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Stone Walls and Metal Gates

storyteller    May 3, 2004   interacts: 20

Some nights she dreamt of flying through the darkness, over lands and seas until she stood in the balcony of her home. She would hear

Driving back from work on a hot afternoon

Prasad Pande   Jun 19, 2003   interacts: 11

Mindscape of a software programmer while driving back from work on a hot afternoon

Go Jamiat Go

Raza Hamdani   Nov 21, 2007   interacts: 16

The students have announced loud and clear that they no longer want the Jamiat over their head.

Calling Chanda

Anum Ali   Nov 5, 2007   interacts: 3

In her early twenties Haryalee, like Chanda, was a eunuch or more commonly known as the hirja or the third sex member of another hijra

The Battle for Pakistan

Imran Khan   Nov 15, 2007   interacts: 121

Imran Khan was arrested in Pakistan on 11/14/2007, this article appeared in the Pakistani newspaper The News on 11/9/2007.

Schizophrenic

arunima sengupta   Nov 19, 2003   interacts: 6

In a few hours she would go home and get back to being Shruti Agarwal, loving daughter, niece, oldest grandchild of the Agarwal family again.

The Real Issue Facing Pakistan

H P   Dec 24, 2007   interacts: 212

A cursory look at the main characters in the tribal insurgency would show their strong links with the army in the past.

Perchance to Dream

Zalan Alam   Oct 17, 1999   interacts: 11

Story of a King-of-Long-Ago, who dreamt of a Fox hanging upside down from the roof of his bedroom

Cast Away Fear

nida Qureshi   Jun 28, 2004   interacts: 7

I was not trying to kill myself, I was just running after the sun, I was trying to save it from drowning

Daughter of the Beast: The General's New Clothes

Khan Khan   Oct 25, 2007   interacts: 33

Benazir is eager to show that she is not doing deals with Musharraf but, as Ahmed Rashid points out, despite the army’s dwindling popularity she

The Ladies Club

Tahera Sajid   Oct 5, 2007   interacts: 4

The atmosphere was charged up. Colour and glamour defined the mood in the large room occupied by women of all

Monsoon arrives

Sucheta Potnis   Jul 8, 2004   interacts: 28

I suppose had I been anyone other than the beloved daughter of Babliseth, my husband would have left me long back. After all, there has

Passage

V Ramaswamy   Sep 3, 1999   interacts: 3

Now that he is dead, he has liberated himself, me and our relationship from the clutch of violence

The Ring

Monis Rahman   Nov 12, 1998   interacts: 10

But he could not get that ring off his finger.

Thank You Suicide Bomber! No one is talking about my 1.5 Billion anymore!

Ahmer Muzammil   Oct 24, 2007   interacts: 180

Does anyone remember that this woman (Benazir Bhutto) facilitated a dictator(Pervez Musharraf) and gave him a new lease on his dwindling career for the price

My Calloused Bare Feet…

Syed Shahbaz   Apr 14, 2006   interacts: 5

Then the tank shot. I was turned to smithereens. I had died for my God. He had killed for his God. The hunter and the

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