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International Burn-a-Quran Day: A Test for Freedom, Tolerance and Responsibility

Raza Habib

Due to the proposed "Burn a Quran Day" by Pastor Terry Jones, Muslim world is once again under scrutiny and for reasons pertaining to their faith.

Sep 8, 2010   Views 1102   Interacts 68

Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy

Interminable Struggle

Ali Hashmi

Pakistan’s 64th birthday brings with it the usual litany of bad news: floods, power outages, crime, terrorism, the list gets longer, it seems, by the day.

Sep 8, 2010   Views 198   Interacts 4

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The Silken Veil

Taha Kehar

As the silken shield of her respectability flung to the ground, her qualms receded. She became her old self again – vivacious, dazzling and uncontrolled by the brutal canons of modesty.

Sep 8, 2010   Views 104   Interacts 0

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Dog Days of IBA

Ayaz Abdal

It was a hot, sunny and sticky day (as if there is any other kind in Karachi) when I got my notice of admission to the IBA. More than a thousand gave the aptitude test and only 30 survive the grilling to join the coveted

Sep 8, 2010   Views 191   Interacts 1

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A Flood of Despair, a Trickle of Hope

Beena Sarwar, Personal Political

‘Why did we show a different level of grief for those killed in plane crash and those in floods?” asked Zahid Abdullah, an NGO activist in Islamabad, in an email just after my return from Delhi.

Sep 6, 2010   Views 2354  Interacts 50

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Ethnic Nationalism and Centralized State

Raza Habib

Yes being a Muslim is an important part of the identity but at the same time so is ethnicity and language and the latter assumes supremacy in an environment of discrimination.

Sep 6, 2010   Views 3438   Interacts 113

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Reconstruct or Deconstruct Pakistan

Irshad Salim

The feisty former intelligence officer, Duane Clarridge, is back in the saddle as a private citizen in the ongoing covert war to reconstruct or deconstruct Pakistan.

Sep 6, 2010   Views 1236   Interacts 19

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The State of Pakistan Exists Or, Not?

Syed Hussaini

Would it be unpatriotic to think if Pakistan had a state or, not? If our country was going to disintegrate or, not? Are we going to live as a nation or, not?

Sep 6, 2010   Views 4942   Interacts 301

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Revolution in Pakistan

Agha Amin

A revolution is not a political rally but a grand and traumatic event of history which occurs rarely and when it does destroys the vast bulk of a country both morally and materially.

Sep 6, 2010   Views 1665   Interacts 39

Society

A Letter To The Youth of Pakistan

Usama Khilji

These times are testing of your patriotism, but let me tell you how these times are actually a golden opportunity for you to prove your worth, your love for the country, and desire for a better future.

Sep 3, 2010   Views 7634   Interacts 329

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