By Mariam Saeed Khan, our ambassador at Next Generation Pakistan Why is the word becoming increasingly popular day by day? Why is load shedding getting the fame? Why are all the parties playing “paid-content” advertisements? All these questions occurred into my mind while switching through television channels for an hour. After that it was all “black”. No light. And then my inappropriate love for the past government increased. It is increasing with the number of hours people have to deal with while working or sleeping. With the dead batteries of UPS, the generators rusting for...

Contributed by Zeenia Mian Today a man and his son were brutally murdered in cold blood, while they were on their way to the child’s school. Two lives were completely eradicated from the face of the earth in a matter of seconds, and there was nothing anyone could do. This story might be the headlines of the day, but tomorrow, the world would go on just like it always has, and these two beings would be forgotten, just like the rest of them. But have we once stopped and tried to imagine what the family of these people might be going through? A boy lost his father and brother, a woman lost his son and husband, and a man lost his son and...

This interview was conducted by Zeenat Chaudhry. Special thanks to Shahab Ahmed and Nameer Jamillee for helping draft the questions for this interview. “Enough controversy!” we thought. “Its time somebody explored her human side- her dreams, her passions and wishes.” And that’s what we set out to do when we called up Veena Malik after she had agreed to this interview. 1. Who is Veena Malik in real life? Define her. Well, Veena Malik is a simple girl. I’m like any other girl of my age because I eat simple and I live simple. Well, except my dreams are...

By Ziad Bashir The author is a sophomore at Lahore School of Economics, and the Chief Editor of Ideas Evolved. In this article, I am going to argue a point that I hate arguing about, mostly because the response I get to my arguments is usually far from the point, and never focuses on the entire argument I present. Dare I, a self-proclaimed liberal, argue against the direction that Pakistani fashion has taken? If I do, I risk being called a fundamentalist, some of my more enlightened friends would even go as far as to claim that I am in favour of taking freedoms away from the fashion...

Written by Mahrukh Saadat. The author is a 22 year old aspiring journalist studying Print Journalism. She loves to write quirky pieces during her free time. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan but she has been in Canada for most of her life. “The 4 B’s we Boys Are Attracted to” by Waterloo Warrior’s inspired me to write a response briefly explaining the four M’s that girls are attracted to. MAKE UP Girls love make-up. Hands down they do. It doesn’t matter if they apply a pound or two pounds, all girls love make-up. In fact all they do is eat, sleep, watch, think and speak...

By Ziad Bashir The author is a sophomore at Lahore School of Economics, and the Chief Editor of Ideas Evolved. He has a Creative Writing exam tomorrow which gave him the perfect excuse to write what he doesn’t usually get time to write. Nobody cares why I like comics so much… bummer! Yeah, that’s how it began for me. Comic books, super heroes, their selflessness, stories like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and the larger than life adventures in them are some of the things that have been a significant part of my life. How significant? Let’s put it this way: I have wrinkles on my...