SHAMEFUL OR PAINFUL

US president Barak Obama's recent visit to India, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwer resignation and blast in shikar pur,  apparently there is no similarity among all these incidents but most importantly these have left many questions behind about the foreign and national policies of Pak current government. 

Indian government is already overjoyed and confident due to their extended strategic relations and defense ties with USA but we are not going into this debate
that what deals Indians are going to sign with USA because our government must feel it as their failure and despite claiming themselves as strategic partner of America, Mr Obama did not bother to offer any such deals to Pakistan which is being propagated by Indians these days. Thanks Chinese government and COAS whose diligent and swift responses helped us to keep straighten our shoulders at right time otherwise this severe ignorant behavior over these sensitive issues were about to leave no good impression in our mind regarding foreign policies of this government. Though they have given few statements over Indian efforts to gain permanent seat in international security council but these are not enough, we have severe issues with India and most important are the water and cross border confrontations over various other serious matters but regretfully this government didn't have time to raise our voices at larger platforms.

Governor Punjab resignation had been anticipating by some anchor analyst from couple of months. Though he associated this delay with the sit-ins in Islamabad but his blunt exit should be enough to get awakened this government. This is another set back for them because if their own trustworthy partners will be started leaving them like this then where does the credibility of this government stand ?

Government was in the rehabilitation process after Peshawar attack, shikar pur incident has opened up a new chapter regarding their security policies and on other side terrorist are entering into our small cities now and with their Clear agenda to destabilizing this country internally. 

Government is also trying to get credit for giving some relief in terms of oil prices reduction but we should think wise if we are being transferred the real impact ?, Also government is trying to get credit of this reduction which is just happening due the cut in Oil prices in international market.They should take off the blinders now and must see outside the window, there are many problems and issues which have been waiting for their attention since long.

We really hope to have this government awakened in order to deal all such serious issues with priority rather than just focusing to build roads and metros etc

A PERFECT JOB BY Mr PERFECT "AMIR KHAN"

It won’t be justified if we leave our words unsaid and don’t appreciate Mr Perfect for his recent act. Although he has been admired by his fans already for his extraordinary performances throughout his professional career but this time Mr. Perfect has come up with another project which is not related to his showbiz career, it is a life giving project for which only a courageous man like him can make such an announcement.  Though we have been hearing such statements in the past by some other famous personalities but still Amir Khan kept himself unique among all and
he announced to donate all his organs after his death.

 Although many of us may have read this news through different mediums but my purpose to write few words not only in his appreciation only but also I want my readers to think what good we have been doing in our lives. We often heard  someone saying that “ I wish I could help millions if I had money” , this man has given them an answer who is already a billionaire and he has been surely spending his money for many noble causes already but see what good he has done , he will not be remembered now with his great achievements in his professional career but also he will remain alive in the form of his organs which will save the lives of many and this is our affirm belief that if you do something good, you will get a great reward by Allah and with this great act, Amir Khan will surely be rewarded by Allah with great blessings in his grave.

I wish my readers to think and open their minds if they really have true intentions to help people. They must get a lesson from Mr Perfect, there is not only money who can help people but your kind words, love, respect, encouragement and motivation in the time when someone really needs it, can also make you perfect in your life because you will remain alive or not, your every single virtue will be part of your soul and you will be kept getting peace in your grave whenever the man you helped, will remember you in good words.

Just Think!

"Pk" ENTERS INTO 600 CRORES CLUB

After the success of Pk movie and record business, here we prepared the list of those Indian movies which could earn the 200 crores and more but these are not even close to the business of "Pk".

Below is the list
which may not reflect the final figures as this process of earning is still going on.

Note: This list is based on the Internet data.

No.	Movie	Year Released	Gross Total (Indian Rs)
1	PK	2014	647
2	Dhoom3	2013	542
3	Chennai Express	2013	422
4	3 Idiots	2009	395
5	Happy New Year	2014	383
6	Kick	2014	377
7	Krrish 3	2013	374
8	Bang Bang	2014	340
9	Ek Tha Tiger	2012	320
10	Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewaani	2013	311
11	Dabangg 2	2012	265
12	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	2012	241

WORLD FIRST' ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS

Research in medical sciences is continuously producing good results and recent development announced when four year old Australian boy has been fitted with an artificial pancreas.Researchers declared it a world first treatment for managing type 1 diabetes.

