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Pride of “Nuclear State”-Murdering Humanity
By Syed Foaad Hassan Just when most of us celebrate “Youm e Takbeer” every year, the day when we experimented a device which can tear your flesh , destroy every single tree, bird in-fact every living...
View ArticleWith Daughter of Eve: Mother of Humanity and Virtue
By: Ammara Shah I don’t want to tell my daughter The tales of my decline and fall The tales of my compromises And fake smiles I want to show her the bruises The wounds, the blood, the scratches I had...
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Independence Day Under Donald Trump
By: Rafique Ali Today is July 4th, 2017. Exactly 241 yrs ago in 1776, representatives of 13 colonies who were then subject of mighty British Empire resolved to succeed to form a perfect union to...
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HAPPY HOUR Rosie Schaap’s Memoir – Drinking with Men
By Rafique Ali How do you define Bar or a Tavern (Maikhana)? This is an interesting question, isn’t it, especially when you have a unipolar and simplistic view of every aspect of life. Yes, I am...
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Dictatorship of religion against art, culture and creativity
By Fawad Hasan The religious extreme of Pakistan doesn’t fail or leave any chance to shock, disappoint and instill fear in masses. With every passing day, living in the beleaguered country, it seems...
View ArticleHow many more removals to have politicians united for democracy?
By Fawad Hasan The storm has now receded that started with formation of a joint investigation team probing Panama Papers leak. The final judgment is here. A lesson has been learnt, taught very clearly...
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Proposed NAYA Pakistan Cabinet by Harris Khalique
By Harris Khalique Folks, here is my preferred NAYA Pakistan Cabinet with my rationale for favourites. Take it easy haan. Its just proposed and my appreciation may be exaggerated too, like your...
View ArticleDo you want to know what will happen if you go to report harassment or rape...
By Zahra H In case you have been raped or harassed and are wondering what will follow when you go to a police station to report the crime, watch (and cringe as you watch) Pakistani male journalists’...
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Victim Blaming & Shaming Of Ayesha Gulalai
By: Rafique Ali Cosby going to court for a hearing. PC: NBC News Bill Cosby was an American Dad, the star of the successful Bill Cosby Show from 1985-1992, a family show. Nobody ever imagined him being...
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Veerji Kohli’s life imprisonment: Land, minorities and rights
By Andaleeb Rizvi Veerji Kohli was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case in April 2017 in Pakistan, a country where human rights activists, journalists, and advocates of free speech are...
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SUPER SAWARI EXPRESS
By: Rafique Ali Karachi was my city, and then in another life, the fantasy of green pastures made the city a distant memory for a long time. Eventually, thaw defrosted and visits resumed, upon one such...
View ArticleWater Crisis, War and Disease: When Regimes Kill Children
By Andaleeb Rizvi The war in Yemen has cost more than 10,000 lives while 18.8 million people need some kind of humanitarian assistance or protection as per the United Nations. Every 10 minutes, a...
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Axis of Evil
By Najeeb Kakar In international system, nation-states interact with one another on the basis of their shared interests but the divergence of interests make them bitter enemies. A classical realist,...
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Contemporary Social issues of Pakistan: Our Responsibilities and 70th...
By Prof. Busharat Elahi Jamil. Father of the Nation. Pakistan has a diverged society, shared into various political, communal, castes, creeds, languages, sects, statuses, traditional and cultural...
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For me, you don’t matter!
By Laiba Zainab It is not a swag statement “My Life My Rules”. Being a girl is not a crime, I am not unfortunate that I am born with a vagina. You are not privileged because you have a penis (either...
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