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When Will You Return?
Khalid SohailIn the beginning of our marriage I considered it a routine question of a typical wife and did not give it much importance. But gradually that question became my emotional problem.
Nov 5, 2009 Views 1801 Interacts 34Current Affairs
Crimson Gharara
Foqia Sadiq Khan and Q Isa DaudpotaPoem on Rawalpindi bomb blast
Nov 4, 2009 Views 528 Interacts 14Current Affairs
Can We Fight Ideas With Guns?
Shahzada SultanAmid all this mayhem and unstoppable tragic loss of valuable lives, have we for a moment stopped and asked ourselves: “can we fight ideas with guns only?”
Nov 4, 2009 Views 466 Interacts 3Current Affairs
Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan
Waleed ZiadUnless 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.
Nov 4, 2009 Views 1600 Interacts 26Current Affairs
The MF Husain Controversy: Identity, Intent and the Rise of Militant Fascism
Beena Sarwar
The campaign against the iconic Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, perhaps the most prominent living symbol of art under attack, is part of the political fight for India’s soul – secular democracy versus a ‘Hindu’ state.
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Peace The Final Frontier
Taji MThe operation in Waziristan is a very temporary solution, and its only aim should be to halt immediate attacks, but ultimately the peace has to be negotiated, whether we like to talk to Talibans or not.
Nov 3, 2009 Views 591 Interacts 5Current Affairs
Namal University, Another Landmark by ‘Taliban’ Khan
Ahmer MuzammilI 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 not colored with self-interest.
Nov 3, 2009 Views 1220 Interacts 19Life
Half Alive Again: An Evening At Zawia Dahmaani
Prashant Bhatt, Catalysts For ChangeA piece from Tripoli, where there are tombs of soldiers from the subcontinent. Just as every country has a “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” every country should have the “Tomb of the Unknown Worker”.
Nov 3, 2009 Views 583 Interacts 2Education
India's Primary Duty
Rakesh Mani, BlueprintHow can we get a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens?
Nov 1, 2009 Views 1529 Interacts 20Current Affairs
Vision21: Waziristan Strategy or Pakistan Strategy?
Azhar AslamPakistan and Waziristan were not always like this. How we have come to this pass is crucial to analyse, but even more urgent is to assess that are we prepared enough to win this battle?
Nov 1, 2009 Views 4044 Interacts 66Swat: Paradise Lost
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