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Karachi-based neurologist and authour of The Cutting Edge a biography of Javed Miandad.
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The Complexities of Playing With India
Saad Shafqat Feb 26, 2004 interacts: 103 Views: 13968The stories are folklore, the moments are legion. And they are different from the two sides of the border. In India, they haven’t stopped talking about the four victories over Pakistan in World Cup matches, so far a perfect record.
Top of the World - Part II
Saad Shafqat Feb 6, 2004 interacts: 5 Views: 4875Imran by this time was 39 years old, and I was 35. We were among the oldest players in the tournament. We were also the most experienced in World Cup terms: Imran and I were the only two players in the entire competition who had played in each of the prev
Top of the World
Saad Shafqat Dec 18, 2003 interacts: 13 Views: 6571Javed Miandad is one of the greatest cricketers to have played the game. Loved and admired across the world he is best known for his never-say-die attitude. Saad Shafqat, a Chowk alumnus wrote The Cutting Edge with Miandad earlier this year. It is with th
Movie: Doctor
Saad Shafqat Dec 10, 2003 interacts: 24 Views: 2811A short film directed by Shandana Minhas and Maheen Zia
An Evolving Conversation
Saad Shafqat Feb 5, 1999 interacts: 25 Views: 6045A One-Act Play on the topic of biological evolution
Sunrise at Sydney
Saad Shafqat Jan 17, 1999 interacts: 8 Views: 3345The second coming of Pakistan cricket.
The Daily Grind
Saad Shafqat Dec 5, 1998 interacts: 51 Views: 7498Deodorant and excrement in Karachi, circa 1985.
The Short-Circuiting of Democracy
Saad Shafqat Sep 21, 1998 interacts: 25 Views: 4353The Clinton scandal as the unraveling of America.
Cool Desperation
Saad Shafqat May 19, 1998 interacts: 23 Views: 6860I took inventory of my assets and launched the struggle to be cool.
The Foreign Underclass in American Medicine
Saad Shafqat May 8, 1998 interacts: 10 Views: 5409Foreign doctors have been coming to train in America for decades but the welcome may finally be over
The Intellectual Imperative
Saad Shafqat Apr 24, 1998 interacts: 26 Views: 5936As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?
Where in the Brain is the Mind
Saad Shafqat Feb 14, 1998 interacts: 14 Views: 4104The author, who has a background in neuroscience, tries to grapplewith the question of what makes us aware of our own existence.
The Overlooked Problem of Pakistani Racism.
Saad Shafqat Jan 19, 1998 interacts: 14 Views: 5117Discrimination based on ethnic and provincial loyalties is eating away at our country. Why has it not become the issue that it should be?
Saad Shafqat
- Articles on Chowk: 15
- First article: Jan 19, 1998
- Latest article: Feb 26, 2004
- Times read on Chowk: 90152
