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Measuring a massacre – Should we mourn for longer? Louder?
Out of a student body of a little over 1000, 132 children are dead. At a moment like this, how do you quantify tragedy? If a thousand children were standing in line, every tenth child was shot and...
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Lub pay aati hai dua bann kay tamanna meri
On December 16, 2014 The Express Tribune blogs desk received many submissions from grief stricken people from all over Pakistan. These people wanted to show their solidarity with the families of the...
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#Ferguson: Was it only about being black?
The world has rallied around Ferguson after a grand jury refused to indict an officer for killing Michael Brown. Add the deaths of Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, revisit past cases of police brutality...
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Champions League Round of 16 draws: Who will progress?
The UEFA Champions League draws were announced on Monday and one cannot be surprised at the number of repeat fixtures between Europe’s super clubs. It is remarkable that a competition, which has not...
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What Pakistan went through during the Peshawar attack
Students of Psychology will be familiar with the Kübler-Ross model. The five stages of loss and grief. ‘Normal grief’. Grief of losing a loved one to a terminal illness. Grief that one has prepared...
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PK – A movie buff’s delight!
PK has undeniably been the most anticipated movie for the last few years. Apart from Aamir Khan’s fans, even film critics have been waiting to see producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s and director Rajkumar...
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Remembering simpler times with Ma’am Tahira Qazi and Sir Saeed
The Army Public School originally had a single branch on Mall Road Peshawar, near the PTV station. During the mid-1990s, two more branches opened up – one near the old Mall Road branch and the second...
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Dear Arham, I will never forget the last day you went to school…
To my dear brother Arham, My Arham, that day, before you left for school, I remember seeing a vibrant smile on your face. It was as if you were excited for the day to come. I miss that smile now. I...
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Celebrate Christmas, Pakistan!
This is arguably my most favourite time of the year. The spirit of Christmas brings joy, hope and brings about a pleasant change in people’s outlook. There’s positive energy in the air and everyone...
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Aao Parhao – A lesson less ordinary
My experience of teaching high school students has been rewarding, frustrating and overwhelming – all in one fell swoop. I’ve come to believe it is through teaching that one truly learns. Every year...
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Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers, you’ll never walk alone
Liverpool, one of the most decorated football clubs in the world, has been going through an extremely rough patch since the departure of ‘bite master’, Luis Suarez, to Barcelona in the summers. Manager...
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The cost of silence
The nation is in shock after the events of the Peshawar school attack. Even for a country that has seen its fair share of violence, the tragedy that occurred was unbelievable. After becoming aware of...
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No guts, no glory, no brain, same story
Being Hamlet Every time she’s invited to a social event, she finds herself in a little bit of a dilemma. Mind you, she is very social, loves chatting with a crowd and is popularly thought to be the...
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India needs to stop complaining
The second Test match between hosts Australia and India was another tale of flop for the Indian captain MS Dhoni, outside their home grounds. The wicketkeeper-batsman, leading the men in blue, wrapped...
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Game of Thrones versus House of Cards, who will bag the Golden Globe?
As per the Greek mythos, Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships. By the same token, collectively, two of the most popular drama series Game of Thrones and House of Cards have created...
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Racing towards prejudice: “Those Muslim terrorists are killing innocent people…”
“Those Muslim terrorists are killing innocent people…” I don’t even remember the rest of his sentence. Those words stunned me for a minute. But even as my ears started ringing, I took a couple of deep...
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Reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty!
As a legal and human rights defenders’ community, we should condemn the Peshawar attack and express solidarity with the victims. However, lifting the moratorium and executing prisoners on death row...
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Imran Khan: Always a crowd pleaser
It was September 22nd of last year; one of the blackest days in the history of Pakistan. It was a day when the Taliban targeted a church in Peshawar with a pair of suicide bombers who ripped through a...
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Today is the 14th death anniversary of Malika-e-Tarannum Madam Noor Jehan. Yes, it’s been 14 long years since South Asia’s queen of melody left us all, after she suffered from a prolonged ailment, at...
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Liverpool’s bandaged hero provides some solace for Brendan Rodgers
Philippe Coutinho gave the lead to the Reds, but it was Martin Skrtel who took the headlines with his header in the stoppage time, which preserved a point for Liverpool after trailing Arsenal 2-1...
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