Public Chronicles

Scene 1: Three girls set from their university towards a near by hospital in order to do some community service. They had no choice but to use public transport . They decided to use a rickshaw as they considered it to be safer than cabs. None of them had much experience with the public transport but they decided to try their fate in the field of bargaining. They asked one Rickshaw about the fare he asked for Rs. 100. It was more than enough for such a short distance so they asked him to take Rs. 70. He agreed. They reached their within minutes and handed him a hundred rupee note and asked him for remaining money? "What money?" Asked the driver? I agreed on Rs. 100. Okay. "But we told you to that we will pay only Rs. 70?" They asked with surprise. "No way, I agreed on Rs. 100" He said while waving them away angrily. "Come on now, let it be, we will not die without it. HUH!" One of them said and headed straight. Scene 2: The same girls bo...

“Considering the place was empty, and I was there alone, I expected the worst from the waiters. Surprisingly, during this entire ordeal, not one of them acted the slightest bit offensive. They were complete and utter gentlemen. They may not have come from highly educated and affluent backgrounds but each one of them was probably more honorable and brave than majority of the men I come across daily in my social gatherings. (Saba Khalid, 2011)” Chivalry is a type of guidelines given to men by either their family background or their social status. According to Merriam Webster, it is a code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood was termed as chivalry. Later In the 19th century, there were attempts to revive chivalry for the purposes of the gentleman of that time. Researcher also termed chivalry as “Benevolent sexism” i.e. chivalrous attitude toward women that feels favorable but is actually sexist because it casts women as weak creatures in need of men...

Education is the simple process of learning and knowing. It is not only restricted to the schools or educational institutions, rather a child start learning things from mother’s lap. However, formal education starts from school where he gets the know how of his surroundings. Education is considered as the cheapest defence of a nation but unfortunately it is one of the biggest problems in Pakistan. The education system of Pakistan consists of primary, secondary, higher secondary levels but it is rotten to the core. With a good educational system a nation can progress to its peak and mark its way towards development. The main objective of an education system is to groom up a youth that is well educated and has the capability to cope with the changing conditions of the world. Before going in to further details, the term literacy should be taken into account according to   this region. In Pakistan “A person of 10 plus age is literate if he/she “can read a  ne...