Meet Pervaiz Khattak; the new Chief Minister of KP

Pervaiz Khattak belonging to the Manki Sharif village was born on 1^st January 1950 in Nowshera district. Pervaiz’s father Hashim Khattak was a notable figure, being a government contractor and also known among the leading builders in the pre-partition sub-continent. Khattak has received his early education from Aitchison College, Lahore completing from here the GCE Ordinary Level and the GCE Advanced Level. According to some sources it is also said that this was the same time when PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e -Insaf) chairman Imran Khan was also a student in Aitchison College. Moving on from Aitchison College, Khattak completed his graduation from Gordan College Rawalpindi.

Pervaiz Khattak

                    Pervaiz Khattak is the father of three sons and two daughters. His eldest son Ishaq Khattak is carrying on with the work of their company that their grandfather had established before Pakistan’s creation. And the other two sons, Ismail Khattak and Ibrahim Khattak are receiving education in United Kingdom.

Political Career of Khattak

Looking at the Political career of Khattak who is now designated as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa; as a member of the district council he started his career in 1983. Later he has been elected five times as the member of the KP assembly. He also remained a minister for industries twice and an irrigation minister when the government in KP was led by ANP (Awami National Party). Pervaiz also submitted his resignation in protest of corruption at the time of Provincial Coalition Governement.

As the now Chief Minister of KP

Pervaiz Khattak in initial stages had to join the independent group of KP when there was difference of opinions in the party leadership at the time when he was elected as a candidate backed by Qaumi Watan Party. He was also included in Provincial cabinet. But on December 2011 he gave his resignation provincial assembly, membership of provincial assembly, provincial assembly of Qaumi Watan Party and also from the parliamentary leadership of several members to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran Khan.

In 2013 election, in Nowshera, Pervaiz Khattak won the National Assembly seat NA-5 and Provincial Assembly seat PK-13 from the PTI platform.

Pervaiz Khattak with Imran Khan

Looking forward for Mr.Khattak:

Some unique instances associated with Khattak, are making the people of KP as well as in all over Pakistan to expect a bright future in his chieftainship. Such as he was once offered Rs 5 crore from a certain party but he refused to accept them and continued the consistency in his aims to never change his interests for personal gains. Pervaiz Khattak says that he is ready to reintegrate the people of KP and give requisite respect so to understand the issues of prevailing terrorism. He is of the mission to work with Nawaz Sharif and strive to eliminate terrorism from the country. In his this interview to BBC he also said that they would follow their agenda of resolving the issues by dialogues.

Looking forward to the Role Model government in the province that Khattak says will be seen in his reign, we hope that he lives up to his expectations.

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Lahore Fort - A Magnificent History

The Lahore Fort is the most popular historical landmark of Pakistan. It is located in the heart of Lahore, the capital city of the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It is locally known as ‘Shahi Qila’ which means the royal fort. It is the citadel of walled city of Lahore. Situated on north western side of the walled city, Nobody exactly knows when it was built originally, however, the existing base structure was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (1556-1606 AD), and regularly upgraded by subsequent rulers. Later the excavation and research proved that it was built way before 9th century AD. Because of importance and strategic location of Lahore Emperor Akbar ordered to replace the old mud structure with new fortified brick structure to withstand foreign aggression.


       Lahore fort is an extraordinarily beautiful example of Mughal architecture and engineering. Fort is divided into two sections. The larger section was for the public which includes large garden and diwan-e-aam (hall for common people). The second much smaller section was in use of royal family, it contains sheesh mahal (the mirror palace) small gardens and other residential buildings. Sheesh Mahal is one of the main attractions of Lahore Fort. It was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631. It is the most beautiful and decorated building in the entire Fort with complex and beautiful mirror work on walls and ceiling.


