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Where are all the moderate Muslims?
History tells us a story about a woman who used to throw garbage out every morning as the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) passed by her house. This was the woman’s practice every morning, the Prophet (pbuh)...
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Because Sobho is gone…
When next the rain strikes Sindh, And that longed for fragrance rises, With Sindhu dust and Sindhu water, Mingled in love; We will know for certain, Sobho is gone. For the fragrance will be...
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Sarfraz Ahmed – Pakistan cricket’s biggest positive in 2014
Pakistan cricket has a glorious history as far as wicket keepers are concerned, with the likes of Wasim Bari, Moin Khan and Rashid Latif serving the country successfully for long spells in the past....
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Appeasing the meat-eater in you with this Pakistani styled stir-fried spicy...
As a kid I was never a mutton, beef or milk fan. I was scolded a tonne by Ammi and Nana (maternal grandfather) for that. I was told that I would never grow tall enough or excel in class or be...
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Dear ZaidAliT, stealing jokes isn’t funny
Carrying a Facebook page over two million ‘likes’ strong, it would be safe to say that young Pakistani-Canadian comedian Zaid Ali T has moulded himself into an internet sensation. Each update from the...
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Playing god in the land of the pure
People everywhere look for answers in stark black and white, and love the comfort that gives them the ability to use it as a club against others. For some reason, people keep recreating the very issues...
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What in the world is ‘Love Jihad’, India?
A few days ago, whilst looking for a flat in Delhi, I approached a broker. With a pleasant smile on his face, the 27-year-old real estate agent ushered me into his two-room office. After I explained my...
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Why #IAmNotCharlie
There is no “but” about what happened at Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015. Some people published some cartoons, and some other people killed them for it. Words and pictures can be beautiful or vile,...
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So what if Reham Khan is divorced?
There are occasions when the misogyny and gender-bias that exists in Pakistan becomes more obvious than ever. Imran Khan’s wedding to Reham Khan has been one such occasion that has brought to light the...
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Saudi Arabia flogged a blogger? Let’s blame the West for that too!
Worshipers emerged from a mosque in Jeddah to witness a Saudi activist, Raef Badawi, being ceremoniously lashed. One… two… three… all the way to fifty painful whips, which are only the first of the...
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The ‘chosen ones’ for the 2015 World Cup
Cricket is not just a game in Pakistan; it is the blood of this nation. Thus, it is only natural that the hopes and dreams of 180 million people are placed on the shoulders of 11 men in green. Every...
View Article10 philosophical ideas perfectly expressed by Lollywood songs
Lollywood gets an unreasonable amount of flak for being the stepsister of Bollywood; the one that was sent to the village as a child, and says her ‘o’s as ‘a’s – McDonalds becomes ‘MaacdAnalds’ and...
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Who are you, Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?
“And like the sea, I’m constantly changing from calm to hell.” - Dallas Green My mother always says to me, “You are a wonderful woman all of the time.” But my husband insists that is not the case. When...
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How long will the US assist Pakistan?
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki went off the cuff last week to announce that Pakistan has not received any development assistance from the United States since 2013. That was news – Pakistani...
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The media didn’t fail on January 8, you did, Pakistan!
Chaos, screams, gunshots, children running from one end of the camera to another, mothers wailing in the background, mortifying reports, death tolls, debates, condemnations, shock, horror and terror –...
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PEGIDA anti-Muslim riots: Is Germany flirting with its dark past?
There is no such thing as racism in Germany. Or at least in theory, there isn’t. After the Second World War, Berlin was reduced to rubble by the Allied Forces, revealing the horrors of the Holocaust...
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What about the Charlie Hebdos of Pakistan?
I am not Charlie Hebdo. Does that make me less valuable as an organisation? As a journalist? As a human life? The answer to all of the above is a distasteful yes. I am a journalist based in Karachi,...
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NEFER: Fabulous handbags, fabulously Pakistani!
I am all for entrepreneurship. Be it any field, I have a great sense of respect for whoever decides to venture into the field and willingly commits to the several pressures and demands innate to the...
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Ballon d’Or 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo and becoming the Alpha-male of football
For the second time in a row and third overall, Portugal and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned as the best player in the world, beating the likes of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Bayern...
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Over 2000 people have been massacred in Nigeria, but do you care?
As world leaders gathered at the French capital to march in solidarity with France following a brutal attack on its citizens by terrorists, something far more atrocious and horrifying in scale and...
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