Elections 2013 Pakistan - Mission Accomplished

Elections 2013 have been phenomenal for two reasons: The amazing turnout at polling stations and the enthusiasm of the younger generation.

I have been following the election campaigns of various parties the whole month of April and the first ten days of May. The night before the Election Day, social media was abuzz with updates and activity. Being a social media expert I spent most of my night following news and posting timely updates on Facebook and Twitter.

On the morning of 11th May 2013, I excitedly headed out with my wife to cast my vote. The streets were almost empty but you could see massive lines in front of polling stations. That day was a historic day for Pakistan as it saw the highest percentage of vote casting.

Those Who Can't Do; Teach!

Education sector of the country has been one of the most corrupted divisions of government departments. It is noticeably as mediocre as it can get. The worst thing is that the ones sitting on top in giant cozy chairs don’t even realize how pivotal education is. 

Teaching is sacred

According to me, the basic yet most important factor that has been a major course of corruption is the recruitment of teachers. As much as it sounds normal, behind the scene it reflects the harsh reality. “You pay, you get” has been a general rule in education department. Most of the teachers are recruited regardless of their merit certificates or sanctions but either against money or some political or VIP source.

Let's Blame Blame!

The situation of Karachi has been at its worse recently. We see every political party emphasizing on getting things under control yet nothing effective has been seen. All we see is a blame game going on right now. Who should be blamed for the current instability; government or any other political party or police?

I say let’s get a broader view. The causes of current violence and killing spree are way more than mentioned above. It’s the birth of blunders and mess that we carried on since a long time. I will state few points that I personally believe are the root cause of today’s chaos.

eStar Seoul 2011: Frag eXecutors wins the title

Well I have never been more happier with any of my decisions lately except for the one of returning to gaming. This past week has been over the top for me with some serious Live action from overly exciting Gamescom 2011 and eStar Seoul 2011.

eStar Seoul 2011 Opening Ceremony

eStar Seoul 2011 Counter Strike 1.6 tournament took place from August 19-21 in the COEX D Hall. The tournament consisted of 16 teams and with total prize money of € 47,000.

o Frag eXecutors      o Spero Spera      o project_kr      o x6tence     

o ONEPIECE                 o mTw                 o fnatic             o UMX.us

o Natus Vincere        o mousesports     o WinFakt        o SiZ

o SK Gaming            o Lunatic-hai        o TyLoo            o UMX.tw

PAKISTAN MADE HISTORY: World Record for the Independence Day

On August 14, 2011 early Sunday, Pakistan sets the new world record for most people singing a national anthem at the D.A. ZamZama Club Stadium, Khadda Market, Defence Phase V, Karachi.

Event banner at venue

The event started on the eve of Saturday with the arrival of the participants right after Isha prayers. At that time the city was just recovering from the strike called by a political party. As the crowd seemed to gather for the cause the city witnessed a storm. A storm of heavy wind rain struck the city with all its might. at around 10:30pm. The water flooded the streets and heavy winds started to tear off everything that stood in its way. Even the venue was badly hurt by the pour down. The rain lasted around 20 minutes in Defence. The atmosphere became delightful. Passion for the country and the blessings in the form of rain drops made everyone more enthusiastic despite the wear and tear of wind storm.

Alienware BackPack Challenge 2011: Week 2 Results

Backpack Challenge - London

Finally, the results for 2nd week's Alienware Challenge are out. And to make me much happy, my friend Petya Jeleva (FoXaya) won this week's challenge.

Her hard work, dedication and creativity paid off this time. Last week she came second as much shock to us with Miguel Alonso taking the lead and winning 1st week's challenge. This time we made sure that her passion and sheer hard work pays off. Petya won this week by taking most number of votes and winning an extra €150 as bonus. This week's runner up is John Reilly taking up an extra prize of €100.

Many congratulations to Petya! May her winning streak continues and she pawn this year's edition of Alienware Backpack Challenge. Lot's of love and best wishes! xoxo

Aurangzeb "AGz" Durrani

One Nation! Still A Dream ..

Recently when I posted a picture on my facebook account, I got some negative critiques and obsessed comments. The picture contained the slogan "No Punjabi, No Sindhi, No Balochi, No Pathan - Only Pakistani".

*Picture in subject

People commented on this picture why "No Mohajir (Immigrants/Refugees)" isn't mentioned in the picture, this is unfair to them. I mean, come on! For God's sake. People are still stuck over this?

If even after almost 64 years you want to be called as Mohajir, I believe you should be ashamed. Why not to be called Pakistani instead? You couldn't own this country even after decades? Why are they so much obsessed with it? Why they get mad when they are not called Mohajir? They should get mad when they are not called or recognized as Pakistani.

I believe it's been long since they migrated, now this country is also your own. I believe every Mohajir living in Punjab is Punjabi, every Mohajir living in Sindh is Sindhi, every Mohajir living in Balochistan is Balouchi and every Mohajir in Frontier is Pakhtoon or Pathan. And above of all we are Pakistani.

Why this one nation dream is still a dream? Will this generation be able to get the privilege to see a united country? Or are we gonna die just like our grand fathers did, with the desire to be called as Pakistani and call others the same?

Let's unite now, it's never too late to get on path. Unity was the dream of the founder of this country. Unity was the dream of every sacrifice laid for this country. Unity was the hope of our forefathers. And unity is the wish of ours.

Be One! Be Green! Be Pakistani!

 

 

Aurangzeb "AGz" Durrani