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My Encounter with Ahmed Faraz

Aziz Akhmad

As students at Peshawar, we often saw Faraz on campus. He was a noted poet even then but, among the students on campus, he was equally known, if not more,

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Dr Afia Siddiqui's Case

Muhammad sadiq

While there is no dearth of people asking for her release and her handing over to Pakistan, I maintain my demand that a complete inquiry be made into whereabouts of

Sep 7, 2008   Views 70   Interacts 1

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It's A Deal After All!

Dost Mittar

In the long run, however, it will be difficult to ignore Pakistan’s demand for a similar deal once it establishes a clean record of nuclear safety and non-proliferation.

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Is Mumbai a hub of dirty politics?

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After rejection from West Bengal Trinamool Congress, Tata received invitation from Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to start Nano project from Maharashtra.

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Honor Killings in Babakot

kashkin dabruski

Those beautiful faces, our daughters
Gone forever, heads sunk in grief
As words betray us, to describe
Heinous crimes and we call ourselves
The followers of

Sep 4, 2008   Views 821   Interacts 16

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Greek Tragedy

Emma Alam

There is no one left to punish me. I’m the last Mannon; I’ve got to punish myself. Living alone here with the dead is a worse act of justice than

Sep 4, 2008   Views 447   Interacts 3

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US Commando Strike in Waziristan

Agha Amin

They have decided that the centre of gravity of all the trouble is Pakistan. Right or wrong this appears to be the central US perception now.

Sep 4, 2008   Views 4972   Interacts 149

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Bihar & Louisiana: A Poem

Mutaal Mooquin

You are not God,
Not even half God.
Nor Poseidon or Neptune.
Why this bloody ruin?

Sep 4, 2008   Views 433   Interacts 5

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There is no ‘honour’ in killing

Beena Sarwar, Personal Political

Whether the women were buried alive or whether they were already dead when buried is not the point. They were murdered.

Sep 2, 2008   Views 3257  Interacts 86

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Why Zardari Should Be President!

Ather Naqvi

The matter that is debatable is not whether Asif Zardari should or should not run for the presidency but what steps he should take if he becomes the president.

Sep 2, 2008   Views 3753   Interacts 83

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