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‘I am not your man’
I have never supported Shahid Afridi. Is it because I never bought into the whole boom boom mania? Yes, partly.
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Stop blaming the media
Look people, I know you’re upset about the Airblue plane crash – it was devastating – but that does not mean you should make this tragedy into a ‘hate the media’ game.
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Do judge a book by its cover
With ebooks coming on the scene book covers design have not lost importance. Innovative artwork can subtly convey the style, mood, story and theme of a book
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Confessions of a desensitized journalist
When I wriote a tv report on the Airblue crash story I was reminded to not use the term 'bodies' but 'parts of bodies' as it was so much more effective, illustrative and inhumane.
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A collective approach for good
Isn’t it evident that social problems cannot be fixed by just one solution or through the efforts of the few in isolation?
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No trains, more pain
The decision by the Pakistan Railways (PR) to suspend six trains has deprived the vast majority of people of a cheap mode of transport.
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Stop analysing the Airblue tragedy
Everyone who is trying to analyse the crash, please stop. It was an accident. Air traffic controllers do a great job of preventing accidents.
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Selling the idea of ‘family’
The ads for Olpers, National Foods and Habib Banaspati all look and feel the same - simply because of their stereotypical portrayal of the family.
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What are we worth?
Six of the 152 passengers on the ill-fated Air Blue Flight 202 were my friends. People I had sat, laughed and fought with. Now they were gone.