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      It was everything about getting us off the monotonous routine, but in the end, it increased our stress, as the welcome was followed by lab exams, quizzes and everything about academics.      Let's start with the preparations for the formal dinner. Our esteemed commandant (the officer in charge of the institution) arranged a formal dinner for formally welcoming us, as we are the new degree of his institution. Very few of us had attempted the formal dinner before, so it was going to be a new experience for us.      All males were told to wear suits on that pretty occasion. And females, however, had to wear any presentable dress. At last, the day came when we had to attend a formal dinner. Everyone gathered in front of the dining complex before 1900 hrs and later, we were allowed to enter the dining complex and choose where to sit. We had to eat after the commandant and finish before him. Whenever the commandant stopped...

    "On 14th August 1947, Pakistan came into being". We all went through this phrase, but do we really know what it means? Now-a-days, Celebration is just bounded to recreation. We go to different picnic spots, no matter in Pakistan or Foreign, just for some adventure and fun. We don't know why our ancestors struggled for this Pakistan. Pakistan means ' Land of Pure ' (Pak=>Pure, Stan=>Land). We don't know about the Two-Nation theory, and if we know, we just don't care. I can see too many patriots on 14th August, who are abusing the land in which they live. I can see different people sharing their love, affection and respect for Pakistan on this day on Social Media, wearing white and green (the official colors of Pakistan), painting the national flag on their faces, and I can also see them saying that this country is not worth living, they will go abroad, what has it given us.  'What have you given it?'          Are we only supposed t...