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We are solely to be blamed for the water crisis in Pakistan
The average person uses over 300 litres of water to wash their car at home. The average car wash uses half that amount. Some automated systems use barely a 10th of it, when accounting for water...
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Paint the town green and feel the jazba! This is our World Cup
It is a match for the irrational, those bitten with the bug of insanity, ravaged by their all-consuming need for victory. There is nothing quite like it. No game this emotionally invested. No rivalry...
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Really Pakistan? Haya Day on Valentine’s Day?
It’s that time of the year again. Women are anxious and men are distraught; the day when every guy and girl sitting together are stared at suspiciously; the day when people are edgier than usual; the...
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“Love the way you lie” – The recipe of truth and deception
Valentine’s Day is here and love is in the air. But think again; is this day really about celebrating love and truth? In relationships, honesty and truth matters less than we think. Relationships do...
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With their powers combined, this is what an India-Pakistan combined XI would...
Tomorrow, all statistics and records will go out the window – it will be all about which players perform best as a unit under pressure. But before the big eleven, let us see which team has the better...
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‘Whiplash’ takes you into the mind of your scariest teacher
Think of the most terrifying teacher you have faced, the thought of whom still makes you jittery years after graduation. If you dare, he may appear on your screen in the shape of the tyrannical...
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How can Muslims fare with the #ChapelHillShooting and #CharlieHebdo?
January 7, 2015 – Paris, France Two deranged men walk into an unsuspecting newsroom and turn the workspace into a warzone. “Allahu Akbar!” The men chant during their attack, scapegoating Islam and...
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Roy is only a “tarka” of star power, nothing else
Sometimes a movie is advertised and marketed with a promise to deliver an all-in-one production – but in reality, it is nothing more than amateur work at best. Roy is one such movie. What do you expect...
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Would our children survive if they were Hansel and Gretel?
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next...
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Humanity check: Did you grieve Shia genocide as much as you did the Pak-India...
Mass graves are no longer an alien phenomenon for Pakistani Shias. Not counting the numerous target killings that have taken place so far, there have been three major attacks in 2015 till now. On...
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Chapel Hill: Should Muslims in America worry?
Almost 13 and a half years ago, 9/11 set in motion US involvement in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and escalated tension between fundamentalists and the world. Despite this, the United States, with...
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Who will help the Christian slum dwellers in Islamabad now?
Three-year-old beady eyed Nazia frolics mischievously around the room, trying to coax a response from me. Her mother scolds her, ordering her to go play with her younger brother outside. I, for one, am...
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Pakistan versus India: And the jinx continues…
Well it was 8am that the subcontinent started to get abuzz with the excitement surrounding the clash between Pakistan and India in the World Cup. There always is a different kind of excitement whenever...
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Fifty Shades of (messed up) Grey
Never before have character names from a book become even more accurate in a film adaptation until now. The sky in his world is grey, the ties are grey, his surname is the epitome of Grey and Jamie...
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Dear Federer, why would you choose to #BleedBlue?
Hi Roger, You know, I’ve never picked up a tennis racket in my entire life. Nor had I watched much tennis until my mother made me watch Wimbledon, in Karachi, in 2006. She wanted me to root for Rafa...
View ArticleLahore blast: When will the barbarity end?
February 17, 2015. Two months and one day after the unimaginable tragedy of the Peshawar Attack, Lahore has been targeted today. Today, at 1pm, a suicide bomber blew himself up right outside the Police...
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What I saw at the Pakistan vs India match in Adelaide
I didn’t sleep last Saturday night. Call it excitement, anticipation of victory or simple enthusiasm; words just cannot describe what I felt that night. I had reached Adelaide the day before, after...
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The US immigration conundrum: Is letting immigrants into US un-American?
Immigration is a highly painful subject in America, and has been instrumental in polarising the already divided public opinion. President Obama has time and again promised to deal with the issue but...
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Tables turning: Is Ali Enterprise looking for an ‘escape route’ from the...
It is great to see a political leader like Imran Khan come out loud and clear against the activities of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a party which, without a doubt, runs Karachi. The allegation of...
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They came, they saw, they terrorised, and we are doing nothing about it
The screeches of the motorcycles were loud enough to announce their blustering arrival; the cadres jumped from their vehicles, blocked the PIDC Bridge and parked their wheelers in the middle of the...
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