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When Will You Return?

Khalid Sohail   Nov 5, 2009   interacts: 28

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

Crimson Gharara

Foqia Sadiq Khan and Q Isa Daudpota    Nov 4, 2009   interacts: 9

Poem on Rawalpindi bomb blast

Can We Fight Ideas With Guns?

Shahzada Sultan   Nov 4, 2009   interacts: 2

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

Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan

Waleed Ziad   Nov 4, 2009   interacts: 15

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.

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

Beena Sarwar   Nov 3, 2009   interacts: 207

The campaign against the iconic Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, perhaps the most prominent living symbol of art under attack,

Peace The Final Frontier

Taji M   Nov 3, 2009   interacts: 5

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

Namal University, Another Landmark by ‘Taliban’ Khan

Ahmer Muzammil   Nov 3, 2009   interacts: 15

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

Half Alive Again: An Evening At Zawia Dahmaani

Prashant Bhatt   Nov 3, 2009   interacts: 2

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

India's Primary Duty

Rakesh Mani   Nov 1, 2009   interacts: 20

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

Vision21: Waziristan Strategy or Pakistan Strategy?

Azhar Aslam   Nov 1, 2009   interacts: 66

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

Writ of the State

Muhammad Tariq   Nov 1, 2009   interacts: 19

Some might argue that Pakistan became militarily and strategically more powerful by the policies of that government, but states can become outwardly very strong, but

Zombie Nation - Random Thoughts!

Ali Chishti   Oct 28, 2009   interacts: 17

The day begin with the graphics of Peshawar Bombing and Madam Hilary Clinton making a news conference with our foreign

Reima's Taj Mahal

Shakuntala Rao   Oct 28, 2009   interacts: 20

Reima Ismic was a slim, dark-haired woman in her forties, with thin wrists and bony hands, she always wore a light colored scarf around her

Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal

Raza Habib   Oct 28, 2009   interacts: 154

Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on

Self Rule For Gilgit Baltistan

zafar sopoori   Oct 28, 2009   interacts: 3

The enforcement of self rule regulations in Northern Areas and other current Pakistani measures are a visible sign that Kashmir

If The Dead Could Talk

Mazhar Butt   Oct 26, 2009   interacts: 3

Can you hear the crackling of his bones?
Can you hear the sound of his bleak skull?
Can you hear the shriek of his departed

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