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When Will You Return?

Khalid Sohail

In the beginning of our marriage I considered it a routine question of a typical wife and did not give it much importance. But gradually that question became my emotional problem.

Nov 5, 2009   Views 1749   Interacts 34

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Crimson Gharara

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Poem on Rawalpindi bomb blast

Nov 4, 2009   Views 500   Interacts 14

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Can We Fight Ideas With Guns?

Shahzada Sultan

Amid all this mayhem and unstoppable tragic loss of valuable lives, have we for a moment stopped and asked ourselves: “can we fight ideas with guns only?”

Nov 4, 2009   Views 449   Interacts 3

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Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan

Waleed Ziad

Unless six key challenges of implementing aid in FATA are tackled, we’re wasting our tax dollars. And if we lose FATA, we lose this war.

Nov 4, 2009   Views 1458   Interacts 23

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The MF Husain Controversy: Identity, Intent and the Rise of Militant Fascism

Beena Sarwar

The campaign against the iconic Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, perhaps the most prominent living symbol of art under attack, is part of the political fight for India’s soul – secular democracy versus a ‘Hindu’ state.

Nov 3, 2009   Views 6641   Interacts 209

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Peace The Final Frontier

Taji M

The operation in Waziristan is a very temporary solution, and its only aim should be to halt immediate attacks, but ultimately the peace has to be negotiated, whether we like to talk to Talibans or not.

Nov 3, 2009   Views 579   Interacts 5

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Namal University, Another Landmark by ‘Taliban’ Khan

Ahmer Muzammil

I don’t always agree with Imran Khan on politics but I have no doubt that his stances and his point of view are sincere and not colored with self-interest.

Nov 3, 2009   Views 1166   Interacts 18

Life

Half Alive Again: An Evening At Zawia Dahmaani

Prashant Bhatt, Catalysts For Change

A piece from Tripoli, where there are tombs of soldiers from the subcontinent. Just as every country has a “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” every country should have the “Tomb of the Unknown Worker”.

Nov 3, 2009   Views 558  Interacts 2

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India's Primary Duty

Rakesh Mani, Blueprint

How can we get a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens?

Nov 1, 2009   Views 1521  Interacts 20

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Vision21: Waziristan Strategy or Pakistan Strategy?

Azhar Aslam

Pakistan and Waziristan were not always like this. How we have come to this pass is crucial to analyse, but even more urgent is to assess that are we prepared enough to win this battle?

Nov 1, 2009   Views 4008   Interacts 66

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