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Comedy nights in Karachi: On rishta requirements, insecure pakistanis and mailas
Last Friday, director Nida Butt’s little MAD School held its first comedy night and lovers of all things funny united in Karachi and showed up in droves. Now the excessive rush probably had a little...
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Forced to sell alcohol: Why is the ‘ummah’ silent over the plight of Chinese...
Imagine if you are a vegetarian Hindu and hold the cow sacred, that beef is shoved into your mouth. Imagine if you are a staunch Christian, that you are forbidden to baptise your newborn baby. Painful?...
View ArticlePlanning to study in France? You can’t if you wear long skirts
Recently, Sarah, a 15-year-old French Muslim student, was suspended twice from class for wearing a long black skirt because it was seen as a violation of the ban on religious symbols in public schools...
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I keep coming back to you, Lahore
I was in Lahore last November. If I close my eyes to relive some of the city’s glory, I would not know where to start. What do I remember? What do I smell? What do I taste? What do I miss? For me, as...
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Is a secular Pakistan the answer to our problems?
And now, since they have nothing better to do, the powers that be have fired another tester round in the sky out of the lame notion of keeping themselves busy in the business. A 17-judges bench headed...
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Business-class tickets for a stale bun – A fair compensation?
It seems as if we lose all our values as we grow up. What is taught to us as children ebbs away as we hit adulthood. Unity, faith and discipline turn into mere words instead of values. The word...
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Is ‘Adultery’ the way to save a marriage, Paulo Coelho?
I first came across this novel when my roommate was reading it. Just the title, Adultery, caught my attention and intrigued me enough to ask him if I could borrow it. This was when another roommate,...
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Indian media and beef controversy: Using Nepal’s tragedy to defame Pakistan
The drawback with Nepal is that our country does not fare well in global media. We hardly get covered internationally and even when we do get some media attention it is largely related to negative news...
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Give the associate teams a chance, ICC
The Irish cricket team has come a long way. It defeated Pakistan in 2007, England in 2011, and West Indies during the World Cup 2015. Another underdog team, Afghanistan, rose from a war-torn country to...
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Looking for a quick vacation? Here are seven things to love about Islamabad
If you are stressed or feel a strong need to get out of your city for some fresh air, there is nothing better than a weekend getaway – a break from work, the constant emails and the unending phone...
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Zulfiqar Mirza and his abuse of power
On May 3, 2015, Zulfiqar Mirza marched into a police station, allegedly harassed and bullied a police official and then took along with him a few of the prisoners as he left. Because of this, the...
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Is World War III round the corner?
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” – Albert Einstein The world is far from complex. While presenting it as such certainly...
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Six reasons why Salman Khan does not deserve jail time
“Hum yahan ke Robin Hood Panday hain, kia samjhay?” (I am the Robin Hood Panday of this area, got it?) A famous line from one his most popular movies aptly summarises the 49-year-old man who has put...
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Facebook vs reality: When unfriend and delete turns into divorce
During a casual social conversation, I stated, “It is always a sad incidence when martial relationships break.” A colleague smiled and said, “I have heard of three in the past month or so.” I have been...
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Pakistan needs to stop spending on its defence so much
It was October 30, 2003 – 11 and a half years ago – when someone at The Economist penned an article titled Pakistan’s economy: Feeling undervalued. For the next three years, every Taimur (Tom), Danial...
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Peshawar School for Peace: Making the peacemakers of tomorrow
The barbaric attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, where innocent souls became victims to mindless horror, still resonated in my head like as if it happened yesterday. The incident left me...
View ArticleEight enchanting movies to watch with your mom this Mother’s Day
As the saying goes, “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie” – Tenneva Jordan Such sacrifice and affection is...
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What does a Conservative-led UK mean for British Muslims
Against all expert poll predictions, pre-poll analysis and commentaries from well-meaning pundits, the voters in the United Kingdom stunned one and all by electing the Conservatives (Tories) and...
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Pakistan needs to bring its aggression back
There are times when nothing goes your way. When you lose at every stride and luck seems to have faded away from the stars, and it feels like nothing is going to change. Pakistan cricket team is going...
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My angel on earth, my mother
As a writer, I always find it much easier to expound upon subjects which do not concern me in a personal sense. The task of divulging ones innermost thoughts and emotions on paper, as most individuals...
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