The federal government issued the list of 127 persons (including 18 foreigners) on March 9, 2019, who will be conferred Pakistan’s civil awards by President Dr Arif Alvi for excellence in their respective fields of activities at ceremony to be held on March 23rd the Pakistan Day.
Following is the complete list of Civil Awards’ recipients:
| January 1 | Manuel Olivencia
Spanish lawyer, economist and diplomat (born 1929) |
| January 2 | Thomas S. Monson
American religious leader and writer (born 1927) |
| January 3 | Colin Brumby
Australian composer (born 1933) |
| January 4 | Aharon Appelfeld
Ukrainian-Israeli writer (born 1932) |
| January 4 | Ray Thomas
English musician (born 1941) |
| January 5 | Antonio Angelillo
Italian-Argentine footballer (born 1937) |
| January 5 | Jerry Van Dyke
American actor (born 1931) |
| January 5 | John Young
American astronaut (born 1930) |
| January 6 | Horace Ashenfelter
American Olympic athlete (born 1923) |
| January 6 | Thomas Bopp
American astronomer (born 1949) |
| January 7 | France Gall
French singer (born 1947) |
| January 7 | Peter Sutherland
Irish businessman and politician (born 1946) |
| January 8 | Juan Carlos García
Honduran footballer (born 1988) |
| January 8 | George Maxwell Richards
4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1931) |
| January 9 | Odvar Nordli
21st Prime Minister of Norway (born 1927) |
| January 9 | Mario Perniola
Italian philosopher (born 1941) |
| January 10 | Eddie Clarke
British musician (born 1950) |
| January 11 | Edgar Ray Killen
American criminal (born 1925) |
| January 14 | Dan Gurney
American racing driver (born 1931) |
| January 14 | Cyrille Regis
English footballer (born 1958) |
| January 14 | Hugh Wilson
American film director and television producer (born 1943) |
| January 15 | Edwin Hawkins
American musician (born 1943) |
| January 15 | Dolores O’Riordan
Irish musician (born 1971) |
| January 15 | Peter Wyngarde
British actor (born 1928) |
| January 16 | Bradford Dillman
American actor (born 1930) |
| January 16 | Oliver Ivanović
Serbian politician (born 1953) |
| January 16 | Jo Jo White
American basketball player (born 1946) |
| January 18 | Lucas Mangope
South African politician (born 1923) |
| January 18 | Peter Mayle
English author (born 1939) |
| January 18 | Stansfield Turner
American admiral and academic (born 1923) |
| January 19 | Dorothy Malone
American actress (born 1924) |
| January 20 | Paul Bocuse
French chef (born 1926) |
| January 20 | Graeme Langlands
Australian rugby player (born 1941) |
| January 20 | Naomi Parker Fraley
American naval machiner (born 1921)[64] |
| January 20 | Jim Rodford
English bass guitarist (born 1941) |
| January 21 | Yves Afonso
French actor (born 1944) |
| January 21 | Philippe Gondet
French footballer (born 1942) |
| January 21 | Tsukasa Hosaka
Japanese footballer (born 1937) |
| January 21 | Jens Okking
Danish actor and politician (born 1939) |
| January 21 | Connie Sawyer
American actress (born 1912) |
| January 22 | Jimmy Armfield
English footballer and manager (born 1935) |
| January 22 | Ursula K. Le Guin
American novelist (born 1929) |
| January 23 | Hugh Masekela
South African jazz musician (born 1939) |
| January 23 | Nicanor Parra
Chilean poet (born 1914) |
| January 24 | Jack Ketchum
American author (born 1946) |
| January 24 | Mark E. Smith
English singer-songwriter (born 1957) |
| January 25 | Claribel Alegría
Nicaraguan poet (born 1924) |
| January 25 | Neagu Djuvara
Romanian historian essayist and philosopher (born 1916) |
| January 26 | Elizabeth Hawley
American journalist (born 1923) |
| January 26 | Hiromu Nonaka
Japanese politician (born 1925) |
| January 27 | Ingvar Kamprad
Swedish businessman (born 1926) |
| January 27 | Mort Walker
American comic artist (born 1923) |
| January 28 | Gene Sharp
American political scientist (born 1928) |
| January 29 | Ion Ciubuc
7th Prime Minister of Moldova (born 1943) |
| January 30 | Mark Salling
American actor (born 1982) |
| January 30 | Clyde Scott
American football player (born 1924) |
| January 30 | Azeglio Vicini
Italian footballer and coach (born 1933) |
| January 30 | Louis Zorich
American actor (born 1924) |
| January 31 | Rasual Butler
American basketball player (born 1979) |
| January 31 | Leonid Kadeniuk
Ukrainian cosmonaut (born 1951) |
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It is irrational to compare and contrast the intensity of nuclear and other deadly weapons on both sides. Weapons at their disposal are enough to plunge millions of people into the shackles of miseries and starvation on both sides. Both nations will also suffer owing to their economic predicament: one is at a crucial economic scenario while other is growing rapidly. Likewise, Pakistan is home to 208m while India consists of 1.34bn people. Currently, trade between South Asian neighbors is around $3bn. However, their potential is $37bn (World Bank 2018). Such an immense potential, if realized, would make this region developed, prosperous and attractive for rest of the world. Moreover, both countries can cooperate in issues like terrorism, climate change, poverty eradication, illiteracy, water scarcity, security, sustainable development and what not.
