Friday, April 11, 2014

Our World and After Death Expenses...

.. After someone's death in our country we mostly have to spend following amounts for the better and timely departure of deceased..


  1. Kafan ( white cloth for covering dead body) & Rose Petals, small fragrance etc   about 1000/- rupee
  2. 4 Daighs ( Big Cooking Tool for making a larger quantity of food) for one day depending upon the no. of funeral attendees  costs almost 38,000/- rupee
  3. Other food costs ( Chapatis) almost 7500/- rs for 500 Chapatis 
  4. Catering ( chairs, carpets, dishes etc) almost 10,000/- rs for 2 days
  5. Grave Digging ( to burry the dead body) 3500/- rs 
  6. and if you don't have your own land in graveyard to bury the deceased then buying a piece of land would also costs you upto 30,000-40,000 rs or more....
  7. Dead Body Bath ( the person who gives bath to dead body by following the Sunnah) almost 1000-1500/- rs


And after spending on all the above necessary things one should also have to pay the remainings of dead person as its a religious obligation on which the lenders would never forgive the deceased or his/her family... and some lenders even try to mention that deal/money which one had never heard off.
The dead one is always given importance and respect when he/she is alive but soon after their death the true relations start to shine and faces are unveiled. This one of the bitter reality of our world....






Monday, February 3, 2014

Thesis on "Facebook and 2013 Elections of Pakistan"

My final dissertation for graduation degree was on Facebook users of Pakistan and their political understanding till the election day i.e May 11, 2013....



ABSTRACT

The study examines the level of political understanding among the Facebook users during 2013 elections. The study also examines the political content shared by Facebook user’s i.e. political videos, images, texts & audio and analyzes its critical, rational and ordinary nature along with the analysis of popular political issues/posts during elections 2013. A sample of 100 FB users was analyzed in this research which included both males and females (50:50). Research results showed that overall political understanding among Facebook users of Pakistan was of ‘Medium Level’. This study was based only on the online activities of FB users in Pakistan and their online political sharing during May elections. Content analyses method was used to deduce results in which user’s profiles are individually examined. The profiles were selected randomly and large percentage of youth (aged 22-25) participation  was observed during 2013 elections of country. Apart from that people from different occupations were also analyzed who actively utilized social media to express their political views regarding 2013 elections, leaders and political parties.
Results showed that a very small percentage of Pakistani women on FB have critical understanding while in males the critical understanding was the highest as they expressed their opinions with reasoning and logic's based on facts. Females were more rational and ordinary in their political approach while men were more critical and rational. The most popular political content shared was of videos, personal opinions ( status updates) and newspaper content shared.

Keywords: 
Social Media, Political Awareness, Facebook & FB profiles, Level of Political Understanding, Critical, Rational & Ordinary. Popular Political Issues.