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Calm down, Pakistan – there is no revolution coming!
This is no revolution. There is no such thing as a peaceful revolution. And Pakistan has never seen a revolution.
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Ferguson, a window into our own cases of police brutality
They stood up against the injustices they suffered despite tear gassing, baton charging and arrests by the police.
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Islam may be trending on the streets of New York
I felt a possessiveness about Islam I have not felt before, any misrepresentation had me jumping at my seat.
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Can LUMS still be considered apolitical?
Despite citing the need to remain apolitical, cancelling Umar’s event reeks of right wing politics.
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Unity, not uniformity
The couple was clubbed to death and their bodies were thrown in the kiln’s furnace to burn to ashes. She was...
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Sexual harassment at LUMS, don't blame the university!
I graduated from this very department a mere 2 years ago. Upon hearing the news, my reaction was not one of disbelief.
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Ban the bowlers, ban them all!
Ban them all! “But that would mean we have no bowlers left?” Yes, and that is the genius of the plan.
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I see Gullus everywhere...
We are coming out on the streets against the 'Gulu Butts' of Pakistan but there resides a Gullu Butt in all of us.
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You don’t have to celebrate homosexuality, but please don’t be a homophobe
Putting up rainbow flags does not spread homosexuality and this is not a global conspiracy to make people gay.
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The Taliban must not be painted as violent savages
The rhetoric of painting the Taliban as wajibul qatl or violent savages to support military operation must stop.