farkhanda Qaiser A day to cherish, A day to celebrate, And most importantly, a day to ponder upon… Yes, I’m talking about 11th May 2013 – General Elections Day in Pakistan. For the first time in the short history of this country, young and old; rich and poor; educated and illiterate; healthy and disabled;Continue reading “My take on Elections 2013 (Part 1)”

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Jehad For Zero Thalassemia – A Mission, A hope

This blog was published in KemUnited on 3rd April 2012. By Farkhanda Qaiser On Wednesday, 28th March 2012 was held the Volunteers’ Convention of Jehad for Zero Thalassemia at University of Central Punjab. Above 40 enthusiastic kemcolians attended this convention. Around 35 being from the lively first year. Initially most of them had been enticedContinue reading “Jehad For Zero Thalassemia – A Mission, A hope”

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What goes around, comes around!

With changing times, values are changing as well. Sometimes, for the better, at others, for the worse. Here is a fictional story depicting the stark realities of the 21st century in which old parents are being increasingly abandoned by their children. Now it depends on us whether we follow the herd or decide for ourselvesContinue reading “What goes around, comes around!”

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Euthanasia-choice to die

This essay was given for the Biomedical Ethics Essay Competition 2010 organized by King Edward Literary Society (KELS) By Farkhanda Qaiser It was early spring. The birds were twittering on the brightly colored trees. A cool breeze was blowing at that ungodly hour of 5 in the morning. She’d suddenly woken up with aContinue reading “Euthanasia-choice to die”