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Why they killed Arif Shahid
Arif Shahid’s son, has been threatened with dire consequences if he attempts to place the blame on any agency.
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Banning a textbook — the Punjab government panics
The new Urdu reader represented an attempt to remove blinkers forced on students by General Zia's education fantasia.
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On choosing Popes and Caliphs
Had a procedure for choosing successor to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) been prescribed, history would have been different.
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Killing without passion, war without valour
The declaration of war against India was a young boy’s dream come true.
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Women on motorbikes — what’s the problem?
Putting limits on the woman’s freedom to travel was invented by men to preserve their power.
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Shahbag Square — why we Pakistanis don’t know and don’t care
Having seen only grotesque caricatures of history, it is impossible for Pakistan's youth to understand 1971.
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Why Sir Syed loses and Allama Iqbal wins in Pakistan
Iqbal said what people wanted to hear — and his genius lay in crafting it with beautifully chosen words.
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Culture, Corruption and the Hereafter
Corruption is a symptom of some social disease, but there are very many different kinds of such diseases.
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Why Maulana Qadri and Cricketer Khan can’t save Pakistan
Pakistan's restless young are out on the streets demanding change, but they must not become pawns of fake messiahs.
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Negotiate with the TTP?
The notion in army circles that Pakistan’s civil war is transient, is delusional — this war will be long and...