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Urdu News Columnists and Anchors -- should we always believe them?

Personal opinions and biases are presented as news; commentators state inferences and perceptions as facts, often peddle half-baked ideas and folklore as received truths.

My Encounter with Ahmed Faraz

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, for his bohemian lifestyle.

What's In a Name?

The name, Blue Area, has for some reason stuck in the collective memory of people of Islamabad, but not Jinnah Avenue. I never understood why?

I Fell Among (the APPNA) Doctors

Like the conductor of a choir, with one hand raised, she piped up with a full-throated ‘Paaak sar zameeen shadbaad … The children simply stared at their toes in embarrassment.

Aziz Akhmad

• Articles on Chowk: 4
• First article: Jul 10, 2008
• Latest article: Nov 23, 2008
• Times read on Chowk: 11226