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Don’t call me Mona
According to the actress, her journey is just beginning, and she is ready to switch countries to make it big.
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Mr Know It All: Money matters
Friendships don’t start with one person being bullied into being the others’ ATM.
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Film review: Saving face - on the face of it
Saving Face shows women in Pakistan are moving ahead and fighting for justice in a male-dominated society.
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The ordinary majority
While world looks forward to peace talks with Taliban, ordinary citizens like Daoud cannot forget atrocities of past.
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Positive Pakistani: Steel wheels
If you resovle to never give up, believe in yourself and have faith in God, you can fight against all odds.
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Dallying with dolphins
A routine fishing trip leads to a close encounter of the Cetacean kind.
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Five weeks in Palestine
The Land of Milk and Honey is now the Land of Mistrust and Hate.
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Film review: The Woman in Black - Horror potter and the dark shadow
Horror film adaptation of the 1983 novel The Woman in Black is neither black, nor white, but shades of grey.
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The healing touch
In Pakistan, employers hire people will mental ilness for ‘Allah wastay’, as an act to earn sawab.
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Everything in its right place
OCD appears laughably simple, sometimes even to those who suffer from it.
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From the other side
When you suffer from mental illness, you don’t suffer alone, the condition takes huge toll on family members as well.
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Mind games
In Pakistan in particular, people feel that those with mental disease deserve what they get.
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Bipolar roller
Bipolar disorder is a rollercoaster that takes you to most dizzying height before plunging you into the deepest abyss.
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10 things I hate about shopping
The aimlessly wandering people. While I have no beef with window shoppers, I hate it when they block the way.
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Book review: Leading Social Entrepreneurs of Pakistan - Hero business
Iqbal M. Khan’s latest book The Unsung Heroes is a tribute to numerous men and women of Pakistan.
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The other side of history
Aquila dredges up memories of her traumatic past in order to shine light on lesser-known atrocities of conflict.
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Intimacy in Karachi: The twelve pleasures of Hanif Kureishi
Kureishi seems to have spent his whole working life trailing the effect of our own pleasure on other people.
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Out of the blue
Does new novelist Ayesha Salman have the magic touch?
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A cat called Shohbaa
Mohsin Sayeed has a tete a tete with the femme De la femme of Indian Literature.
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10 things I hate about graduating
It took 4 years, gigantic sacrifices of your ego, lots of tears, rants to come to terms with this place, its people.
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The basant that was
A wistful look back at the wonder that was basant.
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House of the spirits
Armed only with few old photographs, vague directions, Danial Shah sets off in search of Cave City of Balochistan.
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Positive Pakistani: Oasis for the underprivileged
Shabina Mustafa set out to teach her maid’s daughter in her garage — today she runs a school with over 400...
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Tribute: Genius, interrupted
Arfa Kareem aspired to change Pakistan but unfortunately she left this world before she could see her dream fulfilled.
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Poppy's kitchen: Snap to it!
Most of us tend to overcook it — the trick is to use a halfway mark technique when searing fish in a pan.
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Chocoholic
You are just a couple of steps away from preparing the most mouthwatering chocolate delights.
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Life after TV: Diary of an ex (axed) tv show host
Once she was the terror of dating couples in public parks. Now she stalks her own garden.
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Kiss and make-up
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us; the day when we dress to nines and celebrate our love for our significant others.
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Blood sucking fiends
Sink your teeth into these little known vampire legends from across the globe!
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A portrait of the artist
Nahid Raza’s art is a reflection of her life.
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The concrete canvas
Despite threat of arrest, the western side was soon covered with an assortment of art, graffiti, and messages of hope.
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10 things I hate about parties
The all-too desi pick-up lines — My father’s an MNA, Chaudhry XYZ … do you want to dance with me?
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Spray it dont say it
Closer to home, it seems that art, and street art in particular, truly does reflect life.
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Film review: Haywire - Wired up
Haywire features a stimulating jazzy musical score very reminiscent of Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon.
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Bottom of the food chain
In Empress Market, you’ll find every conceivable kind of animal on sale, from cuddly little Labradors to turtles.
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Positive Pakistani: The network of junk
Unleash your inner environmentalist and do a world of good!
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A walk on the wild side
Territories which now comprise Pakistan once boasted of wildlife rivalling that of today’s African safaris!
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Book review: The State of Islam - Red, green and white
The State of Islam is a seminal study on cultural war that took place in Pakistan following its independence.
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10 things I hate about barber shops
The disapproving sniff. Yes, my hair is a mess. That’s why I’m here.
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Up north and personal: Across the border
Zahrah Nasir returns to Afghanistan to fulfill her promise.
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The road to ruin
For these people, the question of NATO supply routes is not a political one, but a matter of life and death.
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Beyond the Bab-e-Khyber
Armies marching to and from Afghanistan have all trod the time-worn passages of the Khyber pass.
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10 things I hate about Indian soaps
Once a character is killed off, they may return to the show with a completely new face.
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United in sorrow
Sectarian conflict may make headlines, but Muharram rituals highlight rich traditions of interfaith harmony.
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Ready, willing and able
Only when we let go of our fatalistic thinking, can we change our lives.
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Talkin’ ‘bout a revolution
Is a Pakistani Spring on the cards? Analysts contemplate the possibility of radical political change.
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The Future of Pakistan
Dr Stephen Cohen, one of the world's foremost experts on Pakistan, talks about his predictions for future of country.
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Infertility: Myth buster
Sara Tanwir Ahmed, senior embryologist, busts the most common myths about infertility.
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10 things I hate about shaadis
The fake criers. There’s always one person who barely knows the bride or groom but will start emptying her tear...
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Film review: Ghost Protocol - Cruise control
Ghost Protocol is a very slick looking and highly energetic film which features some compelling action sequences.

















































