tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post583311811336550580..comments2023-10-28T17:24:41.752+05:00Comments on Cafe Pyala: I Opened The News, And It Was YellowXYZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17120968316026139059noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-45246232808144470912012-07-27T11:53:19.789+05:002012-07-27T11:53:19.789+05:00Hi dear, thanks for providing so informative artic...Hi dear, thanks for providing so informative articles, you have nice post here. I will back soon. continuous this hard working, people will be appreciate you like me.<br /><a href="http://www.pkbazaar.com" rel="nofollow">Online Jobs</a><br /><a href="http://www.pkbazaar.com" rel="nofollow">Increase Your Page Rank</a><br />http://www.pkbazaar.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591426808261886166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-1810434491546909802012-06-10T13:15:06.841+05:002012-06-10T13:15:06.841+05:00good newsgood newshttp://sportsfunia.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260310493503737307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-14424126216969886952012-05-15T16:54:48.835+05:002012-05-15T16:54:48.835+05:00An excellent analysis and a great read. However, ...An excellent analysis and a great read. However, let me give you an insiders view on the story. I represent one of the schools who's name was bandied about in the articles by The News. Furthermore, Sidrah Roghay, the reporter took to social media sites to promote her articles. The first time we realised that something was amiss was when we started receiving threatening emails from "pakistanis" gullible enough to have been taken in by the "lies" spouted by The News. <br /><br />I'm not going to go into the merits of whether it is patriotic or not to sing the national anthem. I'll stick to the FACTS. Which are:<br /><br />Rhodene Academy (www.rhodene.edu.pk) was never contacted at any time by the reporter or anyone else from The News. No attempt was made to confirm the story or obtain a denial from Rhodene Academy. WE contacted The News and spoke to the City Editor. He gave us the personal cellphone number for the reporter and also assured us that he would look into the matter and get back to us. Sidrah Roghay was contacted and she said would arrange a meeting the next day at the school; however, stories continued to appear in The News. When contacted again, The City Editor apologised and assured us that no further stories would be published by The News. Sidrah Roghay never turned up for the meeting and she subsequently refused to answer our calls. When we did manage to get a hold of her eventually, she asked us not to contact her again. The City Editor was told in no uncertain terms that unless we received a satisfactory response from The News, we would instruct our legal advisors to take action against all parties concerned. Within minutes we had a call back from their recently appointed Editor, who once again apologised for the story and assured us that appropriate action would be taken. Apparently a meeting with the reporter was scheduled for last Friday evening to deal with the issue.<br /><br />Since then, Sidrah Roghay (@roghay) has hidden her profile photo on Twitter. Her friends who had helped promote her articles have gone silent, as has Sidrah herself. A sign of a guilty conscience perhaps? She stated that two of Rhodene Academy's teachers had told her on the condition of anonymity that the national anthem had been banned at our school. Our teachers were absolutely outraged at this blatant lie and were ready to confront her; however, Ms Roghay said that she had to protect her sources and could not divulge their names!<br /><br />Rhodene Academy has NOT been contacted by any governmental department. We have NOT been served with any notices. Rhodene Academy did NOT attend any meeting of "elite" schools to discuss the matter, as NO SUCH MEETING TOOK PLACE!<br /><br />Despite being branded an "elite" school, we have a fantastic scholarship program which entitles deserving children from all walks of life to join us. Over 25% of our students join us with a scholarship in place!<br /><br />These are the FACTS. For the record, the national anthem is sung every morning during assembly at Rhodene Academy because in our opinion, it helps to build character and a sense of national pride in our children. It is also sung before any of our school functions begin. We are foreigners in Pakistan and we know the national anthem word-for-word. Hardly surprising having sung it every day with all of our students over the years!<br /><br />This story has been jumped on by people in privileged positions who should know better. Some of the political figures who have commented on it should ask children within their own families as to what the truth is because they attend the schools who's names were mentioned in the article.<br /><br />But then again what's truth got to do with what's reported in the media? Why let facts get in the way of a good story?Admin (Rhodene Academy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02657047200017562934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-89806010236338223392012-05-13T15:11:12.537+05:002012-05-13T15:11:12.537+05:00This perhaps is one of the crappiest written thing...This perhaps is one of the crappiest written things of the year. The anthem takes 80 seconds. Tongues won't break if children will recite it daily.