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Why do you hate me, mother?
Today: 14-year-old Sarah high-fives her best friends as the tenth grade final exam results are announced. Her grin could not have been wider when she hears her name being announced as the second place...
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Is being unemployed better than being employed?
My life has taken a 360 degree turn and I am still grappling with huge adjustments – adjustments like the fact that I cannot stay logged onto Facebook incessantly or the centre of the universe for me...
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Cricket in Pakistan: Select on merit, not on favouritism!
And so the chief selector has spoken: No more messing around with the squad, unless a new player shows exemplary form in the upcoming domestic T20 event! The plan is to continue to stick with the tried...
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US-Israel: The evils of exceptionalism
Many years back, a group of people — shunned by their homelands because of their religious beliefs — migrated thousands of kilometres to a foreign land. Once there, with the help of the superpowers of...
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They are differently abled, not disabled
Who among us has stopped at a red light in the inner city and not been visually assaulted by a dozen individuals with gross physical abnormalities walking, limping, crawling and rolling towards our...
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Mohammad Asif – one; media – zero!
Yesterday, my nation celebrated Mohammad Asif’s win as the new World Snooker Champion. A bit confused, I thought to myself, but hadn’t the Snooker championship already taken place this year? Hadn’t...
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Talaash: This is serious business
Talaash, as the name suggests, is a film in which people are looking for answers. It has some obvious searches like why did the car end up in water? Who is the killer? And then there are the subtly and...
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His name was Hamza and he wasn’t born blind. He was the only son amongst five daughters and was not very well off. A cricket ball plunged to the back of his neck took away his eyesight but was not able...
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Female anchors, wear a dupatta for your own safety!
In a country plagued by many menaces - exploding sectarian violence, common man struggling for food, electricity and gas - the government has once again done an exceptional job of prioritising and...
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Ahmadi plight: Dead but not resting in peace
Pakistan is the bastion of Islam, and Muslims in Pakistan the vanguards of the Islamic movement. They will shortly take over the world and govern it with Shariah laws. The only problem is for us to...
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DHA blast and the drug addicts of the future
For decades now, Pakistan has been known to be a hub for the production and smuggling of heroin and hashish but as of recent years, more psychotropic drugs have also surfaced to challenge a nation...
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Will China-India relations dent Pak-China relations?
China and Pakistan historically have enjoyed long standing, versatile and cordial relations. From the very beginning, in 1955, when the then Prime Minister Chaudary Muhammad Ali and his Chinese...
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My childhood was a lie!
Close your eyes and think of your childhood. What stories did you hear? Which fairytale was your favourite? Which princess did you want to be like? It doesn’t matter because they were all lies. The...
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Farewell Ponting: You will be missed, but never forgotten!
Monday, December 4, 2012 marked the end of an era when Ricky Ponting walked out for the last time in an international match at the fall of Shane Watson’s wicket – a reality not lost on the Western...
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CNG woes: Can’t you see how miserable you are making us?
When I heard that CNG prices would be reduced, I was ecstatic. I, along with people all over Pakistan, celebrated this development. This reduction was intended to bring respite to the people in an...
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By-elections: PML-N looks like the party to beat!
By-elections are often ignored as nothing more than parties reclaiming a seat they had lost to some unfortunate incident or disqualification. In the last five years multiple by-elections have taken...
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Naseeruddin Shah making Lahore feel pre-1947
Naseeruddin Shah received a standing ovation from the Lahore capacity crowd at The Alhamra Art Centre, on Saturday. This was before he started performing. Those pouring into Alhamra’s Hall No 2 since...
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We are sorry, Owais Baig
I was viewing the Facebook profile of a young man from Karachi. Looking at the publically shared pictures, I came under the impression that he loved his nieces and a nephews. His name was Owais Baig....
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Pakistani experts: Lack of opportunity, not talent!
My post is a response to the blog put up in Dawn.com, by Moeed Yusuf of USIP on The need for experts from Pakistan in DC’s policy think tank circles. In his piece, Yusuf makes a call for more experts...
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A love drowned, a life washed away
Safina gazed at the stormy sea, watching the sombre night sky light up against flashes of lightening outlining a dramatic assembly of clouds. Rain poured from the sky accompanied by drumbeats of...
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