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Pakistan should learn lessons from China and avoid conflict with India
From the very beginning, Pakistan’s foreign policy has been security-centred, but the recent announcement of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) shows that Pakistan has pulled its strings...
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Sepp Blatter resigns: Ding dong, the king is gone
I was asked to write this blog immediately after news of the FIFA scandal broke preceding the general election. I thought to wait. Despite strong objections from UEFA and of course the Americans...
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Dil Dhadakne Do: A star-studded, elitist cruise
Having watched Zoya Akhtar’s latest flick Dil Dhadakne Do might give you a flashback to 2011, when Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was released, a movie directed by her as well. Although the story lines are...
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#Justice4Feras: When the US police kills another innocent victim and no one...
A 20-year-old Muslim graduate of El Camino Real Charter High School, named Feras Morad, was shot dead by the US police last Wednesday for ‘refusing’ to obey the officer’s instructions. Witnesses of the...
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A pro-poor budget with the rich in mind? Cute, Mr Ishaq Dar, cute!
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” – Joseph Goebbels Goebbels was one of the most prominent propagandists during Hitler’s era; the man was a...
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Something has happened in Lahore
The air is filled with a thunderous roar, A new ray of hope can been seen on shore, People have come out like never before, Something has happened in Lahore. The balls have been bowled, Cricket is in...
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The myth of vote in Imran Khan’s K-P local bodies election
Pakistan’s north-western province, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is ruled by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that has been fighting its election campaign promising ‘change’ and ‘real democracy’....
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150,000 dead and counting: When will Af-Pak’s killing spree end?
Wars are a nasty killing business, the culmination of a failure of diplomacy or resolution of conflicts in a peaceful manner. Like religious fanaticism, where reason and logic stop and aggression gives...
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Why did no one stand up for Tahera Ahmad and the bigotry she faced?
If you have been following the ‘Tahera Ahmad and the Diet Coke’ saga, you know that a United Airlines flight attendant refused to serve a Muslim Chaplain, Ms Ahmad, on the grounds that the can could be...
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Ahmad Saleem – a paedophile – and the tarnished image of Islam in the US
This week, American Muslims find themselves holding their heads and groaning over the new wave of sneering and jeering coming their way again. The tidal wave was set in motion last week with the arrest...
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Planning to visit Istanbul? Here are 13 food items to entice your taste buds
On my visit to Istanbul, one of the main attractions of the city for me was the exquisite food. Their cuisines looked simple yet tasted amazing. It was mostly mild yet full of flavours. One could eat...
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Indian media’s ‘lack’ of Kashmir and Pakistan’s geographical understanding
In the words of one very well-meaning Kashmiri journalist, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led New Delhi government and largely jingoist Indian electronic media have made anti-India resistance in...
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From Imran Khan to Azhar Ali – Pakistan’s ‘leaders’ over the years
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate...
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Is India going to hold a carnival to celebrate war against Pakistan? Really,...
You may analogise Pakistan-India relations with a roller coaster ride, only if the roller coaster you are referring to is a broken train, on an eroded and unusually bumpy track. These nuclear-armed...
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No, Hamza Ali Abbasi, you cannot shame us for talking about Pakistan’s...
They say charity begins at home. But for many right-wing Pakistanis, it seems as if home is not Pakistan; it is the Muslim Ummah – just the Sunni-identifying part to be precise. Like the rest of us,...
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What if she didn’t want to be a ‘chaand si bahu’?
Her parents have told her to get ready. A family is about to visit their home to ‘see’ their daughter. The parents are all set to welcome the guests; the prospective in-laws of the girl. The guests...
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All the light we cannot see, a novel that blends beauty and pain.
The year that produced surreal and absorbing books by American literary titans such as Marilynn Robinson and Joyce Carol Oates, what turned out to be the best read of the year was the brisk and...
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In December 2012, feminism changed in India forever. A girl, now known as Nirbhaya, was beaten and gang raped. She later succumbed to the injuries and passed away. The people of India took to the...
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What a local from Gilgit-Balitistan thinks of the G-B elections
During a chat with a local, who in his opinion, highlights the major causes and precursors (whether correct or not) of the shift in trend of the traditional voters in Gilgit-Baltistan. It was 10:45am...
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10 lessons Pakistan can learn from the 2015 Turkish General Elections
The 24th general elections of the Republic of Turkey were held on June 7, 2015, to elect 550 members of the Grand National Assembly. The election left many surprised as it resulted in the first hung...
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