Once Ralph Waldo Emerson-an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century said,” For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Truth they say is the first casualty in war, in some cases in peace time too. But yelling and screaming TV anchors painted a picture in India of such precise details as though they were watching everything from the cockpits of Mirage planes. Media is not always helpless or bereft of resources to independently verify the truth.
It was difficult to find a journalist on Tuesday on Indian TV who would be asking questions and scrutinising the narrative from both sides instead of giving lectures in patriotism from the pulpit their newsroom has become but with the exception of certain liberal and literate voices.
Chief Justice Of Pakistan(CJP) Saqib Nisar is going to retire in mid Of January 2019. But,his services as CJP have been stupendous as we analyse.Though, there are also some reservations considering it judicial activism but it is incorrect, and actually, it is judicial outreach means exceeding the its powers.Judicial Outreach has a dire consequences too, because institutes in such way cease their work with the fear of an unwelcome scrutiny all the time.Indeed, there should be only judicial objectivity.However, the political system and its actors did not found his tenure as pleasant as the masses.Limits were violated by CJP according to them.This emotion of populism just drag CJP in the dubious limelight.The real problem is that the judiciary earlier was just moving with the status-quo without any pro-active approach.Has judiciary taken up a morsel which can not be chewed?
Behind every success person who endeavoured more than one to reach his or her goal, is the means of “Never giving up “. If you believe in these three words, you can turn the unattainable to attainable. In my deliberation, this proclamation is proficient in changing the life of any person including me.
To begin with, not from foremost try all what you want to become is in your hand. You may fail more than one time to discover how to stand, just like a baby. I have a lot of dream that I yearn to become true, but words are zilch without deed.
Every one of us has dreams in our minds, but hardly few managed to get them executed in their first attempt. Dreaming is the sweetest thing ever, because we always tend to dream about the things we love and hope for to achieve. The finest way to accomplish your dreams and hopes is to struggle to attain them and make them a reality. Never giving up means that one should never lose hope and keep on trying. For many people, failure is nothing but the first attempt towards victory. This should be our exact approach in life. In existence, what matters is our outlook. If we resign easily, we cannot taste the zest of success. It takes years for a tree to give a scrumptious fruit. Similarly it will take time to make success, sometimes even years. The trail of success can be rough and hard, but if we keep going without any lack of confidence the day to success is not really far-flung.
“We cannot ever stop dreaming just as we cannot ever stop breathing.”
― Avijeet Das
Some people say that it’s too childish to dream, but from my perspective age really doesn’t matter as long as you have a purpose and meaning in your life through these dreams. For some, daydreaming is all what their life is about. As they say that breaking someone’s dream is like crushing their hearts.
For all our lives, we bothered ourselves what people may think of us if we do this/that. That is where your wisdom and perspective perks up. One should never give a damn to what others may think. It is people’s job to gossip and to let you down. Never ever feel discouraged from that and don’t ever head to such nonsense. Do whatever you want to do, and it is only you who decides whether to it or not in the first place.
Many of us, when little, have enormous dreams. We do not allow circumstances to perimeter how far we dream. We feel passionate, ready to surmount the world.
However, as we grow a little older, and after drumming hindrances and failures, we begin to stop trusting in us, and lose our enthusiasm, reliance and objective. We reconcile into ordinary life, lumber on, and we either forget our dreams, or they become just fuzzy, incapable desires.
When adults or even teenagers feel like they are failing and are not getting even close to what they want in their lives, they tend to experience serious psychological tantrums. This is when youngsters feel anxiety and depression. The best possible solution is to talk them out of it, otherwise they began to lose their purpose and meaning in life. Losing the will to live is unfortunately very common. Giving up on your life is not the solution and our youth seriously needs to understand it. There is always, I mean literally always the solution to every problem, and surely suicide is NOT it.