      Later in 1633 he built khwabgah (sleeping area), moti masjid (Pearl Mosque) and royal hamam (Bath). In 1645 dewan-e-khas (hall of special audience) was added to the fort under the order of Shah Jahan. Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir the son of shah jahan buit a massive Alamgiri Gate in 1674 AD, which is being used as a main entrance these days. He built it directly in front of the entrance of Badshahi Mosque, which was also built by him in 1673 AD. The Alamgiri Gate opens in a beautiful garden named ‘Huzuri Bagh’ which separates Lahore Fort from Badshahi Mosque. Hathi Gate(Elephant Gate) was in use as a main entrance before the construction of Alamgiri Gate. In that gate there is a huge staircase made for elephants which leads to the residential section of the fort.


During the Sikh era among other Mughal buildings Lahore Fort suffered great damage. During the British occupation of Indian subcontinent, the eastern wall of the fort was demolished and replaced by stepped structures which stand to this date. The extensive conservation and reconstruction work is in progress by the archaeology department, and most of the fort has already been restored to its original condition. The Lahore Fort was enlisted in UNESCO’s world heritage site list in 1981.

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Apple iPhones: More than Just a Cellphone

Today there is not a single person who is not familiar with the name of iPhone. iPhone is best known as the line of Smartphones designed and manufactured by Apple Inc. Well known products of Apple are iPod, iPhones, iPad and Mac PC’s. Operating system being used in iPhone is iPhone OS. Apple CEO of that time Steve Jobs steered the focus of their company more towards the smartphone and the development for of iPhones was started in 2004.

Apple iPhone

iPhone was released in June 2007. It was just only a GSM phone. However the later generations of iPhone introduces several new and significant features. iPhone is more popularized for the user interface built around a multi touchscreen with a virtual keyboard. It also includes WiFi, Bluetooth, Cellular Connectivity, Camera, Sensors, Networking, GPS navigation, web browsing, games and other features. Invention of iPhone has fundamentally changed the industry of Cellphones. In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said:

"the iPhone was not just a communication tool but a way of life"

Each generation of iPhone has been released with a different chip. Such as iPhone 4 contains Apple A4 chip, however Iphone 4S contains a dual core Apple A5 chip and iPhone 5 comes with Apple A6 chip. Several Internal Storage size such as 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB are introduced with each generation. Apple Applications Store contains more than 75,000 third party applications which can be used in iPhone. Applications may be of any type such as game, social apps, software, etc. Third party developers are allowed to develop apps for iPhone but all applications should be registered with Apple.

Different Generations of iPhones from iPhone 3G on Left to iPhone 4 on Right 

The latest generation of iPhone released is iPhone 5. It was officially released by the end of September 2012. Every features of iPhone 5 is superior to its predecessors. It contains a 1.3 GHz Apple A6 chip with 1GB Dram. It is available with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB Internal Storage. It contains a 8 MP camera with capability of 1080p video shooting. It has 4 inch multi touchscreen display. IOS 6 is being used in iPhone 5. iPhone 5S will be launched in June 2013 which will contain more refined features than iPhone 5.

iPhone 5

This invention of Apple has made a great impact in the evolution in the development and demand of smartphones. The demand of iPhone is very high over the globe. However the price of iPhone is also very high and due to availability of smartphones of different companies such as Nokia, HTC and Samsung, competition between smartphones is increased much. However Apple is still working on more iPhone products to compete more positively in the markets.

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MOHAMMAD YOUSUF<<< A Man Of Cricket >>>

A baby who borned to play cricket MOHAMMAD YOUSUF , doesn't need any introduction among Cricket fans all around the world .Yousuf was borned on 27 August 1974 in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan. In an interview ,Mohammad Yousuf said that he belonged to a very poor family.His father was a helper in Pakistan Railway & the house in which he lived his childhood was also alloted to his father by Pakistan Railway which was actually the servant quarter .

He further said that his house was usually full because they had parents with 5 boys & a girl.His mother was a housewife.

Enjoyed best test form ever

After playing from several teams & alot of struggle , Yousuf got the chance to play from Pakistan Cricket Team & he made his debut his 1998 & the wheel of his life took a turn . In test matches, his debut was against South Africa & against Zimbabwe in One Day International.

