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Does the Pakistani media love to hate the US?
Last week our media showed a shocking side of our ‘friend country’, claiming that the US authorities were going to shift a comatose patient, Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, from a US hospital to Pakistan...
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Money talks while cricket walks
Roll out the red carpet as the Indians walk in. There was a time before the 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL), when cricket was sought as a gentleman’s game, played with pride. Of course, county cricket...
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You can’t care about animal rights on an empty stomach
Rehmu was on his last tour of the day, carrying bricks from one point to another on his donkey cart. He needed to do at least five such tours a day in order to earn enough for a sufficient meal for him...
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The Korean borders: Another version of Wagah border?
I have always wanted to go to Imjingak, located near Seoul, in South Korea. Being a media professional, my wish was granted when I got to travel to the Freedom Bridge for a news feature I was doing for...
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‘Eye for an eye’: Does capital punishment do justice or encourage vengeance?
Around 140 countries have progressed to becoming abolitionist states in the last 65 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was promulgated. Unsurprisingly, Pakistan oddly stands...
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Just because I don’t own a car, doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to travel...
While walking in Lahore, I stepped onto the footpath like any other pedestrian. But I had only walked for five minutes when I realised that being a pedestrian in Pakistan is the saddest thing that can...
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Dr Javed Kazi: They killed a teacher, a doctor and a gem of a person
In life you go through a lot of changes – mental, emotional and physical. However, maturity does not come until you break down once under the burden of responsibilities. We all see bad things happening...
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Asia Cup 2014: Is Kohli the ideal replacement for Dhoni?
Many might not know this but the upcoming Asia Cup series is not the first time that Virat Kohli’s skills as a captain will be tested. Kohli led the Indian Under-19 (U-19) team in a series in Malaysia...
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Vital Signs 1: Bringing vitality to Pakistani music since 1987
The generation that grew up listening to Atif has always associated Salman Ahmad with Junoon, completely oblivious to the fact that he was a part of Vital Signs first and had it not been for a bust up...
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What did the US accomplish from the invasion of Afghanistan?
The year 2014 has marked the start of NATO’s withdrawal of its combat troops from Afghanistan, 12 years after the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban began, in the autumn of 2001. Many explanations...
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A mother’s soliloquy: They ask me if I feel honoured…
People ask me how I feel. Do I feel honoured? Do I feel pride to have given birth to a hero? I would take off my clothes, if you could see the pain that grips my breast. My son died. 17 years and three...
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Gunday: A macho masala from the 70s
Director cum writer, Ali Abbas Zafar waited a couple of years after the release of his debut ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’, a comedy hit of 2011, to entice filmgoers with an action packed crime thriller....
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#WearThatYouCare: Put on those blue denims and support Rare Disease Day today!
My mother passed away exactly seven years ago. She had Huntington’s chorea which she fought for 15 years and it eventually took over her ability to talk, walk, speak and breathe. Huntington’s disease...
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6-year-old child beaten to death in school: Are we teaching our kids to be...
As a parent of a fairly young school-going child, you get a lot of feedback from friends, family, teachers, peers, experts, columnists, TV show ‘analysts’, blogs, books ad infinitum. You get to see a...
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Kholo BC and eight other reasons to lift the ban on YouTube now!
Just as the burning of a book is a sad sight, so is banning of resources of knowledge. It feels as if ideas contained in the treasure of enlightenment are vanishing, as pages turn to ash by the wicked...
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Asia Cup 2014: 12 years of Pakistan and India mêlée, who will win tomorrow?
They don’t come bigger than this. No. When you talk of sporting rivalries what comes to mind? Australia Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks in rugby? Ashes? Brazil and Argentina in football? None of...
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Pakistan and high divorce rates: The girl’s parents are to blame!
Weddings in Pakistan, specifically those orchestrated in the social hubs of our country, are celebrated with extreme pomp, glamour and grandeur. Every Pakistani girl, since the time she hits puberty,...
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Protests in Egypt, Turkey and Brazil for the people, protests in Pakistan for...
Since the past few months, the protests in Cairo and the recent ones in Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, really made me ponder upon what the real problem in these countries was and why their people were on...
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Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time… now on Twitter!
There has been debate over who is the greatest in the world of boxing. Yes, Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson are among the list, but it is Muhammad Ali who raised the bar of boxing to a whole new...
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The Karachi Eat Food Festival kicked the Sindh Festival out of the park!
The Karachi Eat Food Festival (KEFF) was probably the event of the decade, at least for Karachi. In spite of so much chaos, paranoia and terror around, the brave Karachiites queued up for two...
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