People think that they have tried everything and the end goal is for them to die now. Whereas, life is all about struggling, how can you say that you have tried everything and still failed? Nothing in this life is impossible or unattainable. Each and everything is possible as long as you are still willing to try.
You are born to thrive, not just to play it secure in your comfort zone.
You might try avoiding failure because it deteriorates your self-esteem — although failure is a condition for success. Ask any industrialist or adventurer, and they will tell you failure is crucial. Some people seem to be thriving under whatever circumstances they faced, while we speculate why we are wedged in our quandary. To thrive means to grow and flourish, not simply to scour by. The key to thriving is recognising you are miserable and willing to make changes, irrespective of the steps mixed up. There is mouldiness to surviving, in that you become worn out and restless. Your soul calls you to course into the mysterious where independence and good fortune lies.
“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”
— Maya Angelou
Ultimately, admitting defeat is just the character of the people who don’t believe in their self and aptitude. If they lost their confidence, they will lose everything. Giving up means that they don’t work hard to attain their targets.
To recapitulate, if you believe that you can fly then you will, don’t let the door of the hopelessness breaks your dream. Sometimes God close one door to open other, just be patient and don’t give up.
In a draft for a new career policy for the Police Service of Pakistan (PSPs), the government has proposed revival of the erstwhile All Pakistan Unified Group and provision of a reasonable quota for PSP officers in the Federal Secretariat in BS-20 to BS-22.
The draft also proposes that promotion of PSP officers should be strictly linked to the requirements of field, staff and training assignments, mandatory and annual capacity building courses, 360-degree evaluation, mandatory rotation and suitability for the senior leadership positions.
It further proposes expansion of hard areas for PSP officers to interior of Sindh, particularly the districts of Khairpur, Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Ghotki and Tharparkar, to southern Punjab by including the districts of Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bhakkar, Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Bhawalnagar and to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by including Kohat district.
In the earlier arrangements, only Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan were hard areas for the PSP officers.
Proposed policy will have enormous impact on future services of senior police officers and entire police force
Several new features/plans have been added to the policy draft which has been prepared by the Establishment Division and then forwarded to Prime Minister Imran Khan for final approval.
The policy will have enormous impact on the future services of senior police officers and Pakistan’s entire police force.
Rotation policy
The rotation policy is to be implemented by a selection committee headed by the establishment secretary with the chief secretaries of the provinces as its members. The committee should meet twice a year to recommend postings/transfers to the prescribed approving authorities.
The rotation for PSP cadre should envisage a policy keeping in view the 16 police-related organizations.
All secondments or deputations to institutions like the National Accountability Bureau, Anti-Narcotics Force and United Nations etc may also be treated as regular duty and service in the federal government.
It is proposed for the first time that the mandatory tenure of posting in all federal government organisations may be fixed at a minimum period of four years in BS-18, 19 and 20 collectively and a maximum period of 12 years.
To attain eligibility for promotion to BS21, an officer should have served a minimum of four years in federal government and a minimum of two years in a hard area.
The officers may be rotated for posting in hard areas on the basis of “least rotated transfer first” and in order of seniority.
Since the policy envisages rotation of PSP officers, respective IGPs of the provinces and heads of all police organisations may also be made part of the selection committee.
PSP officers must be required to be posted at the staff, field and training assignments in BS-18, 19 and 20.
A separate section may be established in the establishment division for career planning of PSP officers.
A senior PSP officer preferably in BS-21 should be posted as additional secretary of the interior ministry for better coordination.
A successful rotation policy must include a comprehensive welfare package to make the rotation smooth, workable and convenient. In BS-17, the officer shall have at least one year in rural sub-division and one year in urban sub-division.
PSP officers may be required to serve in Frontier Constabulary for one year immediately on promotion to BS-18, instead of BS-17.
The officers during first year of promotion in BS-18 shall not be considered for posting as district superintendent of police. They should serve initially as additional SP or SP investigation. For postings seniors will get a preference over juniors.
In BS-18 and 19, the officer who has completed two consecutive field assignments or three years in field, whichever is earlier, should not be considered for third back-to-back field assignment.
Since a PSP officer is posted on same assignments in BS-18 and 19, these two grades may be treated as one block.
Officers in BS-19 shall be considered for bigger and urban districts.
An officer should not be moved to a field posting when less than a year is left to his superannuation. The officers should not be assessed on the basis of annual performance evaluation report alone. The misconduct generated by his seniors should also be part of the assessment pack.
