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Thank God Diego Maradonna didn’t win the World Cup. A powerful notion that I have quite vocally mentioned in the past has been dispelled. It takes more than inspiration to win a World Cup. It takes organization and meticulous preparation. It is not a job that any layman can do. It is not a role that any unqualified ruffian can simply assume and achieve success because he believes in his team. It is more than that. Amen.

An introduction can be exasperating if you happen to live in Peshawar. Questions I am asked sometimes amuse me, and at other times make me wonder about how naïve some people can be. They include how come you speak Urdu, do you go out and are there Taliban in Peshawar?

Most hairstylists in Pakistan tend to learn three or four basic haircuts and cut your hair according to the one they personally had fun learning. We live in a country where the literacy rate is low and the service industry, when it comes to fashion, seems like its run by drag queens. Thus, I decided to write the ultimate guide to deflecting the pain of trashy hair.

Karachi has nine medico-legal centers in public sector hospitals with only 8 female medico-legal officers. For cases of rape there is no separate facility for examination and recording of such cases. There is no equipment or kits as required by the WHO guidelines for recording and storing evidence and a serious lack of awareness.

For a week or two different clusters in the parliament have been criticising the media for revealing the issue of fake degrees and the incompetence of parliamentarians. But unfortunately it is also the media that has been debating problems and solutions of national economy more than our honored parliamentarians.

A marriage application form in Dubai may contain a humiliating tenet for women - declaration of virginity.

The police has recently been equipped with brand new 1000 and 1300 cc cars with the latest digital sirens

The banning of the film in which a nationally heralded youth icon is featured, is a manifestation of a myopic attitude.

The antagonism which spawns divisions along ethnic, religious and ideological lines is a scourge which has been rampant in the world since time immemorial. It has been a cause of great unrest and a precursor of grave injustices committed. The prevalence of this phenomenon is no different in our part of the world. I often see myself holding my head in frustration over the incessant bashing of Hindus, Jews and other cultural groupings.

Exactly what aspect of the Chinese 'model' does our President want us to copy - economic freedom and political repression?