Stories from M Bilal Lakhani
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Khuda hafiz Pakistan
Pakistan’s love is also charmingly abusive, it takes everything out of you and still makes you beg for more.
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Pakistan’s obituary
Pakistan chose to fight extremists instead of fighting extremism. It was like attempting to cure cancer with Panadol.
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Outsourcing our happiness
We genuinely believed that making others happy and meeting social expectations was the way to ‘achieve’ happiness.
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A question of marriage
The government can’t pass laws to make us better human beings and treat each other better.
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Things I wish I knew before graduation
The lives of the brightest minds in Pakistan are a mad dash to meet other people’s expectations.
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Pakistan’s Split Personality Disorder
We like to blame our leaders for everything but in reality they have the same flaws as us.
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How to write about Pakistan
Don’t forget to repeatedly remind your reader that truth is often stranger than fiction in this eccentric country.
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Witch-hunt against dual nationals
As a 'pure blood' citizen (not dual national), the increasingly xenophobic nature of Pakistani society is appalling.
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Our inability to discuss religion
Beyond fasting and praying, what does it really mean to be a Pakistani Muslim in the 21st century?
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Pakistan’s phoenix effect
It’s unhealthy to believe that there is an international conspiracy where everyone is out there to get us.