Below are some links from where you can read out this research in detail. Hope it will not only increase your knowledge but will also give hope to those people who are suffering from this disease which is curable for sure with some proper treatment and care.

Pakistan is a country where diabetes has become a very common disease but apart from other many reasons, lack of awareness is another major cause of this spread. I request my readers to spread this message as much as possible so that lot of people can get the benefit out of it.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/four-year-old-diabetic-boy-becomes-worlds-5026281

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/4-year-old-australian-boy-receives-world-s-first-artificial-pancreas

TOP 10 WORLD'S MOST VIOLENT CITIES

I have been very curious about searching the fact that why Latin American countries are not developed like other EU and North American countries since long but recently when i went through some reports on internet where the ranking of the world's most violent cities have been published on various websites, i got my answer. 

This report has been published by Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.

They have prepared the list of top 50 cities and their data was based on the below points.

• A full one-third of global homicides occur in Latin America even though the region has just 8% of the world's population, according to United Nations data.
• Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty combine to cause the region's elevated violence.
• The council's ranking includes cities with a population of more than 300,000 and doesn't count deaths in combat zones or cities with unavailable data, so some dangerous cities might not be represented on the list.

I hope that my readers will find it interesting and may get the answer of same question which i have been thinking so long.

1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras had 171.20 homicides per 100,000 residents.

2. Caracas, Venezuela had 115.98 homicides per 100,000 residents.
3. Acapulco, Mexico had 104.16 homicides per 100,000 residents.
4. João Pessoa, Brazil had 79.41 homicides per 100,000 residents.
5. Distrito Central, Honduras had 77.65 homicides per 100,000 residents
6. Maceió, Brazil had 72.91 homicides per 100,000 residents.

7. Valencia, Venezuela had 71.08 homicides per 100,000 residents.
8. Fortaleza, Brazil had 66.55 homicides per 100,000 residents.
9. Cali, Colombia had 65.25 homicides per 100,000 residents.
10. São Luís, Brazil had 64.71 homicides per 100,000 residents.

Actress, Model and Textile designer, severe injured in car crash – fiance died

Moomal Khalid, got into an accident on January 20, after his car collided with another vehicle. Actress was taken to the hospital following a car crash. Moomal was a passenger in the car, along with her friend who died in the car crash. She didn’t escape unhurt. She suffered injuries in multiple areas, with her left arm covered in a protective cast.

Sources close to actress said that they did not anticipate much of a change in the actor’s condition but will provide a further update once more information was available.

Actress and Moomal Khalid is a new actress who acted in dramas. She started her showbiz career with modeling and than started acting. Moomal Khalid is a student of Textile designing and studied at Textile Institute Of Pakistan. Her passion is acting and modeling. Momal has modeled for Cherry Wrap clothing. Her debut drama is Khudgharz for GEO TV with Sumbul Iqbal, Ushna Shah, and Agha Ali.

Being a graduate from TIP and an author of this blog created some association and made me to mention this news in my blog. We all pray for her early recovery and safe back into healthy life soon. In sha Allah.

Well-PAID JOBS IN PAKISTAN!

Recently an article published by guardan.co.uk about the WELL PAID JOBS in UK, they have mentioned six jobs along with the complete description and detail. It was quite interesting to know these facts. Though the report was presenting the data of UK based jobs but it really developed our interest to prepare a list of some well-paid professions in Pakistan.
  We know that people might get agree or disagree with our findings but we always encourage our readers to come with their criticism or positive feedback. Every opinion will be highly regarded.

1)      Charted Accountants- we can keep it on top due to supply and demand issue, normally people feel it super tough so no one takes risk to jump in this field  eagerly and those who plunge themselves into the depth of this field and don’t leave it in the middle, are enjoying the handsome amount of salary.

2)      Petroleum Engineers – Some Multi National oil companies developed highly paid opportunities for relevant engineers due to the extended field jobs.

3)      MBAs from LUMS – All well established National and Multi National companies always prefer MBAs from LUMS for their Marketing, Supply chain, HRM etc. It may be due to not having an equally standard institution that’s why they always keep IBA and LSE graduates as second option. Due to the quality education and having immense confidence in their abilities, LUMS graduates always prefer to get inducted in any company with handsome package.