On secondment or on deputation in any organisation in the country or abroad, the reports of the organisations may be considered as performance evaluation reports and the requirement of earning an ACR.
An officer twice deferred for want of performance or integrity or twice superseded for any reason by a duly constituted Central Selection Board shall not be considered for promotion in future.
PSP officers will undergo a medical and psychological examination every year to ascertain their suitability for field assignments and future promotions.
Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2018
In September 2018, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi takes the floor at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and makes a speech far more direct than most in the audience expect. “We seek resolution of disputes through a serious and comprehensive dialogue that covers all issues of concern. We were to meet on the sidelines of this UNGA Session to talk about all issues with India- India called off dialogue the third time for the Modi Government – each time on flimsy grounds. They preferred politics over peace.
They used the pretext of stamps issued months ago, of a Kashmiri activist and depicting grave human rights violations, including pellet gun victims, as an excuse to back out from the talks. Dialogue is the only way to address long standing issues that have long bedeviled South Asia, and prevented the region from realising its true potential,” he stated.
Recent fuel to fire was the terrorist act of Indian Forces direct shooting at demonstrators in Pulwama region of Indian Occupied Kashmir claimed the lives of a number of innocent citizens.
Friendship is basically is the relationship between two or more people who understand each other deeply and thoroughly. It is that special bond that develops sometimes instantly and at times gradually. Friends are an important part of most people’s lives. Research has recently shown that having friends increases our chances of being happy. Friendships are among the most important relationships you’ll have in your life. Many of your favourite memories probably include times you’ve spent with friends. If a potential new friend doesn’t see the same joyous charms in you as your best friend sees, it’s unlikely that anything deep and lasting will come of it. There’s no telling when and where a friendship will develop.
Friends can dare us, perplex us, and sometimes, we might speculate why we hassle. But friendship is as significant to our wellbeing as eating right and exercising. Friendships help us grow through each year of our lives. The friends we congregate in school teach us how to be enduring, wait our turn, reach out, and try new hobbies. When we budge into young adulthood we discover more about taking responsibility, finding a career path, and seeking out people as mentors.
As we persist into our 40’s and beyond, we learn to withstand the ups and downs in life, and once again friends provide a sounding board and place for us to grow. Friendship is a key to our success with all our relationships and it can construct a sense of rationale in our lives. Those throbbing times when we might be without friends also help us to appreciate the friendships that come in and out of our lives.
Having a sturdy stream of friends lets us know that some friendships won’t last perpetually but each one brings something unusual. We learn more about ourselves and how important it is to have someone, just one person, who knows and understands you.
When we have a glance back to our lives, we come to realize that so much has changed including our friendships. You can’t have friends with a person exactly the same way as you did before. Take for example; your high school best friend can’t be your best friend forever. People evolve over time and so do you. Friends can’t stay with each other their whole life, they got separated, get to experience many phases of life. Your friends interact with other people and make new friends and so do you. As it is necessary to socialize and interrelate.
Not every acquaintance is meant to stay in our lives forever. In fact, most friendships end at some point, for a diversity of reasons. Friends may drift apart because their lives abruptly change (as in the case of a new job, marriage, or baby), or when they no longer share the same things in common.
Another reason friends drift is a lack of trust. In other cases, however, two friends will simply just grow apart. This is typical of friends who are close during pivotal times in life, like during school years or when you start a new job. Then, as their lives change, so does their friendship. And it’s completely okay, because it the part of life, it’s how we groom. We come to realize how things are and how to deal with them without your best friend by you.
It’s hard to let go of any friendship, especially one that just sort of fizzles out at the end. But every friendship adds something to your life, so appreciate your friend for however long they were in your life and for whatever they taught you. Every friend teaches us a little bit about ourselves.
To accept that your friendship that has drifted apart, know that you can get conclusion all by yourself. You don’t need to “hash it out” with a friend in order to emotionally say goodbye.
Allow yourself time to grieve, because there will be sad feelings that you’ll need to feel and work through, but don’t beat yourself up about the fact that the friendship is over. Things like these happen and sometimes for a good reason. You can’t probably experience the same things with all your friends. Every person that you are friends with ought to teach you something. To experience the certain aspect of life. The beautiful, special thing about friendship that friends are friends because they want to be, that they choose each other.
You might see your friends every day, once a year, or less. Or, you might hardly see them, but keep in touch by phone, email, or online.
Friends might come and go, they might make you laugh and cry, but most importantly of all, they love you for who you are. It doesn’t matter what a person looks like or what kind of clothes they wear. It’s what’s on the inside that counts and your friends should know that about you.