Yousuf has been considered as the best Middle order Batsman throughout his career & whenever the team needs a sensible and responsible innings player, Yousuf was always there to play his role. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. 

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's late coach, said "Yousuf was like a Ferrari when he was batting and a truck when he wasn't – he is not too hot in the field ..."

 Mohammad Yousuf formerly known as Yousuf Youhana converted to ISLAM in 2005 &

 then later on her wife also embraced ISLAM .In his interview , reporter asked him "Why have you accepted ISLAM?"

He replied that when he saw those peoples who actually follow the true salient features of ISLAM are really good human beings.After accepting ISLAM, a miracle just happened with him. He just made unbelievable record of making the highest runs(1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries in just one academic year)  breaking WestIndian batsman Vivan Richard's record .Yousuf last played for Pakistan in an ODI against South Africa in Abu Dhabi in November, 2010.In past times, it has also been heard that her wife also accepted Islam &  now her new name is Fatima Yousuf.After embracing ISLAM, the superstar use to do Dawati(inviting) work through different Ijtimaa's(gatherings) in order to spread ISLAM.

Wedding picture

  

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Pay per Click (PPC) Advertising

PPC, abbreviated as Pay per Click is a type of the advertising model that helps in directing traffic to websites. It is based on the phenomenon that the amount, spent to get an advertisement clicked or an advertiser paying depending on the number of times the published advertisement is clicked. PPC also called as Cost per Click is an Internet Advertising used on search engines, advertising networks and website/blogs.

Now coming to how the PPC advertising works? As we know that to have an advertisement listed on search engines we will have to pay for it. This is done by the act of bidding the keywords. Advertisers bid on the keyword phrases relevant to their market or their business. Then whosoever bids the highest gets the highest listed position. Besides the factors including keyword popularity and competition from other advertisers bid prices also vary depending on the company’s budget and the time the company is desirous of using the paid amount.

Pay per Click

Some of the most prominent companies that take PPC bids include Google AdWords, Yahoo, Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter. The two models that assist in determining Cost per Click are :

Ø  Flat rate PPC: in it the advertiser and publisher agree on a fixed amount that will be paid for each click

Ø  Bid Based PPC: in it a private auction is hosted by a publisher or an advertising network in which the advertiser signs the contract to participate in the auction and compete against other advertisers.

Legitimacy of PPC:

This Pay per Click advertising is not that clean, it also includes security breaches such as click frauds that can lead to destruction in advertising budget as well as restrict positional customers from reaching a site. In this regard the search engines help by detecting some unusual patterns such as clicks coming from same IP address, repetitive and duplicate clicking and the time of the clicks. But it also cannot be ignored that click fraud harms an advertiser directly by running him out of his budget and also some analysts have estimated that click fraud runs as high as 20 percent for certain keywords.

PPC

Future of PPC:                                               

According to the inventor of Pay per Click; Bill Gross the future of PPC is in Pay per Action. And this advancement of PPC in pay per action has eliminated the click fraud problem. In it the business would not have to pay for the number of clicks instead it all depends on the completion of a desired action such as, a purchase, a fill out form, a download etc. And thus in this way the advertisers only pay for the concrete results.

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MQM - A Revival

Okay, so we hear Altaf Hussain, founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement  (aka MQM), announce Operation Cleanup against the black sheep present in his political party.

Altaf Hussain, residing presently in London, leads MQM, a Pakistani political party, its roots being the strongest in Karachi.

After the 11th May National Elections in Pakistan, MQM was blamed for rigging and cheating by Imran Khan's  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf's leader, Arif Alvi, in NA-250. Protests were held in this regard too by the PTI supporters in Karachi. Both MQM and PTI leaders held press conferences claiming the other side to be guilty. After that, Altaf Hussain used harsh words against PTI in a live telephonic conference from London.

After much havoc created by both sides, MQM founder Altaf Hussain warned all members of the party against serious actions to be taken against anyone found involved in illegal activities. He then dissolved the Raabta Committee, saying that it's now time to clean MQM of all corrupt entities.

