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Five reasons Obama prodded Modi about religious tolerance
After murdering King Duncan of Scotland in his sleep, Macbeth returns to his wife with his hands smeared in crimson blood. He exclaims, “How is it with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are...
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Oh Daraz.pk, why you do me like that?
A few days ago, a friend called me to check the availability of the iPhone 6 in Karachi. As the phone has not officially launched in Pakistan, and because our market has been deeply infiltrated by...
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Through the eyes of a fanatic: Pakistan, the World Cup enigma
Cricket is a game for the fanatic. You don’t like the sport, you love it. You sacrifice sleep, plead for divine intervention, wield undying beliefs and hold faith that despite needing eight runs of the...
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Do you know How To Get Away With Murder?
Murders are easy to commit but hard to cover up these days. That’s what I thought until I started watching the new mystery-thriller drama, How to Get Away with Murder. This new thriller has not only...
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When will the suffering of the sugarcane farmers in Sindh end?
Pakistan is still primarily considered an agrarian economy. The on-going sugarcane pricing row between sugar mill owners and sugarcane growers in Sindh will only have damaging, if not destructive,...
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Wanderlust
I want to do more with my life Than just be a Pakistani girl, a wife, a mother, I want to take two years off, And backpack through Europe! I want to watch the sun set over Paris from the Eiffel...
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Unfortunately, Qadri has a strong argument
Most stories, real or fictional, carry an antagonist and a protagonist. What sets the whole thing apart is the definition of who is who, something that varies depending on the person you speak to....
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Saving the legacy of the National College of Arts
In the days of my childhood fantasies, when I read stories from the Jungle Book, I didn’t know that I will someday be associated with the prestigious institution which had Rudyard Kipling’s father,...
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In Manto’s words, this is what Pakistan’s relationship with Saudi looks like
We live in strange times. Saudi Arabia’s ageing despot has finally died. The difference between then and now of course is that Saudi visits are hardly as honest and just as scarcely the bearer of good...
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When did religion become a tool for violence?
A few days ago, a story popped up on international media: “Three Muslims were burnt alive in Bihar, India, and their village was ransacked by a mob of 5,000 people.” Somehow, the news seemed like déjà...
View ArticleApplauding American Sniper is like celebrating murderers
Chris Kyle’s story, as depicted in American Sniper, is nothing but an absurd folly of sorts. It is more like an attempt by director Clint Eastwood to unnecessarily spruce up the image of a ruthless...
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Pakistan is not even prepared for New Zealand, let alone the World Cup
Openers getting out early, slow run rate, batsmen getting starts but not converting them into something substantial, a false ray of hope in between – pretty much run-of-the-mill stuff for Pakistan’s...
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The cunning Goldilocks, stealing husbands and what not
She is a girl born with a golden spoon, and her neighbour is a lad much like her. They both believe that their rights are more important than others’, and hence they live to take all from others,...
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When will India and Pakistan stop complaining to Uncle Sam?
In India, we live and grow with the belief that the ISI and several non-state actors in Pakistan are responsible for terrorism in the country. That the trouble in Jammu and Kashmir is sponsored from...
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Pakistan cannot afford to kick its Afghan refugees out
Pakistan’s recent policy of repatriating illegal Afghan refugees from its soil, as a reaction to the Army Public School (APS) attack in Peshawar, is being appreciated in many circles around the...
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The excruciating experience of watching Pakistan bowl
As I write this, Pakistan has just conceded 369 runs against the New Zealand batting side. Maybe this would not be so hard to take if I had not grown up watching legends like Imran Khan, Wasim Akram,...
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If you’re looking for brainless fun, Dolly Ki Doli is the movie for you!
Dolly Ki Doli is a cinematic venture that has been hyped up beyond understanding. One reason that comes to my mind, surrounding this hype, is the fact that this is the first time Arbaaz Khan, Salman...
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This is no longer a ‘Goray rang ka zamana’
“Goray rang ka zamana kabhi hoga na purana. Gori darr tujhe kiska hai? Tera tou rang gora hai!” (It is the era of fair complexions, this era will never get old. What are you afraid of girl? Your...
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Willful ignorance
What do you want, God? What do you need? Submission, obedience and blind faith; is that all you require of me? I am sorry, my Lord; this dogma I refuse to accept, From the Master of the universe,...
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Organising a Holocaust denial cartoon competition makes you no different from...
In my recent post titled Where are all the moderate Muslims?, published on January 8th, 2015, I opened the blog retelling a true story, here it is; “History tells us a story about a woman who used to...
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