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Arabization of Pakistan: Bringing the desert home
Pakistan was quick to embrace a pan-Islamic identity cunningly blended with religion to render it more acceptable.
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Shahbaz Taseer kidnapped, and a scream that never ends
The screams in my head will not stop today, or for many more days. What did Shahbaz Taseer do that was so bad?
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Libya — beginning of the end
The most worrying concern, however, is one that spawns from foreign interests and a western presence on the ground.
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Slavery: constitutionally forbidden, socially accepted
Slavery is abhorable, but in Pakistan, it is also an unavoidable fact of life.
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Dil Dil Pakistan
“Dil Dil Pakistan” is associated with the concept of Pakistan and of loving it unconditionally.
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Jinnah, minorities and cake
Within a few years, there will be no need for the white frosting on the Independence Day cake.
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The five things Pakistanis need to stop complaining about and embrace
It wasn’t until I left for University that I realised I missed the very things that I once despised about my...
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TV hypocrisy: Conveniently religious
When Ramazan ends dupattas will come off and naats will be a thing of the past for most TV personalities.
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Fat people have feelings too!
World, please give overweight people a break!
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Fasting in America
Today, I sit on my kitchen counter, awoken by one of the iPhone's nine alarm options, missing Ramazan in Pakistan.








