Role of Fashion and Film Industry in Pakistan

Twentieth century warming has lead to increase in the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere. Few changes in the global rate may have a greater direct effect on human well-being. Pakistan is the third world country and is not that established that we can afford fashion as our daily life.

If to move with today’s world we have to follow the fashion, changing our culture and beliefs. Its human nature that we always want change in our life, even if we talk about Pakistan you would see a change too. Talking about the Pakistani fashion industry, the designers are now in international market and they feel very proud. Talking about the film industry, it has taken away the investors from Lollywood but the flourishing fashion industry is bringing it back. The people related to fashion industries and film industries should promote the entertainment inside the Pakistan which would definitely boost up the economy level of Pakistan. 

These two industries of Pakistan can play a role in current economic situations and they can spread Pakistani culture and traditions to other civilizations across the border instead of adapting their culture and norms. These factors can entertain Pakistanis and also enrich the atmosphere of society as well as assist the progressive culture of society.


By: Maham Anjum

Pakistan passing through critical phase

Pakistan is passing through a challenging phase causing a negative impact on the country’s economy due to variety of issues including worse state of social sciences, medicine systems and energy crisis. I believe we must take time out for an accurate diagnosis. In Pakistan our best students “traditionally” chose to study either medicine or engineering. Here, the low wages for social sciences means that social sciences are not very valuable and productive; all we need to do is to change the minds of the nation.

A person in Pakistan cannot easily afford all the resources provided so we should also concentrate on improving sciences, technology, prices and infrastructure as the route to the poor people. The poor health of social sciences is an extremely serious problem. Moving towards the system of medicine, 70% of the population of Pakistan still depends on the complementary and alternative system of medicine.

Culture beliefs and practices often lead to self-care; the traditional medicine center has become an important source of health care, especially in rural areas and tribal areas of Pakistan. Solving these issues regarding the betterment of Pakistan is a high priority and our approach to the solution will significantly  impact the future of Pakistan.

by: Maham Anjum 

The Conflict Between What It Is and What It Should Be..

The Conflict Between What It Is and What It Should Be..

The day Pakistan came into being as an Islamic Republic on the 14th of August 1947, the country has been undergoing a state of transition. The society of Pakistan is dynamic and therefore it is ever changing. Its patterns are transforming from time to time. No department of life – be it economic, cultural, religious or recreational – has been free from the effect of this great transformation in progress.

If I talk about my society, consider the sorry state of our morals where even the day designated to express love for the Prophet turns into an occasion for  looting, burning and killing. The natural disasters that have occurred in our country have not brought in any sort of changes in our humanity but in fact we've become more professional buglers. There is a common thread in all these behaviors that we have. Our notions of right and wrong have been scrambled long time ago. Our moral clock is set at a different time and we've lost social order. We are in a state of confusion about values and ethics. Therefore its true that we lack the ability to control our society's reactions towards the change, we've forgotten the difference between what is right and what is wrong.

 We describe ourselves through different tags ('shia' 'sunni' 'villager' country man' 'modern' 'paindu'), its a shame to say, but we're not united. The sectarian differences are very much prevalent in our society, every individual in the society considers himself to be on the top. Shia sunni conflicts, conflicts to earn better, conflicts arising on something that's superior. To say it in a nutshell we've become more of the materialistic nature, we believe material things will lead us to the top. Material aspects of culture are its technology, instruments of economic production, consumption and household goods. Non-material are beliefs, values, norms, laws, symbols, religion, literature, arts and folklore, and morals. For example, a car is an item of material culture but it carries with it non-material norms of driving skills, traffic rules and ethics of road behaviour. Pakistan’s traffic chaos is a symptom of its lagging non-material culture.

Socially and morally, we're not the nation that we were in the past, For example Pakistan is no-more an agricultural country. We have become an urban country with most of our population living in the urban areas.  Pakistan has taken to material modernization readily. The cellphone culture has boasted in the past few years. The households in villages are now laden up with the high tech technological items such as TV's, DVDs etc. 

However after all the changes, we're still the same. The human nature hasn't changed to a positive side but a negative one.  In times of rapid cultural and social change, the balance between material and non-material aspects of culture is breaking down. Here lies the dilemma:  Pakistan’s material culture is modernising but becoming more extremists which is against islamic values. The result is that the values and norms that we adopt, offer little guidance leading us to  a state of moral conflict. This situation yields in a cultural shock drowning the values of Pakistani society. 

This situation is indeed very disturbing and solid steps need to be implemented on a regular basis by our government to preserve Pakistan’s cultural and moral values. And chalk out the reasons that are creating confusions and disparity among the people.  

 Author: Nabeeha Gazelle Amer