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The price of politics in cricket
I would love to have a weak but sincere team who considers it a privilege to play for Pakistan rather than a group of celebrities who want to steal the limelight.
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The case for martial law
If action is not taken now, we will soon be reading and hearing about a state under total anarchy.
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The trouble with ‘all you can eat’ deals
The clock is ticking. You have a few hours to scarf down as many slices of pizza as humanly possible. Ramazan deals are sick, consumerist challenges that warp our sense of value.
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A ground that can’t be played on
Football cannot be played at Zamzama ground. This is bad news for the six clubs and 200 people that need the ground to practice.
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A disaster commission that is sure to fail
The funds for flood victims have been gathered by, have been going to and are being utilised by countless organisations. How does the NODMC plan to keep a check on all of these?
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George ka (blood-thirsty) Pakistan
While I respect George Fulton for his love for Pakistan, I want to make it clear that there is a thin line between detesting a nation’s faults and bashing a country.
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Can Pakistan learn from Katrina?
Pakistan's floods have been called Katrina on steroids. The disasters have a lot in common. Neither country’s president seemed to realise the cataclysmic nature of things.
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Only in Bollywood...
You know you're in Bollywood when the hero beats up 20 gundas and clubs are called 'discos'.
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Bowling with teeth
There’s much to look forward to from the set of bowlers Pakistan have at the moment, and even the assembly chain back home, is almost certain to produce prodigious talent.
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A media man in a relief camp
As I moved around the camps I had nothing to offer survivors but my microphone. I had no answer to any of their questions, whether they were shouted at me or asked silently.