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In dengue fever you go ‘dinga’
Dengue is derived from "dinga" in Swahili. In Punjabi, ‘dinga’ means twisted.
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What Pakistan should do
Economists see Pakistan surviving only as a part of the South Asian economy, growing along side India and China.
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Muslim first or Pakistani first?
The reason why non-Muslims insist on being called Pakistani first is because they want equal treatment.
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Zulfiqar (Mirza) a double-edged sword?
Only glitch is that Ali’s sword was not double-edged — the Arab sword was single-edged and curved, it had two heads.
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A ‘disruptively better’ capitalism?
Umair Haque, a Pakistani heading the Havas Media Lab, in London, has tackled the subject in a new way in his book.
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What does ‘Bangladesh’ mean?
No one will tell you what ‘Bang’ in Bangladesh means, except some bold joiners of the dots in ancient history.
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Do foreign secretaries have brains?
Can foreign policy of a mid-level economically weak state developed without “Political and Intellectual Leadership”?
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Is Urdu a warlike word?
Urdu is definitely not a jihadi language although the word Urdu evokes many embarrassing associations.
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This thing called Islamophobia
Truth is Muslim refusal to integrate, in closed ethnic communities makes it difficult for citizens to embrace this.
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Nawaz Sharif’s ‘roads’ doctrine
There is a South Asian Free Trade Area in force that makes cross-border investments possible, making war impossible.