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Articles with tag: INS

Serenade to the Sleepless

Sonya Rehman   Oct 19, 2009   interacts: 12

Hoisting her basket back on her head, Ayesha turned around, and looked over at the other side of the road, to the brick wall, where she’d left her little brother. But he was nowhere in sight. Ayesha’s heart raced.

Indian Technical Recession

Sharad Chandra   Sep 17, 2009   interacts: 149

Over last decade or so, engineering institutions have produced mostly bankers, some managers but very few engineers. Even if some opted for technical career, it was for teaching in some US university.

A Thing of Beauty is Joy for Ever

mohammad gill   Jul 3, 2009   interacts: 12

The beauty of mathematical formulation is such that it provides a solution to some existing problem yet at the same time it is capable of making prediction about some unknown phenomena as well.

In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat

Khalid Bhatti   Feb 5, 2009   interacts: 86

Not only the state of Pakistan has the right to take arms against these elements but rather has a duty to curb these elements with all of its might.

Karachi Monsoon

Shiraz Mahmood   Jul 29, 2008

The rains are now bound to start where it’s almost non-stop. Half the roads are dug up. The drains are not complete. And the energy problem is only going to increase.

Please De-stabilize the System

Ahmer Muzammil   May 18, 2008   interacts: 10

Who are we trying to save the system from anyway? Why are we STILL sugar-coating this?

Pakistan at War

Akmal Hussain   Nov 16, 2007   interacts: 112

There is little doubt that Pakistan is under attack by the combined forces of Al Qaeda and Taliban. It is equally clear that the war is not going well.

Capuchin Monkeys : The Paradox of Choice

Anand Patwardhan   Nov 9, 2007   interacts: 1

If we are smart how did we end up making such a stupid mistake? If a mistake is made, how could we call ourselves smart? Psychologists call this Cognitive Dissonance.

Of No Importance

kashkin dabruski   Oct 21, 2007   interacts: 4

I need to move,
To some other place
Away from all this mayhem

Dreams of Dania

Faisal Shahid   Oct 28, 2007   interacts: 4

Kamran lives in the old part of Lahore, near Lahori Gate. Living there, he says, makes him feel in sync with the heartbeats of the City.

Vanaja: A Movie That Moves Your Heart

Ras Siddiqui   Oct 4, 2007   interacts: 11

Either Writer-Director Rajnesh Domalpalli is one of the luckiest first filmmakers around or true contender for future international movie fame.

Islamic Education, Madrassah Reform, Rationality and Dawkins

Asif Naqshbandi   Nov 29, 2006   interacts: 130

The Muslims need to adapt a modern mindset which requires changes to traditional education.

Are Artists Really Mad?

Khalid Sohail   Nov 9, 2006   interacts: 45

Creative people are are more at risk to suffer from mental illness than general population as creativity and insanity are genetically transmitted in the same families.

When Locals in Locals lost their Lives - July 11, 2006

Sudeep Pagedar   Jul 15, 2006   interacts: 20

When you share a compartment in a Mumbai local train, you bond with the others in there.

Balochistan Militancy -- An Insider's View

Rafi Bhatti   Jan 17, 2006   interacts: 290

The current wave of lawlessness in Balochistan was originally started by tribal elements in 1999 but lacks any credible rationale and is not based on popular discontentment

The Rainy Season

Beej K Singh   Sep 22, 2005   interacts: 67

Goswami Tulsidas looked differently at the rainy season from most.

Insect in Amber

Lakshmi Mukundan   Sep 16, 2005   interacts: 7

The sun sets in streaks
of heat and distant fire.

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 to be someone to enjoy the enormous Caculo wealth. Under the beady eyes of my father though he had no hope of marrying

Karachi a Pawn

Temporal    Jun 10, 2004   interacts: 137

Today’s attack on the Corp Commander’s motorcade was the boldest attack to defy and challenge the powers. How bold was the attempt can be gauged from the fact that MQM which literally owns the city stays out of direct confrontation with the kh

Failure of Institutions in Pakistan?

Farrukh Khan   Apr 20, 2004   interacts: 14

There is nothing wrong with Pakistan’s socio-cultural institutions; they are working exactly the way they should logically be working, i.e., what they are meant for.

The Fears Within Me

Haseeb Ahmed   Jan 24, 2004   interacts: 2

And I hear her moaning! Weeping with those tears that don’t seem to stop… and I question her Why?...

Reality and Illusion

Hassan Malik   Dec 24, 2003   interacts: 3

After passing the door, four times his head bumped into a wall and four times he turned left and passed another closed door. This happened again, and again, and again, and again. But with the unwavering resolve and confidence that he would find an open do

One Down Two to Go

Temporal    Dec 14, 2003   interacts: 304

the fun has just begun... or the nightmare! …watch bush mangle this re: the trial …if it is in-camera he will be criticized …if it is in public the wily saddam will massacre US administrations …watch for a despicable despot turn in

LUMS -- Lahore University of mis-Management Sciences

Bilal Tanweer   Sep 16, 2003   interacts: 188

If this is the level of planning in a university that is teaching management, god helps those who graduate.

Pakistani Detainee Enjoyed Deep US Roots

David Rohde   Aug 18, 2003   interacts: 23

To American investigators, the father and son represent a dangerous new type of Qaeda sympathizer affluent Pakistanis with long histories of shuttling in and out of the United States

February 14th with the INS

Sara Jawaid   Feb 22, 2003   interacts: 51

I was petrified and insisted on accompanying him to the INS office.

The Urdu Press in New York

Rehan Ansari   Jan 31, 2003   interacts: 30

We never thought we would flee America

USA and Muslims

Sameer    Jan 9, 2003   interacts: 213

Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level

Diary of a Coup

Bina Shah   Oct 14, 1999   interacts: 37

A coup d’etat had taken place and everything was going on as if nothing had happened?

Caution: Criminal Aliens you may be removed!

AA    Nov 24, 1998   interacts: 9

You thought you were safe in the U.S.

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