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Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

Jan 19, 2013

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More than a year after the American Revolutionary War, the second Continental Congress, on 2nd July 1776, unanimously approved for the creation of an independent United States of America; independent of the Great Britain. The congressional committee selected Thomas Jefferson (later to become the 2nd Vice President and the 3rd President of the United States)…

St. Michael’s Debate Championship 2013

Jan 15, 2013

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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In February 2012, me, along with A Level 2nd year students took the initiative and organized the first St. Michael’s Debate Championship (SMDC), a parliamentary debate championship, based on the Asians format. The event was a great start; 16 teams from prestigious institutions across Karachi participated. The three day journey was an amazing one, it…

So it’s a new year!

Jan 1, 2013

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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…At the strike of midnight the silence of the night is ripped apart by rattling gunfire; people celebrate the beginning of a new year.

Confessions of a writoholic!

Dec 27, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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Some people write, because they have an inner urge to write or they might simply feel like writing; others do it because they have to…

There’s a Special Place in Hell for Spammers!

Dec 20, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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I came across a statement on a blog that was somewhat like this: “There’s a special place in hell for spammers”. I am totally in favor and agreement of this statement. Spamming is illegal; breaking the law is like doing a sin, and sinners, figuratively speaking, go to hell, and actually speaking, law breakers go…

Time is a Great Teacher, but does it Kill its Pupil?

Dec 14, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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Time is indeed a great teacher. It has taught many lessons, great and small, to all its eagerly learning pupil. History teaches us many lessons from notable examples, on a great personality’s vision or inspiration or a great tyrant’s mistakes. All these stories have something for us, a lesson or a moral. All those great…

Belief and the Right to Believe

Dec 11, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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Did you know, that Belief and the Right to Believe are two separate things? A “Right to Believe” is something entirely different from a “Belief”. Understand the difference! You, under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the constitution and/or law(s) of your country, have the Right to Believe in any/everything you may wish to believe in/about. I,…

Should tobacco smoking be entirely banned or simply discouraged?

Nov 13, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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Tobacco smoking has been proven to be injurious to health; it is in fact the single largest preventable cause of death around the world… So why do people smoke, and why they are allowed to smoke, and why should it be banned or discouraged?

The ZABMUN 2012 experience

Nov 11, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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The over all experience was a great one, in which we learned many new things to carry on all along our lives.

How SM-MUN happened!

Nov 11, 2012

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Ahmer Jamil Khan

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In the year 2012, students of St. Michael’s proactively took the initiative to organize and host not one, but two grand events: the first one being the St. Michael’s Debate Championship (SMDC) 2012, in which other institutions and private delegations were invited to compete in cut throat parliamentary debates; and the second one being the…

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