Pakistan

The Taliban ("students of Islam"), also transliterated as Taleban, is an Islamist movement which ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, despite having diplomatic recognition from only three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. The most influential members, including Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the movement, were simple village ulema (Islamic religious scholars). Taliban legend has it that in the spring of 1994, upon hearing of the abduction and rape…

is an autobiography of Tehmina Durrani highlighting her marriage with the famous political figure of Pakistan Ghulam Mustafa Khar also known as the “Lion of Punjab”. She openly talks about the fourteen years of emotional and physical abuse she endured in this marriage on the hands of Mustafa Khar . The political leader who may otherwise seem very charming and charismatic to the public of Pakistan is actually a sociopath revealed through Durrani’s book. What kept Durrani stuck and tangled in this…

The cultural history of Afghanistan dates back over a span of two thousand years. One of its Infamous known facts is that it was a safe haven for the Taliban who were proud supporters of Al Qaeda. Throughout its time, Afghanistan has been a place of war between many factions and countries. These countries included Mongolia, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States of America. Afghanistan had been through many different periods of war, thus, making it a melting pot of different ethnic…

possessions on the black market so we could escape. We jumped the border into Pakistan where the Taliban had not yet attacked. An opportunity came up for one of us to go to Australia; I wanted mum to go cause I had almost settled in to Pakistani life and wanted to stay. But my father sent me instead. That was the last time I saw my parents. I have no idea where they are, if they are ok, or if they are alive. From Pakistan, I flew to Malaysia with a fake passport. For two weeks I was hunted by…

guessing that they would not mind of what they do. They have a really huge population so the mayor of Pakistan has to work really hard to try to get the city the things that he thinks they need. sometimes the people may go up to the major and request that he gets the community something that they think is necessary. Also the things that stood out to me from I Malala is how the Taliban just took over Pakistan like it was nothing. it's like they take over countries all the time so they already…

Pakistan is a politically unstable country. From 1990, the government has started to follow an open economy policy. Since 2000, the government has begun to remove barriers to foreign trade and investment, reform the financial system, ease foreign exchange controls, and privatize state-owned enterprises. According to State Bank of Pakistan (2004), economic mismanagement and fiscally imprudent economic policies caused a large increase in the public debt and led to fall in the foreign currency…

implacable opponent of the idea of Pakistan, was murdered on May 14, 1943, in Sind by professional killers hired by the Muslim League? Allah Baksh needed to be liquidated because he was able to muster massive support of the common Muslim masses throughout India against Pakistan. Moreover, Allah Baksh, a great secularist with massive support in Sind and opposed to the formation of Pakistan, could have become the greatest stumbling block in the physical formation of Pakistan as without Sind, the…

Malala’s story reminds children all over the world to not take education for granted. Following the shooting, Malala and her father helped launch the Malala Fund, which aims to help further education across the globe. The Malala Petition led to Pakistan passing the Right to Education Bill, which guaranteed that all children aged between five and 16 must have access to education. Malala’s efforts in the world of girls’ education rights, including her risking her life to make a change, proved to…

16-year old Malala Yousafzai gave the speech given at the United Nations regarding education for girls in Pakistan. Yousafzai is an activist who promotes education for girls in Pakistan. Malala plays an essential role in the insurrection against the Taliban regime in multiple Middle-East countries, but primarily Pakistan, when it comes to educational rights for children. Her actions became internationally known after the Taliban shot her in the head. Malala Yousafzai is not just an average…

affected who she would become, she overcame many obstacles, she accomplished many things in her life, and she has many more things interesting about her. Malala’s early life would affect who she would become. She was born July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. She wrote under the pen name Gul Makai to a BBC journalist (Kettler, 2016). Also, she was shot on October 12, 2012. This girl is an inspiration to my soul. Malala overcame many obstacles. One obstacle was she survived being shot in the head…