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   Virtual Graduation ceremony Students always treasure graduation ceremonies because it allows them to reflect upon their achievements and unforgettable moments, while also enabling them to connect with family, friends, and peers. Hosting commencement in Covid is a huge hassle for institutes, as well as for students. With vaccination on rise many institutes are still planning to hold in person commencement. The risk involved is real, as many students, deans, faculty, and family members who don't have vaccinations will miss their loved ones' graduations. Having classmates, siblings, family members, and faculty away from you when you graduate is unsettling. The best moments are shared with loved ones, and everyone deserves a good farewell. A number of institutes, including University of Maryland Eastern Shore, require graduates and their families to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test report. There are many colleges that limit the number of guests, while Brown...

   Since several years, Karachi's climate has greatly deteriorated. Human beings are severely affected by it. Increasing pollution is causing climate change. Almost everyone in Karachi has a personal car. Rarely do they use local transportation. Local transportation is the only mode of transportation for the lower classes. It is true that many city dwellers and city workers use their own vehicles, and elderly people in particular, they tire easily. The pollution caused by cars to our environment and surroundings is beyond dispute. A greater number of cars results in more noise and smoke. Due to the car's smoke, smog is created in the winters that can seriously harm a person's health. Lungs suffer greatly from it. Local transit services should be encouraged, and the city should ban personal cars. Because of poor bus mechanics, accidents, and other factors many people do not use local transportation. As a result, local transportation is considered unsafe. Karachi could benefi...

  One late winter night, a tall, 6 feet 2 inch, beige-skinned man with almond green eyes and prominent features sat outside an old house that looked like a mansion. Even though he was dressed neatly, his hair was a mess, sore, and red eyes were all over. He doesn't seem to have slept for a while. The man seemed anxious, wandering about from one place to another, looking for someone. His ears suddenly picked up some voices, few people were talking, their voices were getting closer and closer to him. A sudden pat on the shoulder scared him. Hassan, what are you doing here when it's so cold outside? I was… she… just here...I was waiting for you, my friends. I have a surprise for you. We should go inside because it is freezing outside. After entering the house, Hassan lit up the Lamp, the house was clean and tidy. Two staircases led up to the location, and there were many rooms inside. They sat on a coach placed near the fireplace. The story Hassan began to tell introduced how this...

   An ongoing feeling of fatigue, skepticism, and inefficiency at the thought of excessive enthusiasm, physical exertion, and relationship stress is a sign of burnout. most common causes of burnout at work: ·         Workload and time overload  ·         High pressure  ·         Ambiguity and role conflict  ·         Managerial inaction  ·         Insufficient feedback  ·         Involvement is not sufficient to make decisions  ·         Injustice and inequity  ·         Disconnecting values Engaged representatives achieve successful results, since they are enthusiastic, eager and focused. Having representatives drawn into your organization is useful for maximizing your work and enhancing your execution, assurance, and development. Individuals and businesses are both benefited by repre...

   T OPIC :  W omen education and empowerment in Pakistan. RELEVANT ARTICLE : International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 8, August - 2016                                                                  1747   ISSN 2229 - 5518 . SUMMARY Education is the backbone of every country and nation and Women plays an important role to build it.  Education of man means education of one person but education of one woman means education of whole nation.   “Behind every successful man, there is a women”   (Ashraf  et al. 2015)  shows  importance of women in society building but things  aren’t as simple as it seems.  Pakistan is a developing country and facing many social,  economical  and political problems . In Pakistan, very low p...

  THE WAY WE DIE IN PANDEMIC Person 1: I wasn’t there when she died, she was probably all there in darkness, alone, lying on her hospital bed, struggling for life, hoping, and then she.... NEWS HEADLINE: Nurse: I was crying, huge amount of people were dying and we all felt so helpless...  Doctor 1: We were struggling, a huge number of people were shouting, half of them were struggling to breathe... Video clip of hospital Doctor 1: we were out of oxygen cylinders, number of attending doctors were less than the people. They all were calling for help but we were so helpless, we were trying but our every effort was in vein. Person 2: It is hard to see your beloved ones, your mother, or father, or partner, siblings or relatives to see lying on hospital beds with no energy in their body..... Doctor 2: we had no time for sleep, eat or do any other activities, we devoted ourselves to fulfill our oaths... it was depressing... NEWS HEADLINE: COVID 19 OUT BREAK MORE THAN 1,000,000 PEOPLE...

 THE UNEXPLORED BEAUTY OF PAKISTAN: SEEN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.  Pakistan has been suffering through the war of terrorism and misled leadership for years now. Many governments came and went away without even laying a finger on the fact that the country was suffering through a huge backlash. It doesn’t only affect tourism but other sectors have also suffered at the hand of poor leadership and corruption. The uprisings and tensions of the country created a negative image of Pakistan across the world. Pakistan tourism sector has suffered the most over the years, due to terrorism and weak safety measure, there was a great backlash regarding foreign tourists and not just that the residents of Pakistan were scared of safety measures like poor roads and life threatening dangerous illegal activities which stops them to visit the tourists sites. In the midst of all this, most of us forgot that Pakistan is so rich in natural beauty and the landscapes in the region are no less than a visi...

We often see highly-edited pictures on social media that makes us feel worse about our own bodies. Is this beauty? No? Then what beauty actually is? We scroll through Facebook, instagram and many other social media platforms when we’re bored or feeling down to refresh ourselves. Bur this could be affecting our lives too. We see a snap from our friends or celebrities which makes us wonder about our own bodies. Nowadays social media is doing more harm than good as the young generation is becoming insecure due to realistic beauty influencers and ideals. Social media has connected us and opened a path to a new world. But is that path leading to any good? The standards set by social media influencers have developed negative impact on our lives in particular men and women have battling their identity due to unrealistic beauty standards In the race of being better than others they are losing the charm hidden inside them. Losing one's own self is like chasing the stars when you have the mo...

   Background Planning process of Ant-Ul-Hayat When we were thinking about our topic the first thought that clicked our mind was depression, sadness, anxiety or emptiness which is so common in today’s generation especially in youngsters. Today’s generation is generally less happy. They think they’re suffering this alone but they don’t know that people who’re close to them suffer too. We decided to choose a topic that target those type of people who’re facing these problems Purpose The purpose of this Public Service Message is to tell people about the meaning of life and value of moments and time in life. Life is like a tide Once what’s gone is gone you can never have it back. In Our temporary sadness we’re not the only one who suffers; it's the people around us who love us who suffer with us. And later we yearn for those moments and are constantly reminded of the pain. In the end that pain is not temporary it becomes permanent. Strategy/ platform To spread words among youngste...

  The fault in our stars is a sentimental and an emotional love story based novel written by John Green which has a lot of turns and twists. It’s a chapter based novel, consisting 26 chapters the novel is telling a story of a 16 years old girl called Hazel who is suffering from thyroid cancer. The whole story deals with different sentimental and fun situations although it’s not a funny book but still has some funny things. There are some dark and deep aspects that are hidden in the story. The title ‘The Fault in our stars’ itself is a great lesson given by the author which keeps on changing and the reader keeps interpreting those lessons and messages. There are so many themes like love, fate, stars, hope, life, death and most importantly living. John Green dedicated this book to his friend Esther who died of cancer. This is a story of teenagers who are trying to live in this dark world and try to stay positive in every aspect. Story starts when Hazel meets Augustus in a Cancer supp...