4)      Language expertise (Mainly English or Chinese) – Multipurpose jobs including media, call centers and as a translator etc

5)      Teaching expertise at Secondary/Higher secondary/A/O Levels – People who have ability to teach certain science subjects at these levels, they have established academies and earning very well through tuition fee with six to eight hours classes schedule on daily basis through different student groups.

We wish to have this list improved upon your feedback.

TOP MOST PORN SEARCHING COUNTRIES BY GOOGLE, REALITY ?

Few days back, a report published by various sites on internet which were claiming that according to the Google, Pakistan is among the top list for most porn searching countries and they also kept many other Muslim countries on top. Their criteria of establishing this fact was based on the most number of searches against different words and interestingly animal sex was on the top. In return of this report, we also see many counter attacks and these facts are being denied by some other websites even with the proof of Google data index. They further emphasis it as propaganda against Pakistan as well against many other Muslim countries. 


Well we are not going to be a part of this debate but we must understand the severity of this issue, even if we assume it a less intensive matter than why it is being promulgated by some certain groups so we must admit the fact that something fishy is really happening around which has given others opportunity to reveal these facts.

We believe that Pakistan is a country which has produced IT intellectuals like ARFA KARIM and recently one of our hardware engineer from Karachi invented a 3D printer, these are few examples and if we start searching, we will get lot more because we always feel proud to have a rich land with such talented individuals. We are facing the issues like insufficient resources and lack of awareness only.

How many IT universities do we have in Pakistan competing Internationally ?  we don’t need to go far away for comparison, just see our neighboring country, Do we have any IT city like Bangalore here in Pakistan ? you will be surprised to know that on the basis of an agreement to exchange the intellectuals between USA and India, many American students are studying in India. Where do we stand?

Now let’s come to the point, we provided internet facility to our nation but with no proper knowledge and guidance that where and how can we have the best use of it ? Due to this, our young generations especially teen agers is getting the use of it what best they could feel.Unfortunately our old generation is not very much familiar with the beneficial use of this technology. So rather than being a part of this propaganda, we must sweep our doors first and help the nation where  improvements are need to be done.

I wish people come and discuss this openly in order to spread the awareness at every platform.

FASTEST ODI CENTURY - NOT JUST A DREAM

Yes in early 90s it was just a dream to play such innings in one day cricket but then we saw a man with his Boom Boom style brought some more colors and attraction in this form of cricket. We should give credit to Shahid Afridi whose playing style made this form of cricket more popular after he made 100 on just 37 balls but even after years this record seemed unbroken and we had been watching Afridi playing some remarkable such innings but then he was Coray Anderson who proved his existence in this list and broke this record with 100 on 36 balls against West Indies in 2014.

And now
after one year, AB De Villiers set the new landmark during an innings of 149 against the West Indies in Johannesburg.He smashed eight fours and 10 sixes in beating the previous ODI record of 36 balls.

For your further interest, you can see below the list of Top 5 one day fastest centuries.

Fastest ODI centuries
1. AB de Villiers (South Africa) - 31 balls against West Indies in Johannesburg on 18 January, 2015.
2. Corey Anderson (New Zealand) - 36 balls against West Indies in Queenstown on 1 January, 2014.
3. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi on 4 October, 1996.
4. Mark Boucher (South Africa) - 44 balls against Zimbabwe in Potchefstroom on 20 September, 2006.
5. Brian Lara (West Indies) - 45 balls against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 9 October, 1999.

Now lets wait and watch who can break this record but one thing De Villiers has proved that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. A lesson for youngsters.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF FAILURES

John Sculley was the CEO of Apple in the late 1980s, One day he gave the go-ahead to an idea called the Apple Newton. It was an early iPad, seeing it as the future; Sculley dropped more than $100 million into this project.

But with no available mobile-phone networks and limited internet access, there was little that the Newton could actually do. The Newton was ahead of its time. Apple expected to sell one million Newtons in its first year. Instead, it sold just 50,000. In 1993, a near-bankrupt Apple forced Sculley out.


“At the time it happens, it’s very embarrassing and it hurts,” Sculley recalled recently from New York City. “It took years to overcome, and it really knocked the wind out of me.”


