The Learning Village : 2nd Class Student Won the Class Decoration Competition

Studies indicate that high-quality classroom environments “help children feel safe, secure, and valued. As a result, self-esteem increases and students are motivated to engage in the learning process.”
Keeping the objectives in mind the honorable staff and the dazzling administration of The Learning Village (Swat KPK Pakistan ) executed a competition among the classes, the classes were checked by the Honorable chief guest, Nisar Khan( Nazim UC Rangmuhallah) Mr.Aftab Ahmad Yousafzai, Engr.Khwaja Naveed and Mr.Fazal Rabi... the classes were well decorated which made the decision difficult for the team. Finally, the team selected class 2nd as the winner in the competition by securing 50 out of 50 marks, Class KG and Nursery stood 2nd, and 4rth and 5th secured 3rd position in the competition...
The chief guest appreciated the exceptional efforts of the devoted administration and staff members and expressed his well wishes for the bright future of the Institution.

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Story of "Gul Marjan Ye Na Mani"

"Gul Mar Jan ye na Mani" is a most popular slogan chanted in Afghanistan and now a days in Pakistan as well after a Pashto comedy Drama with the title " Gul Marjan Ye Na Mani", starring Comedian "Ismail Shahid" as "Gul Marian". So this "Gul Marjan ye na Mani" became superduper hit phrase here. The real story behind this phrase is:

    Actually "Gul Marjan was a University student in Afghanistan who rejected the schedule/timetables for classes, exams or mess. He refused himself these things, saying that "Gul Marjan Ye Na Mani".
At that time this sentence went all the way across the university and every one was saying "Gul Marjan ye na mani" and 
"Gul Marjan ye na Mani". 
 So,"Gul Marjan" was taunted by this phrase on daily basis, mostly by his friends and other students. Finally he migrated to another university to get rid of this self made phrase,
"Gul Marjan ye na mani".
While his old fellows managed to inform their friends and other students of his newly migrated university to call him with, 
"Gul Marjan Ye Na Mani" and thus as a result "Gul Marjan" left that University also and became a street vendor of vegetables in Kabul. People there also teased him, by calling him, 
"Gul Marjan ye na mani", or
"Gul Mar Jan ye wali na mani",
"Da Gul Marjan ba ye hagha plar hum mani", and
"Gul marjan ba ye sanga na mani". 
At last "Gul Marjan" left the Kabul city and went somewhere about, any one does not know him to call and tease him with slogan
"Gul Marjan ye mani".

These slogans were also chanted very commonly after the Afghan Presidential elections in which Ashraf Ghani defeated Dr. Abdullah Abdullah (Double Abdullah) who is sarcastically called as "Gul Marjan".
when he lost in Presidential elections, he refused the results and alleged that Elections were rigged. He demanded for re elections then people of Afghanistan started to call him "Gul Marjan".
So these sentences like 
"Gul marjan ye na mani", 
"Gul marjan ye wali na mani",
"Da Gul Marjan ba ye Hagha plar hum Mani", went extremely viral.

Note: This post is just for information purpose. No need to take a wrong meaning of this.. 
Every one is respected either he is senior or junior to us.

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Cynthia Dawn Ritchie : Pagal Gori in Pakistan

Perceive the world through Cynthia Ritchie’s eyes, and you will gain a glimpse into Pakistan unlike any other.  Cynthia Ritchie has traveled around Pakistan and meticulously navigated the country’s social, political, and cultural layers.  She is now on a mission to produce a docu-series that will capture “the true spirit of Pakistan,” by showing its beauty, vibrance, and devotion to hospitality.

During his visit to Pakistan he got a tremendous love from the people of Pakistan and when she start a campaign with a title "Pagal Gori". A lot of artist has produced wonderful images of her reflecting  love and affection toward her.

Here we present some of the images

#PagalGori Meme #23 credit: Ali Shah

Image credit: Ahmad Talal

#PagalGori Meme #24 credit: Sherry Khan

#PagalGori Meme #26 credit: Syed Usman Riaz

These damn monkeys are vicious!

PagalGori Meme #28 credit: Hassan Shehryer Khan

#PagalGori Meme #27 credit: Haider Shah

#PagalGori Meme #14 credit: Muh. Sabih Ahmed

#PagalGori Meme #6 credit: Asif Ali Khan

to know more about her . kindly visit her Facebook page

You can follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CynthiaDRitchie

https://www.geo.tv/latest/134416-For-global-citizen-Cynthia-Pakistans-an-adventurers-heaven

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Was it a Clash between Jamiat (IJT) and Pukhtoon in Panjab Universty ?

NAWAZ SHARIF TRYING TO SPARK ETHNIC AND REGIONAL HATRED TO SERVE THEIR NARROW INTERESTS TO MAXIMIZE VOTES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES


Clash in the Punjab University is being portrayed as the clash between Jamiat and the Pukhtoon Students, which is not true. Keeping aside who caused this to happen, it was clash between Islami Jamiat Talba and Pukhtoon Students Federation, a student wing of the ANP.

Pukhtoon Nationalists cannot be given the mandate to represent ...the entire Pukhtoon students, but same was the target of the former Vice Chancellor of PU with the implicit understanding of the Sharif Government. Fast and furious allegations by Rana Sanaullah against Jamiat tells the whole story. For its narrow objective of self-interest, the Sharif Government has the target to divide the nation on regional and ethnic lines to maximize its votes in Punjab.

