Daily Times
June 7, 2021
Waleed Khan, a survivor of the 2014 terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School, has responded to comparisons between him and activist Malala Yousafzai.
“For a long time, I have been seeing images of me and Malala circulating,” Waleed tweeted. “I would like to request everyone to please stop this comparison.” Waleed was 12 years old when terrorists attacked the APS on December 16, 2014, according to the BBC. He was shot six times in the face.
“We can’t uplift one person by degrading the other,” Waleed said. “Malala is an inspiration for many young people like me.”
Waleed was 12 years old when terrorists attacked the APS on December 16, 2014, according to the BBC
Waleed Khan, a survivor of the 2014 terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School, has responded to comparisons between him and activist Malala Yousafzai. “For a long time, I have been seeing images of me and Malala criculating,” Waleed tweeted. “I would like to request everyone to please stop this comparison.” From a long time I have been seeing images of me and Malala circulating around. I would like to request everyone please stop this comparison. We can’t uplift one person by degrading the other. Malala is an inspiration for many young ppl like me and millions around the world. Waleed Khan (@WaleedKhanAPs) June 4, 2021 Waleed was 12 years old when terrorists attacked the .
If nothing else, the ruling party is keeping us all entertained in these depressing days of a global pandemic. In the first fortnight of the month of May, the PTI outperformed itself by creating.
Daily Times
May 16, 2021
Pakistan celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervor and festivity amid tightened covid restrictions, on May 13th, which marked a rare occasion when the religious festivity was observed on the same day across the country.Bot only this, but after decades, Pakistani Muslims observed the holy festival along with their brethren in the rest of the world including those in the Arab nations, the US and Canada.
However, this Eid too wasn’t short of any controversy, when former Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman, casted doubts over the moon sighting committee’s decision to declare Eid on Thursday i.e May 13th, and asked the nation to observe a Qaza Roza [compensatory fast].
A moon for two Eids
Opinion
May 16, 2021
Overseas Pakistanis are denied the excitement of sighting the Eid moon on the 29th of Ramazan. Even when there is no suspense about the outcome, the entire spectacle is dutifully staged. The evening belongs to a select group of religious scholars who gather on a rooftop to peer into a telescope, looking for the new moon that should technically be visible to the naked eye.
But we have a history of how this supposedly easy and straightforward exercise can become controversial. After all, a new moon makes a fleeting appearance. Or a phantom moon may rise in the rugged hills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the vision is promptly conveyed to Mufti Popalzai in Peshawar, our practised bringer of the first Eid when we have two.