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In the United States, everyone is sexless.

Or maybe- and I’m just spitballing here — they don’t think women are so rare that they deserve to be stared at like crazy. After all, 50% of their population is female! Imagine!?

But then, the male to female ratio is the same here…

So why, and I’ll repeat this for emphasis, why do Pakistani men insist on staring at every women/girl/transsexual/slightly effeminate creature that crosses their path? Read the rest of this entry »

Life is a gift from God. A gift which we never request for, a gift which permits us to use it the way we want, a gift which significance is not realized by many of us and surely a gift through which we can decide about our destiny as well. Life is not a continuous process. It is limited in terms of time and opportunities. It is short and we have to obtain (what ever we want to), in this short span of time. Life is like a cricket game where you have to play each and every ball according to its merit. Life is a war and you have to struggle against the evil sources. Hence, life is a whole parcel of opportunities, desires and constant fighting between love and evil sources. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a picture of something related to textiles. Can anyone guess what it is? Leave your answer or your guess in the comments below.

By M Furqan Khan, TS4A
While I was roaming around orkut, I saw a poll at a community. The poll was “future of textile industry is bright in Pakistan! do u agree? I want to click on yes but I didn’t find any strong reason to click “yes”. This yes or no opened the knots of my mind and I have been compelled to think and write about this drowning industry. Unfortunately I am one of those guys who believe in the philosophy of half emptied glass but here conditions are worst! even the glass is two third empty.

As we all know, Textile industry serves as a backbone in the economy of Pakistan. It consists of the greatest job sector accommodating about 43% labor and blah blah blah…..but the question is that what we have done for this sector so far? Last year textile sector earned 52.5% of foreign exchange which in the past was touching 70%. I don’t know what the exact reason was for this great decline but there may be number of reasons which I have discussed.

Firstly, after the implementation of WTO, Pakistan’s quota for textile has been ended up and therefore price and quality are the two ultimate factors to compete in international market. Sadly Pakistan wasn’t prepared for this and therefore lost number of buyers consisting a considering number of European buyers.

Secondly, the political situation of our country isn’t stable. Read the rest of this entry »

The 20 excited Tipians, who had come to volunteer the TIP Punjab Admission Test which scheduled on Sunday 27th July at APTMA House Lahore, had to leave immediately as the examination centre was getting overcrowded.

A total number of 7 students out of the 10 students who had applied for the Test appeared at the examination centre.This number has decreased from the 40 students who apeared for the test last year. Cool, isn’t it?

Update: The mailing list is now accessible again. The Class of 2008 is being invited to join. If you are in the Class of 2008, you should have gotten an invitation by now. If you are still waiting, email the TIAF moderators.

The Textile Institute Alumni Forum (TIAF) has a mailing list that is available to graduates of the Textile Institute of Pakistan. The mailing list exists to connect the TIP alumni with inside news and information on the textile industry, and to coordinate events concerning the alumni. For recent graduates the mailing list is a valuable resource to finding alumni connections in the industry and learning about arising job opportunities.

Many graduates from this years graduating class of 2008 have been trying to get access to the mailing list. On behalf of the moderators of the mailing list (I am one of them), I apologize for the delay in granting access. There is a glitch in our system that has delaying the access. Our team is working at overcoming this, and we looking forward to seeing you within the TIAF network.

On a related note, we are trying to get hold of a full list of graduates of 2008 complete with email addresses. If anyone can help, please do email this to the TIAF moderators.

Democracy is a system which provides equal opportunities for every individual to grow with his/her own views, thoughts and style. It empowers people to change their leaders whenever they want to. It gives the freedom of speech and thought. Democratic governments are setup by the people, run by the people and can also be removed when needed by the people. Hence, democracy is all about what public want and what public don’t want. It is no doubt the best government system ever introduced and with its continuous success over the past few centuries, people have started believing in democracy in such a blind way that they rarely think about some other governance system. Amidst of all these pros of democracy, I would here like to put up a strange but different question in terms of Pakistan’s democratic performance in its past 60 years. My question is Do we deserve democracy? Do our illiterate people deserve free and fair elections? Is less corrupt military dictatorship not better than totally corrupt democratic governments?

Education is the theme for any nation’s prosperity and success. Today the countries which are ruling over the world had focused a lot on their education. Be it America, UK, Japan or China; the prime focus of all these developed nation was and still is education. But again, the question that pops up is, Does every educated person always behaves like an educated person? Read the rest of this entry »

• Jul 24 : TIAF Mailing List access delay
• Jul 16 : Do we deserve democracy?
• Jul 7 : Rotaract Polio Immunization Drive - July 2008
• Jul 7 : Rotaract District Assembly South Zone 2008-09 — A Review
• Jun 25 : 5 things I wished I had done when I was in TIP
• Jun 17 : Sometimes I wish
• Jun 13 : The Final Year Sciences Video
• Jun 9 : Is conserving the solution for inflation and food crisis around the world?
• Jun 8 : TDT Degree Show 2008 - a review
• May 30 : The Memory Lane