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I am currently pursuing an engineering degree, before which I was at a small liberal arts college in the West Coast. I wrote this essay out of many reasons: anger at the Pakistan government’s actions with respect to the Bundal Island issue and the Bajaur attack. But primarily it was written after a very long analysis of my friends and peers: the Pakistani youth. Talking with them and contemplating the state of affairs, I was forced to express my thoughts and in the process hope to ignite a smark amongst the disheartened, disillusioned youth who have so much to offer humanity, but without a visionary leader; a guide, they are lost.
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A Nation Reborn
Shaheryar Akbar Mar 20, 2007 interacts: 71 Views: 6020Just when I thought my people would once again silently ignore this new form of oppression, and resign themselves to a fate written by politicians and generals, they responded! They awoke! They said in one voice, “enough is enough!” I have ne
Dreams, Hopes, and the Road Ahead
Shaheryar Akbar Nov 5, 2006 interacts: 5 Views: 1699We often look to the West for guidance. Let us therefore discover the true meaning of modernity as it historically unfolded within the fabric of Western societies. Bound by the chains of dogma and doctrine; unable to explore their own creativity; and incr
Shaheryar Akbar
- Articles on Chowk: 2
- First article: Nov 5, 2006
- Latest article: Mar 20, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 7719