This is not a new phenomenon for Nawaz Sharif. The same was done in the case of Kalabagh Dam, in his earlier government. He played a fixed match with the nationalists of Sindh and NWFP to spark controversies on it. Due to this Kalabagh Dam Project had to be abandoned. Nawaz Sharif and the Nationalists won, but the nation lost a huge reservoir of electricity, and we are facing the consequences of electricity shortage.

I would like to bring the historical fact that the Kalabagh Dam project had already been kicked start during Zulfiqar Ali Government, and NESPAK had started designing the project. Wali Khan started campaign against this project during the Zia Regime and Nawaz Sharif further worsened the situation, when he came into power in 1988.

Now again, both ANP and Nawaz Sharif are in hand in glove, and have started the same game to ignite regional and ethnic hatred. The reason being that both are feeling their popularity to decline.
Igniting ethnic hate and regional tensions are dangerous for the integrity of the country and we all need to understand this.

by Rzi Mallick

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National Calligraphy Exhibition 2017 held in Alhamra Art Complex Lahore

Ghazali Education Trust, with the collaboration of National College of Arts, organized a three days calligraphy exhibition at Alhamra Art Complex.
Minister of higher education Punjab, Mr. Ali Gillani, inaugurated the exhibition. Other prominent persons from different walk of life like Mian Mahmood Ul Rasheed (Opposition Leader Punjab Assembly) Mujeeb ur Rehaman Shami, Syed Noor, Kamran Lashari (Chairman Alhamra Art Council) Professor Anwar Masood, Amjad Islam Amjad, Syed Waqas Jafry, Khurshid Gohar Qalam, Tahir Bukharri (D.G Auqaf), Younis Shahid (Secretary General FOF-USA) and prominent calligrapher participated in the inauguration ceremony.
The exhibition will continue at Alhamra till 17th March, 2017.

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10 March : Conference On Volunteerism & MoU signing Ceremony in Rawalpindi

Event Name:
Seminar on Volunteerism & MoU Signing Ceremony
Institution Name:
Riphah International University
Society Name:
Riphah Volunteer Society
Collaborated Society:
Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
Purpose of the Event:
The purpose of signing MoU between Riphah Volunteer Society and Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan is to facilitate students through many ways. And with the collaboration of Al-Khidmat Pakistan RVS volunteers will serve for humanity to achieve RVS goal.
Event Theme:
The Society is founded upon the core beliefs that one can achieve one's dreams with the proper support and dedicated action, and that we accomplish more together than we would achieve alone. To achieve this goal our volunteers w...ill work with the collaboration of Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan. Special Lecture will deliver to volunteers on Volunteerism. Helping the youth of today's world become the brighter future of tomorrow. We invite the people in our community to make a positive difference through volunteering, sponsorship, and mentoring.
Young people basically need tasks for growing, good examples to help them find their way and participate, and communities where they feel safe and understood.

Objectives of Event:
 To Develop the Skills of Volunteers.
 To Motivate Our Volunteers
 To make a positive difference through Volunteerism.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1897477957155059/

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Talented Youth and heavy burden of University fees!

Our public sector Universities have a large number of talented students who can barely afford living. Quite a significant number of students cannot afford admission fee and therefore, they are unable to get admission in University. Although students are enrolled, based on their merit, however, the fee are still not affordable for many of them. There are numerous cases. Can we make collective efforts to help such students ! "

by Khurshid Ahmad 

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Pakistan Is Getting Ahead Of India, Again

After getting ahead of India in equity market performance, Pakistan is getting ahead of India in another indicator: economic freedom ranking.

That’s according to the recent 2017 Index of Economic Freedom ranking, which places Pakistan in 141st position and India at 143th.

Published by the Heritage Foundation, the Economic Freedom report measures such things as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and the degree of property rights protection in 186 countries.
Pakistan’s lead over India in this ranking may not be big deal to most observers, as it is too narrow to be meaningful. Besides, both countries are ranking too close to the bottom.
Still, Pakistan’s ranking has been consistently outperforming India's in recent years.

Does it really matter to anyone?
Yes, to equity market investors. Gains in economic freedom ranking are usually associated with higher economic growth rates and higher equity markets. And the superior performance of Pakistan’s market over that of India’s might as well be a reflection of it.
 

Index/Fund	12-month Performance
IShares China (FXI)	13.00%
Global X Pakistan (PAK)	40.78
iShares S&P India 50 (INDY )	8.49%

Source: Finance.yahoo.com 2/27/17

In fact, a closer look at the ranking components of the two countries reveals that Pakistan has far better than India in the areas of business development and government spending, which matter a great deal for financial market

Country	Overall Ranking	Score	Property Rights	Business Freedom	Labor Freedom	Government Spending
Pakistan	141	52.8	36.40	61.20	37.80	87.30
India	143	52.6	55.40	52.80	41.60	77.40

Source: The Heritage Foundation

Here is a quote from the Pakistan report. “Pakistan has pursued reforms to improve its entrepreneurial environment and facilitate private-sector development. The financial sector has undergone modernization and restructuring.”
And a quote from the Indian report. “The state maintains an extensive presence in many areas through public sector enterprises. A restrictive and burdensome regulatory environment discourages the entrepreneurship that could provide broader private-sector growth.”
Simply put, while Pakistan is trying to place economic growth in the hands of entrepreneurs, India insists to place economic growth in the hands of government bureaucrats.

That’s certainly good news for the future of Pakistan.

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