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When politicians are cartoons, here’s what happens
With the general elections looming around the corner, every party has vociferously geared up and is trying to promulgate their ideas to the masses. It seems the year 2013 proved to be a significant one...
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Azizabad blasts: When MQM puts your life before theirs
Recently, I was out with my cousin shopping for ingredients to bake a cake. Soon after we reached home, there was a loud bang and suddenly everything became silent for a few minutes. I could hear a...
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Sarabjit and Sanaullah: Politics over murders
The murder of Indian spy Sarabjit Singh inside Kot Bhalwal jail in Pakistan, the dastardly attack on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah inside a Jammu jail and the foul manner in which the politicians of the...
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I am from Pakistan and I will be celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema
India and Pakistan are two angry nations. Every now and then, there is an unfortunate incident, or two, that makes them mad at each other -- really, really mad. Currently a great deal of tension is...
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10 reasons why PTI has my vote
I have never voted for anything in my life, yet on May 11, 2013, I will cast my vote for the first time in the upcoming general elections of Pakistan and that too for Imran Khan’s Pakistan...
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I will not vote for Imran Khan
In less than a week’s time Pakistan reaches a historic milestone- we vote! One might be a little sceptical of how free and fair these upcoming elections might be, but regardless, this will definitely...
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Why Chambaili is a must watch
1. Ehteshamuddin: The theatre actor and director, who has also tried his hand at television, is definitely the highlight of Chambaili. He is a perfect fit for his role at Musa, the idealist...
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Zaka Ashraf: Another sad change in Pakistan cricket leadership
A change in leadership is needed. No, I’m not referring to the upcoming elections, nor am I talking about our favourite pantomime villain Misbahul Haq. I am in fact, referring to the Pakistan Cricket...
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Election day tips: Be prepared, there is no separate line for the rich
I remember the days leading up to the general elections 2008 like it was yesterday. I was working as a news reporter for Dawn News based out of Karachi and the intensity of the chaos which usually...
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Stairway to power
Tamim’s cigarette was nearing its end. He saw students clamouring out of the examination hall, laughing and sharing examination horror stories. He searched their happy faces for a sullen, sunken face...
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When Imran fell, Pakistan rose
Something strange happened when Imran Khan fell off the forklift during his rally yesterday. Not only was I concerned for his safety, but I stopped in my tracks at the realisation of the fact that we...
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Dear leaders, we expect you to care this time
Despite the hardships of the past four months, we are engaged in the most momentous elections in Pakistan’s brief democratic history. For once, this nation is echoing a uniform concern: who is worthy...
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Goals for the incoming government: Tell us where all our money has gone
The last five years have only strengthened my position that although sound economic policy may not be the answer to all our problems, mishandling issues of public debt has the potential to break the...
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Sanaullah’s murder and a reminder of how our people have gone mad
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay assaulted by a cashiered Indian soldier in Jammu’s Kot Balwal jail on Friday, a day after Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh breathed his last in Lahore, is...
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‘They staged it!’: From Imran Khan’s fall to the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani
Imran Khan fell off a forklift. We all saw the tumble and the footage of him being rushed to the hospital; we saw the blood gushing out of his head, splattered all over his forehead. My political...
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Cambridge International Examinations: Not Pakistani, so it must be good
I remember when my anxiety towards an impending CIE A level examination superseded the boundaries of personal interest and assumed a political nature. Disappointed with the B in my Chemistry mock exam,...
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I was asked to rig the ballot as a polling officer in 2008
In the general elections of 2008, I was assigned the duty of managing a polling station. It was the first time that I was summoned (of course unwillingly) to conduct polling in a remote village area. I...
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Why I am not voting in the Pakistan elections
Pakistan is having a moment. It is a moment similar to the pre-Obama days in the US. The furore of fantasy is building and hearts are beating wildly. Everyone is joining in this frenzied support for...
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Elections 2013: Will the ‘injured’ parties refuse the results?
The country goes to poll on May 11, 2013 to elect the new democratic government for the next five years. The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan...
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Elections 2013: It’s my way or the highway
In a politically charged environment with Pakistan’s most voter-aware elections just a few days away and sentiments running high, it seems even the most liberal among us have forgotten that agreeing to...
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