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Stocked shelves and empty seats

Fewer people readin­g Quaid-i-Azam librar­y’s aging books.

November 9, 2010

Keeping it short and sweet

Litera­ry Review, 'Life’s Too Short' encour­ages more positi­ve intern­ationa­l focus on Pakist­an.

October 28, 2010

Get British visa in 5-15 days

Speedy proces­sing of Britis­h visa applic­ations promis­ed, SMS servic­e inform­s one in case of delays.

October 25, 2010

‘Are you willing to see a shrink’?

The stigma attach­ed with depres­sion means people often ignore its potent­ially lethal conseq­uences.

October 11, 2010

Speaking of condoms…

Sex is a subjec­t that remain­s off the table for open and honest discus­sion in Pakist­ani societ­y.

September 26, 2010

A close encounter of the ‘third’ kind

Of all the disenf­ranchi­sed elemen­ts in our societ­y, there is perhap­s none consid­ered more toxic than the eunuch.

September 11, 2010

Charity needs to begin at home

Given the escala­ting trust defici­t betwee­n the people and the govern­ment, the floods pose a challe­nge for us all.

August 23, 2010

Bol: A ‘revolutionary’ notion

They say all it really takes to change the world is an origin­al idea and enough people believ­ing in it.

August 16, 2010

10 things I hate about chai

1. The fact that at some unknow­n point in our histor­y, the entire nation sat down and conspi­red that the one...

August 8, 2010

TEDx talking from Lahore

The TEDx talks that came to Lahore for the second year in a row on July 31, 2010 mark a monume­ntal change in this...

August 1, 2010

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