Yesterday, he has announced a new Raabta Committee, in which Haider Abbas Rizvi, Aamir Khan, Nasreen Jaleel, Dr. Sagheer Ahmad, Kanwar Naveed, Waasay Jaleel, Mustafa Azizabadi, Yousuf Shahwani and some others are included. Saleem Shehzad, Raza Haroon and Asif Siddiqui, who were the members of the old Raabta Committee, are not included this time. Further, Anees Ahmad Advocate is restricted to get involved in any political activities due to serious indiscipline from his side. Memberships of some MQM'ers have also been cancelled.

Furthermore, Altaf Hussain has dissuaded all his followers to take care of their personal reputation as well as of their political party, alarming them that serious steps will be taken whenever needed against such members.

Hope that this recent revival does improve the image of MQM, who's a major stakeholder in the political grounds of Karachi.

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Shehzad Roy and “Chal Parha”

Shehzad Roy a renowned, talented, compassionate singer and also the owner of Zindagi Trust recently did a program called Chal Parha.His this program has introduced some happenings in the country as well as in some minds.

Shehzad Roy

Starting from the schools, he says that he has reformed the once dilapidated government school into a model that can be looked upon by the government in order to revamp other schools and institutions as well. His belief in promoting quality education and inculcating the need of reviving educational awareness has lead to an increment in his fan following and has appealed a mass audience.

Coming to Roy’s show Chal Parha, it is an effort to spread the message all over Pakistan or in other words an initiative to portray that picture of Pakistan which needs more Paint Brushes and colours to develop a better Pakistan. But here come many opinions in which we observe support as well as some hiccups in accepting the ideas outlined by Roy.

Some say that Shehzad has discouraged too much inclusion of our Islamic Victors in our textbooks thinking that this leads to the outcome as a terrorist. They are of the opinion that our Islamic History is needed to be taught openly and comprehensively and this will not lead to becoming a terrorist. Some people also disagree with the points he has presented to improve the curriculum. Such as his one point says;

Remove discriminatory contents (based on Gender and Religion) and tradition of presenting the twisted history in our books should be end.

This one is conceived by some as an intention to secularize our education system. Moreover, he has also demanded to eliminate the inclusion of Islamic war heroes and historical Muslim personalities in chapters.

Shehzad Roy started this program with the purpose of highlighting the following issues in public schools;

·         Corporal punishment

·         Medium of instruction

·         Population

·         Textbooks

·         Curriculum

·         Teachers etc

Undoubtedly he not only succeeded in throwing light upon some important issues that needed to be looked after but also lead to the passage of bills in implementing the requisites. Furthermore, his effort in voicing out the wrongs and the act of bringing in limelight the issues that are ‘deserve to be considered’ is commended by many people in Pakistan.

Chal Parha

The disagreements and agreements with Shehzad Roy’s work will carry on, and they carry on every time a voice is ousted for some purpose. But the most important message that the state of Pakistan exhibits is that, we all should stand and work uprightly with intention of seeing a better Pakistan or utilize our career in a way that would contribute in the emergence of a developed Pakistan. 

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Microsoft Windows 8: A Refined Innovation

Microsoft Windows 8 is the latest version of Microsoft OS which is being used on PCs, laptops and tablet PCs. It was released on 26^th October 2012 and the operating has been in stores for half a year. Windows 8 is available in Pakistan since the start of November 2012. Windows 8 is available in two versions at retail in Pakistan, Windows 8 and Windows 8 pro.

Microsoft Windows 8

Microsoft Windows 8 has significant changes as compare to its predecessors. It was the biggest change in Microsoft OS since Windows 95. Windows 8 has introduced a new Modern UI interface, Windows 8 Windows Store, security enhancements and performance improvement.

