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What makes a marriage tick?
"I know my marriage is doomed but what behavioural traits can lead to happy married life?," she asked.
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Hear me now, as I scream from heaven
You did not hear my pleas of mercy, or the clank of iron, ravaging the insides of my body. Hear me now.
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How many Ajmal Kasabs are we raising?
Kasab was poor and illiterate; he never understood what jihad signifies in Islam and only wanted to be famous.
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Pakistan's leaders can learn from David Petraeus' resignation
David Petraeus held himself accountable and resigned, how many Pakistani public officials, in his place, would resign?
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The Frontier Constabulary officer's wife
The separation from her beloved was finally going to end. She wore her silk dress and put on bangles as she waited.
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On a crisp autumn day
My soul yearns for a divine dance: a dance that lets it break shackles of earthly existence.
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Doomed to a life of drones
A little boy with blood-stained bandages lay on a bed next to him. There was also an old man in the room.
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Kahlil Jibran meets Rumi
Have you ever noticed why dervishes whirl with one hand held upwards and the other hand held downwards?
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Is Rumi's Islam different from Pakistan's Islam?
With profound reverence, I held Maulana Rumi’s poetry book as it oozed out love of the Prophet (pbuh) from its verses.