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Race to the Finish

Feroz Qutabshahi   Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 778

60 years ago, when Jackie Robinson, first Black Man to play in US Major League Baseball, walked onto the field, he was taunted, ridiculed, and

The Power of Faith

Nadeem Akram   Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 158

Religion has become a weekend thing, where offering Friday prayers means immunity from everything that is required of a Muslim.

What Does Negative Campaigning Really Mean?

Hamzaad    Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 16

It doesn't measure tenacity or taking the punch. It proves Machivalean shrewdness. It proves un-Bono like altruism. It means power hunger.

Stripping Away Beauty

Adnan Bashir   Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 8

There are more houses and wider roads but lesser pastures and more stinking water drains. The weather does not seem all that pleasant and the

Don’t Hang Sarabjeet

Moeed Pirzada   Apr 27, 2008   interacts: 165

This is not an easy decision for a President who has often been accused of being an appeaser to the Americans and Indians by his

Dumbing Down Parliament....Again!

Hammad Siddiqi   Apr 27, 2008   interacts: 35

What kind of message are we sending our youth? "Beta, it's ok if you flunked out of B.A and cannot be a Banker or an

People of Gilgit Baltistan Waiting to be Heard

Syed Ali   Apr 27, 2008   interacts: 18

A week after sending this letter to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, emergency was imposed in Pakistan, constitution was suspended and the Chief Justice was

Chillchinga, the US Soldier

kashkin dabruski   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 1

The only desire now
To go home
To converse few words
In Spanish as he pays the price
For migration and adventure

Harold and Kumar Escape From Gitmo

Ras Siddiqui   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 34

This time the duo attempts to explain the difference between a Bong and a Bomb aboard an airplane to Amsterdam

My Most Memorable Journey

saman abbasi   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 45

Surraiya Bi had finally reached India her place of birth after eleven years of yearning and praying.

Prisoner of Conscience

MD WAQAR   Apr 25, 2008   interacts: 6

Mr. Afridi is imprisoned because of his peaceful expression of his beliefs. He is victim of an unfair trial.

Kiss of Death

Tazeen Javed   Apr 23, 2008   interacts: 7

Unlike cigarettes, gutka comes without a health warning and lack of awareness of its impact on health increases its consumption.

Children of the Streets

Ather Naqvi   Apr 23, 2008   interacts: 4

His frail hands make a slight mistake and draw the wrath of the Ustad who lands a kick in his

I, Samurai

Sahir Shah   Apr 23, 2008   interacts: 7

my finger twitch
my neck hair rise
my throbbing pulse
my blistered foot
I'm full of life

Where Billions Vanish

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Apr 21, 2008   interacts: 145

The Musharraf years are over. It is now time for parliament to carry out a public inquiry into the irresponsible and crazy policies that have

Mind the Gap, The Generation Gap That Is

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Apr 21, 2008   interacts: 8

Between 9/11, Afghanistan, Bush and Iraq, a new generation is forming which will define America for the next thirty years at the least. I call

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