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Words from Hajj
In Urdu there are many words originating from ‘hajj’ meaning many things apparently quite apart from one another.
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What the Pakistan Army should do
Army's has been proved wrong in the failure of its strategic depth policy, must return foreign policy to civillians.
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The ‘Sheedi’ of Sindh
The original word must have been ‘Syedi’ meaning ‘my lord’ in Arabic. Why should a Sindhi person be called...
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Seeking ‘dubious’ peace with the Taliban
In numerous talks between militants-army, abundant lack of commitment to pacts has been demonstrated by the Taliban.
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Is your ‘ghairat’ up?
The Quran talks of ‘ghairat’ in different terms, definitely not sanctioning a revenge-based tradition that we follow.
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Advantages of being unprincipled
Flexibility of response is suited to conduct of states than men. Altering national interest to save lives is needed.
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A ‘thousand’ Anna Hazare
The name Hazare stumps me. It has no etymology except that it is related to the Urdu word ‘hazar’ meaning ‘thousand’.
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Defeating the US in Iraq & Afghanistan
Iran quarantined its non-state actors; Pakistan allowed its terrorists to penetrate society and is paying the price.
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A strange word on wedding cards
Readers must have come across that mysterious word ‘na-kat-khuda’ on a wedding card? What does it mean?
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Imran Khan from the heart
Imran has read Allama Iqbal, Ali Shariati, but he is more like Syed Qutb, too reactive, a politician of extremes.