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Articles with tag: expatriates

Overseas Pakistanis and Right of Franchise

Abdul Majid Malik   Jan 16, 2008   interacts: 6

Overseas Pakistanis were granted the right to vote only in the 2002 referendum but the current election commission does not grant the right of franchise for expatriates.

The Agony of Remembrance

Ali Hashmi   Jun 13, 2007   interacts: 7

It may sound like a cliché but being thankful for what you have right now is the only antidote to the longing for the good old days.

Abadan Cricket Club

Muhammad Tariq   Oct 2, 2006   interacts: 1

I believe a silent war is being waged all over the world, without a single shot being fired, a war words and ideas, a type of war infinitely more desirable, if any war can be desirable.

A Tale of Two NRIs

Farzana Versey   Nov 29, 2004   interacts: 107

These are the legitimised ’traitors’ who are feted and fawned-upon. Many of them are not an asset to either the country they adopt or where they were born. But how do we judge Sabeer Bhatia and Vijay Mallya?

Our Loved Ones Left Behind

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur   Apr 14, 2004   interacts: 46

Don’t ask us to come back. We are too weak to go and live in that country.

On Raising Kids ...

Maryam Zain   Nov 9, 2003   interacts: 24

What in your opinion is the toughest job in the world?

Azra

Batool Ali   Oct 8, 2003   interacts: 10

I feel like I’m stuck at a perpetual yellow light. As if all this is temporary...I want to be freed. From myself and from meaningless encounters with relatives and acquaintances who know nothing about me, who are more alien than the stranger sittin

Mother

Mohammed Amjed   Sep 13, 2003   interacts: 34

Mother’s eyes are glossy wet with affection and smoke ...

On Countries of Dwelling

Aisha Sarwari   Sep 10, 2003   interacts: 44

America arrived, as they would say in Urdu. This country is the best thing that ever happened to me without a doubt. It’s here I learned that even if everything is aesthetically perfect, ..

Foreign Qualified

Mohammad Qayyum   Aug 28, 2003   interacts: 22

ilm hassil karo chahay is kai liyae tumhain cheen bhi kyoon na jana parai

Myths and Dreams: Hindutva Nationalism and the Indian Diaspora

Angana Chatterji   Aug 26, 2003   interacts: 175

In the United States, the fervour of long distance Hindutva nationalism is intense. Dangerous stories circulate. Muslims are polygamous terrorists whose deliberate identification and massacre in Gujarat is justifiable, even necessary. The campaign for tri

This Visit To Pakistan

Hassan Gardezi   Feb 21, 2001   interacts: 412

one notices some interesting adaptations in the life styles of upper classes

On Being an Ex-Expatriate

Bina Shah   Aug 2, 1998   interacts: 41

What’s it like to come back to Pakistan? An ex-expatriate speaks.

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