Likewise, having friends means you’ve a responsibility to be there for them too, even when the going gets tough. A good friend will be the one who will not judge you on anything and will not hurt your feelings. They’ll always have the time to hear what you have to say. Because no matter the distances, no matter you don’t talk to them every day, you’ll still have that special kind of bond that’ll never break. A good friend will eventually become your best friend because they are the ones with whom you’ll talk about everything and with absolutely nothing. You’ll laugh with them like crazy. These are the moments to cherish and friendships like these are the ones to appreciate.
Making good mates is important, but sometimes trying to fit in with a group can turn sour. Giving in to demands from your friends to do something you normally wouldn’t do can leave you feeling guilty, regretful, and ashamed, embarrassed or even frightened. Wanting to feel part of something can put pressure on you to act in definite ways. If you’re doing rather you wouldn’t normally do, or are not doing something you’d like to do, simply so that you’ll be accepted by the people you hang out with, you’re suffering from peer pressure. It is so easy to concede defeat to peer pressure because everyone wants to squeeze in and be liked. Especially when it seems like “everyone is doing it”. Sometimes people give in to peer pressure because they do not want to hurt someone’s feelings or they do not know how to get out of the state of affairs so they just say “yes”.
Peer pressure isn’t always a bad thing; sometimes it can be good, such as when your friends stop you from doing something dumb that you’ll later lament. But habitually peer pressure can be linked to pessimistic stuff. They can persuade each other to skip classes, pilfer, cheat, use drugs or alcohol, share inappropriate material online, or become involve in other risky behaviours. The majority of teens with abuse problems began using drugs or alcohol as an upshot of peer pressure. This pressure can happen in person or even on social media. As this is an age of technology and social media with its positive influence also exhibits the negative manipulation as well. The victims of peer pressure are usually teenagers. When they find the improper stuff, they imitate or want to buy it. Because the teenagers are immature and they can’t decide what is right and wrong for them, they usually get influenced by their peers.
The first and the most important thing for you to talk to your parents, as teenagers are in a certain age and they tend to go towards negative things. Sharing your problems and your daily issues with your parents will help you to understand how to cope with them in a better way. Teenagers don’t really felt like talking to their parents openly, and trust their peers or friends more. They spill their secrets and will get manipulated by their friends. Parents can also help by recognizing when their child is having a problem with peer pressure. They should encourage open and honest communication. It is Parents’ duty to help their child develop self-confidence. Kids who feel positive about themselves are less vulnerable to peer pressure. They should also develop backup plans to help kids get out of uncomfortable or dangerous situations. For example, let them know you’ll always come get them, no matter what so that they may feel safe.
When you feel like you are being pressurized without your will, it is okay to say ‘no’. It will not make you coward in front of your peers. It is completely normal and okay to be different from the rest of the group. It is what defines you. Always be yourself and always be unbreakable. Self-confidence is the key.
Avoid negativity
One should be very careful while choosing and making good friends. The world is full of dangerous and negative people. Avoid that person who gives you negative vibes or is trying to pressurize you to do something drastic. You may think that these people are your best friends, as they’ll speak sugar coated stuff on your face, but actually will strike you behind your backs. Some friends are friends only for their own benefits. Whenever they feel like their share with you is over, they’ll silently walk away from your life, leaving you broken and shattered. People like these are not your friends, not really. A true friend will always bring you towards positivity even though you are befriending wrong people. They’ll likely try to talk some sense into you, and these are the friends that one aims for and longs for.
Don’t regret
Teenage is a phase when an individual is developing and learning through discovery. They are young, raw and yet to become mature. Thereby, the possibilities of misjudging a situation and taking wrong pronouncements are inestimable. These are some reasons why teens end up committing crimes under peer pressure.
Often it is difficult to make the teen accountable for the criminal act which he commits as he is not yet fully evolved psychologically to make the correct decision or use his prudence with the desired understanding. It is very important to make right decisions. As this is a critical age and the person is developing his/her future; one wrong act may ruin everything. The importance of peers declines upon entering adulthood. When we grow up and glace back to the things we had done in our teenage, we sometimes likely give it a ridicules laugh or if we did something very serious, it’ll make us regret that choice later. Then there will be no use of crying over split milk.
As they say that teenage is the very basis of our character. The things we did in that age will stay with us the rest of our lives, be it good deeds or the bad ones. So it is crucial to avoid the negativity and the judgemental eye. Always be optimistic and be close to your parents and the real sincere loyal friends. Because you’ll likely find the person with common interest in no time, but it’ll take ages to find the real true soul who will stay with you forever, no matter what.