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Karachi and the failure of Pakistan's multi-culturalism
We have become so religion-obsessed that we have forgotten cultural sectarianism mobilised by the MQM, PPP, and ANP.
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US withdrawal: Implosion, or peace for Afghanistan?
The coming years will provide both challenges and opportunities in the region now dubbed as Af-Pak.
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Urdu, English, and our collective inferiority complex
You do not need to be physically captured to be a slave.Why is it that in Pakistan, Urdu has no value?
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Afghan pullout: Pakistan needs to revise its role
Pakistan must be on the right side of history. That means that we must respect the wishes of the Afghan people.
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Battling polio: If only our children were vaccinated
Despite years of campaigning for eradication of Polio, Pakistan is one of the four countries where it still exists.
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Edhi, we expected better from you
What to say of Abdul Sattar Edhi who recently made a very public demand for a mass killing?
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Inside Africa: Why the Indus is longer than the Nile (for some Pakistanis)
Pakistani expats are a strange breed. Their passports are as green as yours and mine but something sets them apart...
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Karachi violence: Murder on their mind
Suicide bombings, target killings and a whole myriad of other types. Karachi has become a lab to test all these.
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Do Facebook friendships mean anything at all?
No one is as ugly as their CNIC pic, or as good looking as their Facebook profile picture.
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How my driver said yes to contraception
My driver, Qasim, beamed at me in our car’s rear-view mirror: "We did it! We got permanent contraception!"