Microsoft has hosted a new Modern UI interface in Windows 8. It was a radical change in the interface of Microsoft OS because from Windows 95 to Windows 7, it doesn’t take much time to switch between the versions. Windows 8 features a new touch user interface and shell based on Microsoft Metro design Language featuring a new Start Screen with a grid of dynamically updating tiles representing applications. This Start Screen replaces the Start Menu of previous versions of Microsoft Windows.  It also features a new lock screen with clock and notifications. The desktop is relegated to the side lines to make use of so called Modern UI Interface. This interface is designed to be used with the Touch Screens as well as the mouse and keyboard.

Windows 8 Modern UI Interface

Windows 8 takes advantage of new and emerging technologies. I also feature built-in antivirus software to prevent malware from causing boot process and files. Internet Explorer 10 is included as both desktop program and touch optimized app. Windows 8 introduces a new style Windows 8 Apps which are specifically designed for  touchscreen environments. A large variety of Windows 8 app is available in Windows Store. It contains games, social networking, office, sports, news, weather and other apps.

Windows 8 used with Touch Screen

Windows 8 has damaged the market of PC’s badly in the last three months because it causes the evolution of PCs beyond laptops and desktops into Tablet PC’s and other new devices. Several changes were also made by Microsoft in Windows 8 to make it more friendly and usable to the users which are familiar with the older versions of Microsoft Windows. Still, Windows 7 is leading the market of Operating System but it seems that Windows 8 will become a mostly used OS in future. 

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HTC Butterfly Launched in Pakistan

HTC, joining hands with Mobilink Pakistan, has launched its latest android smartphone "Butterfly" in Pakistan. Users will be able to enjoy several Mobilink add-ons, including a 30-day exclusive bundle , 1 GB internet, a pouch and a protector.

HTC claims it to be the first-ever full HD-environment smartphone. With a 5-inch super LCD display having a screen resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, its front and rear cameras allow you to capture the most amazing pictures in just a flash.

Here are the key features of HTC Butterfly:

HTC Butterfly
Picture courtesy: HTC website

• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 Pro processor with 1.5GHz Quad-Core Krait CPUs
• Operating System: Android 4.1
• Display: contrast ratio: 1104:1 (nominal)/ 1.873:1 (sunlight)
• Memory: 16 GB; RAM: 2GB
• Camera: 8.0MP rear / 2.1 MP front
• Size: 1080 x 1920 x 5 inches (441 ppi pixels density)
• Weight: 140g with battery
• Sensors: Gyrosensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
• Other: Wireless charging capability, NFC, Wireless display, gesture typing

Price in Pakistan: Rs. 70,000 only

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Cloud Computing and its Advantages....

The term cloud computing is used as well as heard very often, but few of us really know what it’s all about, or what associations does this term has with the computer world. Let’s make this step by step, from easier to harder, so that we may understand the concept well.

First of all, imagine e-mailing was not like the way it is today. This takes us back to centuries when e-mail used to be an application whose data; the things we use in a mail such as documents, files , messages and other things were stored  safely in a room. These were the olden days of networking.                                 Now moving forward, when Google lime lighted, this e-mailing activity became a bit modernized. The method of saving the important data transformed as companies like Google started to open their own servers where this e-mail information could be stored free of charge. And to access data the use of Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail was availed. From here we derive that Cloud Computing is all about running application that are on other people’s servers using either an interface or an application format.    

                                                                                                                                      

   With the advent of Cloud Computing the websites and server based apps that were executed on a specific system are now evolved into an amalgamated configuration where computers work together in a cloud and various applications then work in parallel as if they are running on a single system smoothly. Without the need of any installation it paves the path for consumers and businesses to use applications and files at any computer with Internet access. Cloud computing thus stands a technology that uses Internet and servers to maintain data and applications. Hence in today’s world we can’t imagine the absence of this innovation as without this we would be unable to store and retrieve information in an advanced, efficient and authenticated way.

Cloud Computing

The Cloud Computing model importantly comprises of a frontend and a backend. These two terms are basically the names given to the cloud connection that forms in between. Such as the front end is where the user is interacting with the system; a client computer, a computer network or the applications use to access the cloud and the backend is the cloud itself that provides computers, servers, applications and data storage.

