Role of Karachi's Women in Peace Maintenance

A T.V show "Karachi ki baat" (aaj tv channel show), recorded in Jinnah University for Women. It was hosted by Rizwan Jaffar. The guest were Mrs Alia Burni (social worker) and runs Sarim Burney trust. Sheema Kirmani (artist), Shumaila Naqvi (advocate high court, social activist). Dr. Yasmine sultana (hod of department media studies in J.U.W). The topic was the role of women in the development of infrastructure and promotion of peace in Karachi. Initially, they discussed the importance of women,the image of women in society. Very well known artist Sheema Kirmani said that society is facing difficulties because of men. Women don't create bad environment. She added that every individual girl has a right to take all important decision like education, to whom to marry and when to get marry. Its only her decision to take not others. The critical discussion started between the guests. Alia Burni stated that women are delicate although they are strong but in some cases women need advice of their parent and family because parent know how to protect and guide their children.The guests belonged to different mindsets. One was liberal and other was limited. The discussion then jumped to the topic that women are facing a lot of problems in society, for e.g in public bus, road, in jobs and in education as well. Finally in the last segment, they came to the point which was the role of women in development of Karachi. Dr Yasmin Sultana added we could over come it by educating the women because an educated society leads to a better society. Advocate Shumaila Naqvi added that by providing facilities and opportunities to the women, we could make the condition of Karachi better. The shows ended at the point that women are less corrupt and should be given a higher status because they are good planner and good managers.Alia Burni added that We should start owning our city. Once we started, doing so a lot of of problems will be resolved. Sheema Kirmani added that Terrorism should stop in this city and there should be peace and prosperity. The T.V show recording was good but due to the crucial topics discussed, the environment got tensed. Well the topic was very motivating and informative. If every individual act upon it, we will be able to overcome the problems of Karachi. It will also help in the development of Quaid's City and Karachi will again become the city of lights.

Impact of Valentine's Day on Society

Christians celebrate Valentine's Day every year on 14th February, in remembrance of a priest, named Saint Valentine, thus declaring the day to be "St.Valentine's Day." It is said that during the rule of Roman emperor Claudius II, marriage for young men was prohibited as he claimed that bachelors would make better soldiers. What valentine did was that he started to secretly perform marriage ceremonies but eventually he was caught up by the Romans and put to death. On the other side some said that when Valentine was imprisoned by Claudius, he fell in love with the daughter of his jailer. But before his execution, he supposedly sent her a letter signed "from your Valentine." It was strongly supported by Europeans and also followed by them, as 10% of world's population lives in Europe which is a very big figure. They started celebrating it as a festival and as a result the family system got destroyed. They made a spout relationship as a burden and not as a responsibility. To get rid of it, they found an easy way to avail all the comfort spouts have but without any responsibility of a family, thus their new generation became the victim of it. Many of them didn't know about their descendants. They were brought up by single parent which eventually effected their mental condition. Europe, the most developed continent, has the highest rate of mental disorder patients. Considering the cause of this malignant disease the West no more celebrates it the way it was celebrated in the beginning. Continent Asia also became the victim of this malignant disease and many teenagers are celebrating it with their loved ones. Some people are celebrating it in a different way to express their love to their parents, siblings and their dear friends, saying that it is the day to express love, forgetting the history of valentines day. Every society could thrive if it is mentally healthy. The new generation is the backbone of society. If society gets indulged in these types of things, it could not flourish to compete with the world.

Karachi Literature Festival

8th Karachi Literature Festival powered by Oxford University press is an amazing platform for those who look for good seminar. The speakers were very intellectual. It is not necessary that we listen what we want. It is a part of knowledge that we know every aspect of information. The speakers had a very open religious minds and done their job wonderfully. The audience of KLF belongs to the middle class of Pakistan. The motive was to grab the audience of middle class to make access to that group. The book stalls had a wonderful collection of books but some of them were very expensive that they were out of reach of common people. These types of festival should arrange to facilitate the common audience with knowledge as well as entertainment.