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26th March, 2012
Justice after Fakhra?
In April of 2000, 20-year-old Fakhra Younus poured acid all over her face, burning her skin, melting the flesh and bone underneath and mutilating her…
In April of 2000, 20-year-old Fakhra Younus poured acid all over her face, burning her skin, melting the flesh and bone underneath and mutilating her…
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30th January, 2012
Salam Sahab, we have failed you
Yesterday marked the 85th Birthday of Dr.Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate. He is not our national hero, his name is…
Yesterday marked the 85th Birthday of Dr.Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate. He is not our national hero, his name is…
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14th January, 2012
Turn the tables
On Saturday evening a group of men attacked a mosque in Manghopir, they slapped the children, ransacked the mosque, kicked the shelves holding the Quran,…
On Saturday evening a group of men attacked a mosque in Manghopir, they slapped the children, ransacked the mosque, kicked the shelves holding the Quran,…
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4th January, 2012
The silent majority
It was on this day last year, when a 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri killed the very man he was meant to protect. Twenty seven bullets to…
It was on this day last year, when a 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri killed the very man he was meant to protect. Twenty seven bullets to…
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30th December, 2011
The rewards of honesty
You would have to be exceptionally callous to be able to forget the image of a woman being shot in broad daylight; unarmed and seven…
You would have to be exceptionally callous to be able to forget the image of a woman being shot in broad daylight; unarmed and seven…
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28th October, 2011
To the corridors of power
A society that is indifferent to the plight of its own people is a society in ruins. When Raja Khan stood in front of the …
A society that is indifferent to the plight of its own people is a society in ruins. When Raja Khan stood in front of the …
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15th October, 2011
Pushed into oblivion
There is hardly anything more excruciating than glorifying war in the face of atrocities. In Pakistan, the news coverage from Swat valley remained dominated by…
There is hardly anything more excruciating than glorifying war in the face of atrocities. In Pakistan, the news coverage from Swat valley remained dominated by…
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18th August, 2011
The politics of treason
Envisioning a future dystopia, in his book “1984”, George Orwell wrote about living in a security state carefully engineered by crude and repressive forms of…
Envisioning a future dystopia, in his book “1984”, George Orwell wrote about living in a security state carefully engineered by crude and repressive forms of…
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7th June, 2011
He said what?
“What I can say is there is a 98 per cent chance he is dead,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in an official statement…
“What I can say is there is a 98 per cent chance he is dead,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in an official statement…
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31st May, 2011
Darkness called light – zulmat ko Zia
“Wirsaay main humain yeh gham hai mila iss gham ko naya kya likhna?
Zulmat ko Zia, sarsar ko saba banday ko khuda kya likhna, kya …
“Wirsaay main humain yeh gham hai mila iss gham ko naya kya likhna?
Zulmat ko Zia, sarsar ko saba banday ko khuda kya likhna, kya …
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19th May, 2011
A checklist for our sovereignty
I have a confession: I promised myself that I would not write any more on the OBL fiasco primarily because there have been some brilliant…
I have a confession: I promised myself that I would not write any more on the OBL fiasco primarily because there have been some brilliant…
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10th May, 2011
Vigilante justice
“You will only be able to attack Christians over our dead bodies,” Ghulam Muhammad Doger, head of the Gujranwala police, warned the rioters…
“You will only be able to attack Christians over our dead bodies,” Ghulam Muhammad Doger, head of the Gujranwala police, warned the rioters…
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3rd May, 2011
Beyond bin Laden
So how do you react to the news of the world’s most wanted man being caught in a compound less than two kilometres away from…
So how do you react to the news of the world’s most wanted man being caught in a compound less than two kilometres away from…
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22nd April, 2011
Going back to Mukhtar Mai
I am at a loss of words today. No words can describe the dejection, pain and anguish that many of us felt on hearing the…
I am at a loss of words today. No words can describe the dejection, pain and anguish that many of us felt on hearing the…
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8th February, 2011 
