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Jinnah and Pythagoras
Quaid-e-Azam was named Muhammad Ali but he added the name Jinnah to it. What is the meaning of Jinnah?
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Echoes of the past
It is a misperception that Liaquat Ali Khan's failure to visit Soviet Union brought Pakistan into US camp in Cold...
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Dangers of holding a Pakistani ID card
A former mujahid told me that Taliban killed three children in Sarobi because their parents had Pakistani ID cards.
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Attacks on US/NATO forces in Afghanistan
Insider attacks, apart from weakening Nato troops, are physically shattering their resolve to fight.
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Stop lying about the Baloch issue
Talks cannot begin till some issues on Balochistan are admitted and words are followed up with action.
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Balochistan is burning
The Balochistan issue has not reached a stage of no return yet, but will fast slip out of our hands.
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Shame on us
Despite clear evidence of army's involvement in Balochistan, murder of Akbar Bugti, government, army denies outright.
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Drone on ...
Narrative for drones can be created from how good intelligence is, how many Taliban, al Qaeda leaders killed.
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Who will own the system?
India is a more diverse country than Pakistan and yet, it has developed a consensus on how it should be governed.
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What is a university?
A university is the most complex institution ever devised, it aims to nurture the highest human faculty: intellect.
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Workers’ safety and rights issues
The Baldia Town inferno has brought into focus a lingering obliviousness to occupational safety, labour right issues.
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Our dilemma
A movement against the government is neither feasible nor desirable.
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Which way for Balochistan?
Enough has been said. We need action now. Lets listen to the Baloch leaders for once.
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Is the Pakistan army martial?
With no history of fighting, it is only after creation of regiments by British that Punjabi Muslims are called martial
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Results that matter!
It took both political will and relentless efforts of several govt departments to fix the intermediate exam system.
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Our saviours
Despite separation in time, Ziaul Haq & My Lords have one thing in common: belief that only they can save Pakistan.
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Agents of change
Chou-en-Lai once told Dr Hosain “You should form a Commonwealth of South Asia”.
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Is class still destiny in Pakistan?
In the countryside, class system is another name for caste system and it changes at a glacial pace.
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Defining obscenity
It is the people who must react and reject in large numbers if obscenity does appear in the media, not PEMRA, CII.
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Outrage?
We are all liars, hypocrites & scamsters whose only service to a cause or belief, even religion, is only lip service.
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Bollywood’s killing fields
The casting couch is a reality few want to accept even if they have made the mandatory visit to The Permanent Suite.
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Paths of violence
There can be no excuses for the killing of a country’s citizenry by its own citizens.
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The days of the chief executive
Musharraf opted for the theocratic Bangladesh model in Pakistan, which failed and leaft the country worse off.
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Rise of the vernacular
When Kannada singer C Ashwath played a concert at ground where 40,000 people turned up for Deep Purple, 100,000 came.
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Derailed
For his call for murder, removing Bilour from his ministerial position would be a start.
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Cutting off our noses ...
Was this the way to protest an act of blasphemy: by endangering the lives of a mother and unborn child?
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Empty chairs and hope
Sanctity of Human Life Act legally makes embryos ‘people’. Destroying unused embryos will render parents 'murderers'.
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Protesting the violence
The day of protest once again proves how we are being held hostage by certain elements within the religious right.
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The public utility of freedom of speech
At one level, we are becoming intolerant to diversity of opinion, on the other, we tend to spiral into anarchy.
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Blasphemous film
Our hate material does not place us on moral ground to convince the world to take action against those who insult us.
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You can’t grow ‘em
Bilour's bounty is not just appealing to his voters, but he also reflects the people he represents.
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Premeditated provocation and measured response
Our faith must facilitate understanding, appreciation of others, not create mistrust, suspicions among nations.
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Hypocrisy
Why is it difficult for us to bear consequences of seeds of offence we have sown for Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis?
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Free speech
While we call for respecting Muslim sensibilities, will Pakistan protect sensibilities of its religious minorities?
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Media needs regulation not control
Regulatory bodies should never be under the control of government but must be made answerable directly to parliament.
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Is the state disintegrating?
September 21 protests attacked central notions of statehood with little resistance shown by the government.
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In defence of the PML-N
PML-N is in contention to win next elections since it is the only party to have delivered on all fronts when in power.
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Protesting too much
Opposition parties have been riling public support against FDI, high diesel prices just to weaken Singh's government.
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The other martyrs
Police thwarted protesters' attempt to march to US embassy, consulates despite being ill equipped, under paid.
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Choosing dishonour and getting war
By giving the holiday, PPP government didn’t just fail to stop panic amongst the citizenry: it encouraged the panic.
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The post-film scenario
Holy Prophet (pbuh) always spoke in terms of whole humanity; let us also try to make things better for the whole world
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Pakistan’s lessons from India
Excessive intervention by the state results in the economy growing at a rate much lower than its potential.
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Facebook, WikiLeaks and our quest for curiosity
The entertainment value of watching a seemingly relevant narrative evolve in real time is quite unparalleled.
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Why censor freedom of expression only in case of anti-Semitism?
Clearly, Western governments will have to take a hard look at their laws if they want peace with the Muslim world.
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Please sir, see the light
As an awami prime minister, one would have expected you to stand with the people. You have disappointed me.
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Mixing humanitarian work and espionage
Growing official mistrust of NGOs will certainly not make relief and other forms of development work easier.
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Attacked by a mob on September 21
In a matter of seconds, our car was ambushed by an angry mob on Murree road, which attacked it with punches & sticks.
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The outrage industry
Even if all internet, cell phones & television is banned, they will still find something to be angry, violent about.
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Hate film
What I can’t understand is, why these adventurers did what they did, they were asked to or was it because of...
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Against freeloading desis
OUP, CUP have filed a lawsuit seeking a ban on photocopying of their books at Delhi University.