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Why fifth graders throw rocks and want peace
My student defined democracy as 'when media comes to photograph injured people after blasts'. We need to change...
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Using literature as a window to the past
In a time when literature is crying for attention, Manto is but one example of an author who is largely ignored.
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School, college, prison: The ethics of the educated criminal
The educated class continues to commit crimes based on 'backwards' values. Are they really educated at all?
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The privilege to be hopeful
In Karachi, a divide remains between those who are hopeful about the future and those who can't afford to be.
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Religious debate has muddied land reforms
Although our constitution is not secular and religious hurdles to legislation will always be present, “Islamic” debates over certain issues have outlasted our tolerance for them.
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CWG: Aisam, or the flag tussle?
We are collectively less focused on the players themselves and more preoccupied with issues of national embarrassment and how to deal with them.
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Dreams of grandeur for Pakistan's elite
Wild parties are fun and progressive values are important, but the assumption that there is a causal relationship between the two is bordering on idiocy.
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The flip side of lynching
For every mob that silently watches a crime being committed, there is another mob that will stand on the street and protest it, however futile they know it will be.
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I love Facebook (sort of)
I'm going to be honest - the reasons given for why social networking is an 'insidious villain' to the average 20-year-old don't phase me at all.