In some organizations, failure is a career-ending event. But at better-managed companies, failure is an accepted part of taking a risk. Failure means taking time to reflect on what went wrong, what can be learned, and to actually reward your staff for the willingness to take risks.

Managers are bound to fail. When it happens, here’s what to do next.


1. Take ownership and accountability for the fact that you ultimately are responsible for the setback.

2. Debrief your team on what went wrong.

3. Explain to the staff how to do things differently next time.

4. Design goals, objectives and a recovery plan.

5. Set aside time to assess your progress and make sure the staff is hitting those goals.

How to react to failure
The first step is to take ownership and responsibility for the failure. Don’t look for an employee to sack when things go wrong. Consider it the team’s collective loss, and be willing to admit.

Be sure your staff is comfortable with the post-failure review. They need to know this isn’t a process of searching for a person to blame, and they need to know it’s OK to tell the boss what you did to contribute to the problem.

What’s next after a setback

With the review completed, determine what can be done differently in the future. Your team needs to know what’s off limits next time to make sure you don’t end up in the same spot.

Then set goals so that your employees can strive for something new. Check in regularly to make sure you’re hitting those benchmarks and leaving that failure behind you.

Failure to success

It took a few years after the Newton failure, but Sculley finally figured out a way to personally process the failure. It was a very public failure and that meant dealing with a hit to his pride alongside everything else he felt.

“There’s nothing fun about failing. It’s embarrassing and can really hit you in your self-confidence,” Sculley said.

Now, Sculley sees his failure at Apple far differently. The recent popularity of the iPad proves that he was right in thinking, it was the future.

“Like anyone who’s been an executive for many years, I have a lot of failures,” Sculley said. “The secret is figuring out how to process those failures and then pivot.”





Ref – www.bbc.com

GARMENT RETAIL FRANCHISE BUSINESS, THINK BEFORE YOU DIVE

Garment retail franchise business is growing rapidly in many developing countries day by day due to the reason people are getting conscious in their look and styling and keep searching something new and different which will be best suitable for their personalities as well as keep them away from ordinary dressing.

We must give credit to some of the local brands which have changed the fashion sense of many people and made them ready to spend some more money for good quality products.

Keeping in mind the growth of different brands, they always seek for the franchisees in some potential markets.  That’s why they come up with contracts to open up their franchises in new and potential markets. It helps them to explore new markets with the expense of others whom we call “Franchisee”.

So to become a successful franchisee is not an easy job, you must know deeply below mentioned points before you dive into this business otherwise you will simply get nothing and will loss all your money for the cost of others.

Brand selection based on market need and product type: You must select a brand which is offering those products which best suit for your area and you see the deep interest of people in buying such products. Please always remember that product fits of your selected brand must be according to the body fits of your target people. For example, if your brand has the American sizes and you will open up an outlet in China and trying to sell the same sizes in China. You will not only loss customers despite having good quality and latest trendy products but also it will ruin your brand’s image. In our garment language we call it “Anthropometric” studies so you should check and get it confirmed from your franchiser if it has been done for your specific area/market already.

Investment / budgeting: Before starting this new venture,you must know that how much investment you can do in this business and how much it will require with the passage of time because in this business like others you will not be started earning profits at least during first six months so you must have sufficient capital in hand in order to bear all running expenses easily at least for one and half year. Before taking any further step, see below the complete chart for your better understanding.

Investment Type	Amt Rs	Remarks
Fixed cost
Security Deposit to brand	X1	It varies from brand to brand based on its fame and policies.
Furniture and Fixtures cost	X2	It depends on you that how attractive visual merchandising you want to keep for your outlet as well as the demands of your chosen brand.
Shop security deposit	X3	It depends on the location you selected.
Dealer cost (if applicable)	X4	If this is not your own shop and you get it through dealer.
Heat or cool plant / AC or heater etc	X5	If your plaza or mall is not centrally air-conditioned or heated
Total	sum(X1-X5)
Variable cost
Utilities + Maintenance charges	X6	Mainly electricity bill + if you have shop in Mall then you will receive the maintenance bill on monthly basis based on your shop size.
Shop monthly rent	X7	Based on the location and Mall foot flow
Salesmen salaries  + monthly commission + off days working	X8	Normal salary is Rs 15k + 1% commission
Fone / Internet Bills	X9	To entertain customer complaints or promotions of new collections
Marketing materials	X10	If it is not being provided by your brand regularly so you must choose an appropriate medium to market your brand / outlet
others/Misc	X11	(e.g. Stationary, cargo, alterations, salesman food etc)
Total monthly expense	sum(X6-X11)
Total monthly sale	XXXX	Depend on the customer foot flow
Total monthly commission to Franchiser	X65%	As per the contract ( 65-70% is normal)
Total monthly commission to Franchisee	X35%	As per the contract ( 30-35% is normal)
Total monthly Profit/Loss	sum(X6-X11) - X35%
Balance to breakeven	Sum of total profit/loss from start till current month (-)sum(X1-X5)

