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Gully Boy may be your first soul-shaking cinematic experience of 2019
The theme isn’t the pursuit of fame, wealth or love, but a burning need to tell one’s story of class struggle.
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#SahiwalEncounter: Is that all we are now, “human shields” and “collateral damage”?
The ‘human shield’ argument marks the lowest, most reprehensible and the most convenient defence of state...
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Lights, camera, action: Faisal Vawda, the ‘hero’ we did not need
The audacity of deriding critics as cowards stems from Vawda’s overestimation of his own utility to the operation.
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A pizza-less Naya Pakistan: Cheese, the greatest villain in Pakistan’s economic tragicomedy
Cheese is like Batman; it may not be what the country ‘deserves’, but it is what the country needs.
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A Rs10 tip on a Rs4,000 bill is an insult, not a favour
If you have issues with the restaurant food don’t take it out on the poor server while quietly paying the bill in...
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We, the 99% non-VIP population, are important too
Imagine living in a country where you’re expected to pay thanks for not being murdered by a VIP’s security team
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Why your husband might be gay
You can't condemn gay people for entering straight marriages. You cannot fault them for playing by the rules you...
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Do not accept praise for healthcare when you cannot accept blame for a woman giving birth outside your hospital, Shehbaz Sharif
PML-N’s method of scapegoating the already overburdened, underpaid medical workforce is as poetic as it is shameless.
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Dear Centaurus Mall, forcing single males to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs500 is elitist and offensive
It is appalling to see prejudice demand that you pay Rs500 to inhale the same air as the upper class.
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The oil tanker spill didn’t expose the ‘jahalat’ of the poor, but the inhuman apathy of the ‘educated’
Can one imagine the sight of 5,500 gallons of oil flowing wastefully, from the eyes of a person earning Rs300 a day?