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444559490807576723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-54767727267678274562012-05-11T12:17:52.432+05:002012-05-11T12:17:52.432+05:00So after some investigating it turns out that no &...So after some investigating it turns out that no "notices" were given to any schools just that members of the education department attended a morning assembly at some schools - nothing further.<br /><br />It also turns out that the schools mentioned are now getting bomb and shooting threats and parents are afraid to send their children in. So what did this achieve? Now 3 schools that were imparting an education (and incidentally in some cases saying the national anthem) have to give students a holiday. :S got to love our society and the press for knowing how to rile them up.Amjad Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-28161724954234255192012-05-10T00:01:20.680+05:002012-05-10T00:01:20.680+05:00The News should first look into the shocking numbe...The News should first look into the shocking number of schools where there are no studies at all, let alone education. But that, I guess, does not serve their purpose of selling their paper.Elitistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-62646291259980811652012-05-09T20:20:56.076+05:002012-05-09T20:20:56.076+05:00To add to the gist of your argument: one of the sc...To add to the gist of your argument: one of the schools mentioned in The News article has published a response which categorically states that an official of the school has been misquoted, and that the school has been misrepresented. <br />See: www.bayviewhigh.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-71633264269838615282012-05-09T00:32:09.616+05:002012-05-09T00:32:09.616+05:00Amazingly well-written and analyzed.
The level o...Amazingly well-written and analyzed. <br /><br />The level of bias, the prioritization of issues, the subtle undertones ... it's just shocking and depressing.Paknamahttp://www.paknama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-82850472182717203192012-05-09T00:00:12.736+05:002012-05-09T00:00:12.736+05:00I dont understand the obsession that the news has ...I dont understand the obsession that the news has with the word 'elite' or rich people. Good post cafe pyala, it is time we highlight such half baked stories with no research and making an issue of no real issue. Is singing national anthem the last thing that our education sector needs to prosper? The news always has an agenda to follow and these stories have proved that.Tribotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-13773360991533204312012-05-08T20:34:45.766+05:002012-05-08T20:34:45.766+05:00the jang group should do a survey of the govt scho...the jang group should do a survey of the govt schools in the province and get back to me on how many even have a morning assembly. ridiculous reporting.sananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-34566979130762521082012-05-08T17:31:07.040+05:002012-05-08T17:31:07.040+05:00I read these reports and even I felt upset about t...I read these reports and even I felt upset about the issue raised. Still I don't think it's such a huge story to be published on main city page. Excellent analysis and very well-written.Farwa B Naqvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851187153802609569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-39853116335457172012012-05-08T15:37:14.035+05:002012-05-08T15:37:14.035+05:00A brilliant article! I was reading and after every...A brilliant article! I was reading and after every paragraph, I thought to myself: what an analysis man, whattay!<br /><br />But the last line kinda spoiled it for me. <br /><br /><i>Now that we have decided we don't like America, are we going to be told we don't like anything foreign at all? Shall we be asked to say goodbye to pants, guitars and any kind of learning focussed on inculcating critical thinking rather than rote learning? If we refuse, will we be told we are not Pakistani enough?</i><br /><br />You mean to imply the critical thinking is a foreign skill and there's nothing Pakistani (South Asia, desi, or use any other word that separates 'us' form 'them') -- which is Very sad man! I mean I know what you mean, Cambridge system is focused to critical thinking and Pakistani Boards aren't. And that's agreed to. But don't make 'foreigners' the owners of critical thinking.Saad Rehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224127069089095325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-70903251033668731782012-05-08T11:47:24.880+05:002012-05-08T11:47:24.880+05:00MSS, Another funny post from Geo Tv.
http://www.g...MSS, Another funny post from Geo Tv.<br /><br />http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=47910Sohail Ahmednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-90373994409842684692012-05-08T08:14:38.205+05:002012-05-08T08:14:38.205+05:00Well said!Well said!Yo Mista!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13870755867688489866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110720279777344316.post-35493853019212966672012-05-08T06:29:36.683+05:002012-05-08T06:29:36.683+05:00I went to a Lahore School run (unofficially) by JI...I went to a Lahore School run (unofficially) by JI. The assembly (and) anthem policy changed many times during my 5 years, ranging from everyday to once a week, per classroom to school-wide. Whatever made sense given the weather and school timings. That was late 90's and I never thought it was a real problem for some until I read this piece today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com