The cloud computing technology includes the following merits:

·         Efficient storage

·         Inexpensive since all  resources are maintained by the service provider

·         Highly reliable

·         Empowers the employees to become productive

In a nut shell, Cloud Computing includes a server and email management software present on the cloud (Internet) that is totally managed by the cloud service provider Yahoo, Google etc, and the user gets to use the software alone and enjoy its benefits.

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Pakistan General Elections '13 Finally Ends

Elections make a great contribution to democratic governance. It enables the people to cast their votes to elect representatives to hold them accountable to their office because a democratic government must be conducted through representatives. Election has also become a major factor in stabilization and democratization of emerging democracies and post-conflict countries. The establishment of an independent and well-functioning Election Commission is a crucial element for the success.

Election 2013

Election 2013 was the great hope for the Pakistani nation to elect the person according to their choice and cast the vote to the person whom they think can lift the country towards success and development and take them out of all the problems the nation had gone through till now.

Election 2013 was a great achievement because the previous government of Pakistan Peoples Party completed their five years of rule successfully. Elections were supposed to be held on 11^th May 2013. Whole nation had stood up with an enthusiasm to bring a leader who might give them a sigh of relaxation. All political parties had become active and started their election campaign all over the Pakistan to gain popular support. Big banners, flags and pamphlets were seen everywhere in the country.

From all areas of Pakistan, different individual candidates and candidates from all political parties participated in elections as candidates for National and Provincial assemblies. In Punjab, PMLN and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf were in the ground of battleship to run their campaign freely. However, Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar were declared as the red zone due to security reasons. PPP, MQM and ANP were being threatened from the very first day after the abolishment of the previous government. Terrorist alarmed them to stay out of the elections and do not run any election campaign anywhere otherwise they would be blasted by bomb. Several bombs were blasted on offices and Jalsas of MQM, ANP and PPP by terrorists.

For the National Assembly, PMLN, PTI, MQM, Jamat e Islami and PPP were the strong political parties. PTI and PMLN had strong candidates for Punjab Provincial Assembly. MQM, PPP and PMLF were having strong candidates for Sindh Assembly however PTI, JUI Fand Jamat e Islami were strong in KPK Assembly and BNP, PMLN were strong from Balochistan Assembly.

Leader of Pakistan Politics

After all, voting took place on 11^th May 2013. Due to some reasons, polling did not take place in some polling stations. Few incidents of rigging were also reported in some areas however whole electing process took place successfully and finally the results got announced on the next day. PMLN got a high number of seats in National Assembly leading with more than 120 seats. However, PTI won the elections on the National Assembly on around 30 seats and PPP got about 35 seats. MQM was successful to secure 18 National Assembly seats. PTI chairman, Imran Khan secured 3 National Assembly seats.

On Provincial basis, PMLN got majority in Punjab with PTI on the second position. In KPK PTI got lead on provincial seats and JUI F got second highest. In Sindh, PPP got the high number of seat in provincial assembly and MQM got the second highest majority in provincial assembly. In Balochistan, PMLN got the majority.

During the whole electoral process, NA 250 had become a controversial constituency. On the day of election polling failed to start on 43 polling stations of NA 250. However PTI protest for polling in these 43 polling stations and MQM was in the favor for repolling in the whole constituency. Several protests are done by MQM and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf. Election Commission denied the application of MQM for repolling in all polling stations of NA 250 and MQM boycott elections from NA 250. And on 19^th May, Dr Arif Alvi a candidate of PTI has won from NA 250.

PMLN Cheif Nawaz Sharif

Now the result is showing that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) is going to establish the democratic government in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif will take the charge of Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time. Now the whole Pakistani nation is looking towards the upcoming government to solve all the critical and serious problems country has been facing like terrorism, inflation, law and order issues, electricity shortfall and others social and economic problems. Also the people are full of hope that there elected representatives will make Pakistan a democratic and a developed country.

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