Thursday, November 22, 2012

PAK MEDIA- A DIRECTION OR DISTRACTION

There are three main roles of media worldwide whether its print, PR & Advertisement, electronic or social media. Those three functions are

  1. Information
  2. Entertainment 
  3. Guidance                                                                  
         According to these three role a media should inform the people in form of news, guide them in form of discussion programs and entertain the public in form of dramas etc. Our media is giving us news, discussion programs & all sort of dramas but whether they are important to us or not the media don't know that. If the trend of morning shows starts, all the entertainment channels starts their own morning shows by putting a face of celebrity, similar is the case with discussion programs & news flashes.



The ticker trend and 1 hour discussion programs are the drug needles that has been injected in our public. From teenagers to elders everyone starts to discuss politics rather than their duties. 

If I want to see David Beckham news everyday than why there is always Shahbaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Zardari news 24 /7 on channels.. If I want to know about technology than why there is always crime on our channels.

There is no media gate-keeping in our channels. They broadcast everything to other nations(countries) and then shouts on government that nobody is investing in Pakistan. How can somebody invest in the country where the TV channels are always portraying a dirty image of it? 



There are a lot of things which I can explain and will explain with more logic soon!

Remember one thing 

ITS PUBLIC WHO DECIDES WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE 

                                                                            

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

My 1st Book Review...


For the first time in my life I read a book apart from my course studies and that book was (Commando 2 ) KASHMIR KA SARFAROOSH written by A Hameed

The book tells the story of a Commando who spent his life in India and is assigned a very secret mission to accomplish. The commando is caught up many times but still manages to escape as his brain never sleeps and his motivation level is exceptional.
At the end commando completes half of his mission because he had been assigned 1-3 minor missions (which are not actually minor) between his important freed mission of a Pakistani scientist & his daughter.

Reviews:

Although the book is the story of a soldier but it gives you the motivation of  struggling, planning & focusing in life and under different situations. The book is involves all the good things like beginning, climax, plot & ending. It keeps the reader interest and grabs the reader.

Friday, November 16, 2012

GYLC PAKISTAN - A flashback

Being alumni of Global Youth Leadership Conference (GYLC) 2012 that was held in Pakistan on 27 may- 30th may , today I finally decided to write a blog on that conference. I was planing to write it before but never find time to do so. But quickly without wasting time of my readers I would like to tell you what is GYLC.....

WHAT IS GYLC 


Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) gives high-achieving students a greater understanding of their roles as global ambassadors while analyzing concepts surrounding communications, diplomacy, law, human rights, peace, security, economics and the role of the United Nations. Students return home from GYLC with a greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities as citizens and future leaders in an international community.

Each session of the Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) is designed to educate, inspire and motivate students by giving them the opportunity to explore cultural differences firsthand, absorb diplomatic skills daily, build confidence and enhance decision-making skills in an exciting atmosphere that is challenging and fun.

The GYLC curriculum was developed by Dr. Marguerite C. Regan, a former high school teacher and social science department chairperson with a doctorate in political science from Purdue University. Dr. Regan has been involved in the creation and development of innovative educational curricula and programs for over 30 years. Under Dr. Regan's direction, the curriculum provides a unique approach to leadership training.

 Another thing I want to mention that there was nothing on Google Pakistan when I try to find any news stuff about GYLC Pakistan. So I will try my best to be objective & precise..
Every year GLY team from different countries like USA, UK etc travels to other countries for GYL conferences.There are more than hundred countries now, in which this program has been successfully introduced.

GYLC PAKISTAN

Partners for 2012 Session were University of Central Lancashire (UK), CASC (USA) & Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). The conference  held at the University of Gujrat in which  students from different departments participated and showed their potential. The GYLC Pakistan was headed by Dr. Alethea Melling from UCLAN and Dr. June Thomson from University of California. There were two teams of facilitators one from UCLAN and other from Uni. of California whose facilitators  explained the leadership skills to UOG students. It was a 4 day workshop which which starts from 9am in morning and ends at 7pm in the evening.
The workshop involves different activities which helped the students to groom, learn team work, how to utilize resources effectively, decision making, how to work in different situations, qualities of true leader, planning & strategy making.

Facilitators

The facilitators & their team who came to Pakistan are as follows

UK TEAM
Dr. Alethea Melling
Mr.Robert ( Choudhary)
Mr.Wajid khan
Miss Gillian
Mr.Bilal Gondal
Mr. Naim
Miss Shaheen Akhtar
Miss Mobeen
Mr.Shiraz Khan
Miss.Becca
Miss Shafia
Miss Saira
Miss Aamirah
USA TEAM
Dr. June
Mr.Erron
Miss Emily
Miss Jennifer Ken
(Sorry if i forget any name)

 And there were 40 students from University of Gujrat who participated from different departments like BBA, Mass comm. & Media, Physics, CS& IT, Sociology, Psychology, Bio Chemistry, English, Law and many more....

The team of UOG who coordinated with GYL team is as follow...

Dr. Nizam-ud-din & his Wife
Mr. Umar
Mr. Haroon
Mr. Kashif
Mr. Mustafa Mir
Mr. Asad
Mr. Ghafaar
Miss. Aneesa
Mr. Yaqoob
Mr. Shahid

Here is the picture of the all students & facilitators who participated in GYL workshop....



                          DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER