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Who is a Pakistani? A Muslim? A desperate migrant? Different from an Indian? A caged woman?
She asked if I knew Shah Rukh Khan as she loved movies from “my country”.Was a Pakistani any different from an Indian?
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Eidi or sawaiyan? What does Eidul Fitr mean to an average Pakistani?
For most, Eid means sleeping in, over-eating and repeat, but where’s the fun in that?
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When the beast awakens on Eid
As Eid approaches, we give in to our instincts of greed and vanity, and blow money on extravagance and snobbery.
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Dear Pakistan, I know our history is complicated, but our friendship is greater. Love, India
My relationship with my Muslim friends is deeper than the mere tokenism of celebrating each other’s festivals.
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House of Cards season 5 is drunk on the Underwoods and it’s time to go home
Writers won't yield to a HoC without the ultimate supremacy of the Underwoods, and that’s where everything goes wrong.
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The lifafa culture and the materialistic desire to ‘earn’ more on Eid
Such customs and attitudes of parents subliminally condition children to gauge people by monetary standards too soon.
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“It’s Chand Raat. He would want to be with family”
Sometimes he thought his business was not really selling ice but buying time.
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Why don’t parents speak of the developmental challenges faced by their child the same way they do of their academic achievements?
Treatment and ownership of developmental-behavioural disorders in Pakistan is dismal, both medically and societally.
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If you think Qatar’s ostracism is an awful misunderstanding, you are dead wrong
If Iran and Qatar win, the remaining Arab monarchies will switch sides and dump the US, resulting in dollar's demise.
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96 children from three fathers because birth control is a “heinous sin” – do you understand what’s happening, Pakistan?
My neighbour wanted a boy so badly that he kept trying until he had seven girls with one wife and five with another.