Area selection: Before you select any area, must remember below points into your mind.

         There must not be any other outlet of same brand in your selected at least 6Km radius area.

         You must do proper survey to know the buying trend of your product in that specific area.

         You must know the buying power of that particular area by keeping your product value in mind.

   
Many franchisees do above mistakes due to the lack of product knowledge and improper survey for that specific area.

      Many local brands trust on the reports of franchisees rather than conducting their own surveys for the selected area.
In both cases, franchisee always on the higher risks so they must take every step with full confidence and proper homework.

Marketing campaigns: Many local brands are lacking in this area and are mainly relying on Internet/facebook marketing but it can never help to market your own outlet so it must have been agreed before starting this new venture that how your franchiser will help you to market their products as well as your outlet in that specific area.

New collections and replenishment time: More the new collections/new designs your brand launches in a year and fastest the replenishment being provided by your brand, more the revenue/sales your outlet will earn.

Conclusion: If your outlet is not giving you the expected per month sales or you are not able to get recovered your fix cost after a year then you must start thinking for all above mentioned improvements before investing on your current location further. I will discuss all in detail later on.

ARE WE SLEEPING WITH DYING PEOPLE ?

Few days back when I was on my way to office, I saw a man sleeping under electric poll, covering himself with a dirty small blanket. It was a very cold foggy day, I was not able to control shivering despite covering myself completely with wool sweater, jumper and muffler etc. It was actually nearby my van stop, I stopped there for a while, took a picture with my cellphone and posted it on my facebook page. I thought for a moment that why this man was sleeping in this open area, at dangerous location and bearing this extreme cold weather but then my van came, picked me up and we moved to our office.

Although it was a short time incident but it left a lot of questions in my mind. I kept on thinking that what actually had made this man to reach at this point where he couldn't even get a safe place to spend this foggy cold night. A thought stuck into my mind that we used to call such people beggar, mental patients, poor daily wagers who come from different small cities and villages or some drug addicted people but did we ever think…

What did make such people to become beggar?

What are the incidents made them mental patients?

Why such poor daily wagers are not able to keep themselves at safe place during nights?

What has caused this drug addiction?

But then I thought that do I really need to get answers for these questions, No surely No because it will be a wastage of time for people like us who are actually Dumb, Deaf, Blind and mental.

YES WE ARE DUMB because we speak…

Where we think we are superior in grade/rank/social class/age/gender etc and can only show our power and anger on less privileged people but we never speak in front of those who give us some benefits even if they humiliate us.

YES WE ARE DEAF because we hear the miseries of poor, needy people in our daily routine life through different mediums but we do something rarely or occasionally or trying to be ignorant because we always feel ourselves the most needy people of this world.

YES WE ARE BLIND because we see corruption but we do corruption for our benefits or need whenever require.

YES WE ARE MENTAL because we seek the peace in those things which are actually causing the disruption of our mental peace, despite having all the luxuries of life; we can’t sleep before we take sleeping pills. we increase our expense and then try to increase our income and spend our whole life in order to equalize our expense with income. It keeps disturbing our life always. we never try to bring contentment in our lives.

Now I come to that point where I wanted to get you people. Please keep your ears and eyes open, you will definitely see people in your surrounding screaming, starving, being harassed or itched their wounds due to helplessness. They might be sleeping under such electric polls on footpaths, covering themselves with blankets and praying God for help with tears in eyes.

Please always keep some money as Sadqa or Zakat in your pocket with a true intention to help such people. You will be judged by Allah definitely.

May Allah bless you and your families and give you courage to become a part of this noble cause. Amen