From Conflict to Classroom.

 "The True Measure of Success" "I consider it essential to clarify that I am not a writer for the elite but rather a common man's writer. I have never been concerned with what the elite or aristocracy think about me. Throughout my long journalistic career, I have always advocated for the common man and the issues he faces. Today, I have come with another questionnaire. If I ask you, dear readers, how much you earn or how much you have earned, some of you will say you earn hundreds, thousands, lakhs, or even crores. I accept all your answers and pray for your prosperity, asking God to grant you more. But let's pause here. You may earn a lot, but if you haven't earned the prayers of the people, then all your earnings will be worthless in the court of the Almighty. Remember, prayers are not bought or sold; they are earned. Now, let's move on to the next question: where do you live? Some of you will say you live in a five-marla house, while others will say th...

  "Before I begin my story, I want to clarify that my intention is not self-promotion. If you ask me who is the greatest sinner among the eight billion people on this earth, my answer will point to myself. My purpose is to convey a message to my readers and the society that poverty and helplessness have a very different perspective. To explain, I use multi-grain flour because I am a diabetic patient. I go to a famous flour mill in Dera City and buy a mixed flour of bajra, maize, and wheat, which lasts me for about a month. I only eat two rotis a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and I don't eat lunch. One day, while I was buying flour, I saw an old woman wearing a worn-out burqa, with torn shoes on her feet. She asked the flour mill owner for 150 rupees worth of wheat flour. I was taken aback, thinking that the price of wheat flour is around 150-160 rupees per kilogram. How would she manage to survive with just one kilogram of flour? What about her children? How...

  "How did Imam-e-Inqilab Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi's 25-year exile in British India come to an end? (Maulana Sindhi is being welcomed by Allah Bakhsh Somro, the Prime Minister of Sindh, at the Karachi port.) Akmal Somro, Lahore The man who left Sikhism and accepted Islam, becoming a symbol of fear for the British Empire, was Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi. The British Empire, which considered him its greatest enemy, searched for him from India to Afghanistan, Russia, Turkey, and even the sacred land of Hijaz. It was the power of Imam Shah Waliullah's thought and the attention of Sheikh al-Hind that transformed Sindhi from copper to gold and from black soil to a diamond. The British Empire, which could not challenge Sindhi's power, political insight, and global influence until his death, considered him its greatest enemy. Sindhi realized that World War I had changed the map of world civilization and culture. The old philosophy, traditions, and imagination were being swept a...

  “All I Know Is That I Know Nothing.“ — Socrates Often considered one of the most famous quotes in all Western philosophy. For over 2,000 years many philosophers hold this saying from Socrates has profound philosophical implications. Similar to Socrates, Russell finds our beliefs and opinions can never have true certainty. While our beliefs and opinions are certainly our own, we can never know for sure if they are beyond question.  “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.“  Bertrand Russell  “The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.“Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell comments “All I Know Is That I Know Nothing.“ “The Platonic Socrates consistently maintains that he knows nothing, and is only wiser than others in knowing that he knows nothing; but...

 Educating the Privilege The state of education in Pakistan is nothing short of a crisis. Arguably, 95 per cent of school-age children are either not in schools or receiving substandard education. Most conversations and reforms, consequently, focus on the circumstances of the majority, and particularly out-of-school children. But, what also matters is the education of the remaining 5pc, approximately three million children, studying in institutions capable of giving excellent education. A nation’s fate hinges on the character and capacity of what Martin Luther King Jr calls a “creative dedicated minority”. Today, 95pc of kids are not getting a good education partly because of the decisions of a privileged minority of yesteryear. The fate of the country over the coming decades will depend significantly on the choices of those who will become the elite in the coming years. Privileged here refers not only to those who are directly in power but also to the intellectual, civil and econo...