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The sound of silence
Maybe it’s our fault for not appreciating what the silence meant.
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Being a woman in Pakistan
It is not easy being a woman anywhere in the world but it is a tad more difficult being a woman in Pakistan.
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Uncomfortably numb
I hate what I have become. I am no longer able to catch my gaze properly in the bathroom mirror.
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Mullahs and music in Morocco
On my recent trip to Morocco, I did more than just sing.
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Quranic imperatives on acquisition of knowledge
The Holy Quran puts the highest emphasis on the importance of acquiring knowledge.
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Mukhtaran & Meena
How did a rape victim become an icon and why?
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Those who mauled our constitutions
Pakistan’s founding fathers wanted the country to become a modern and enlightened democratic Islamic state.
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Data Darbar attacks — living in denial
On July 1, 2010, the Data Darbar was bombed.
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Crime and punishment
The reverberations of Israel’s act of piracy and brutality against the Freedom Flotilla on May 31st remain in the air.
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A letter to a president — II
After class, I distinctly remember standing for hours at the edge of a moss-covered pond.
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Not a failed state
The ‘failed state’ debate about Pakistan needs some serious review and debate.
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Nothing is safe anymore
All credits eventually run out, and the one the state of Pakistan won for beating back local Taliban from the Malakand.
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10 things I hate about Horror-scopes
Dear Aries: Bugger. The zodiac has officially conspired to make you its bugger-in-chief.
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When the meek inherit the earth
In Swat there is no dissent on one thing: the good governance provided by the wali of Swat.






























