Stories from Zahrah Nasir
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Weather or not
Major snowfall in March, heaviest fall of the winter, was not until recent years, part of localised weather pattern.
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Galloping invisibility
In both open and covert warfare, women and children are not only victims of the enemy, but also of their own menfolk.
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Exploiting NGOs for profit
Show intends to put fund-seeking NGOs through ‘reality’ tv contest, with those able to ‘sing for funding’ loudest.
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Turn on, tune in, drop out
The country’s agricultural sector has been criminally ignored by successive governments over the last few years.
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Linguistic failure
English dropped from rural school primary curriculum to be learnt, only when and if qualified teacher is available.
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Hard times a’coming
It is peace on the TTP terms or bloody chaos let loose and we all know, or should know, which of these it will be.
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Hard-boiled organic
Very little of what is currently being sold in Pakistan as organic, is actually that: organic, chemical free.
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A crusading Afghan woman
Filing a presidential nomination is a huge step for this widow from Ghazni who usually lives very low-key.