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I am sorry Mr Policeman, you deserve better…
This year, like preceding years, began with massive bloodshed. There have been targeted killings of civilians in the south, sectarian killings in the west and militants in the north of Pakistan. Amid...
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I want my daughter back
August 20, 2001 - Islamabad airport: I said ‘Khuda Hafiz’ to my 17-year-old daughter, my only child; she was on her way to college in the US. She had the honour of being accepted at Yale University on...
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10 years ago we told you not to wage war in Iraq, who will stop the bloodshed...
It was a chilly February morning in 2003 when my sister and I trudged into central London with a couple of school friends to voice our utter revulsion at the upcoming Iraq invasion that was being...
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You
In the centre of a wave of silence, where I sit inside a shed, You are the tools that I have used to build this home. When people debate about You, You sneak into the smile that travels across my face....
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Soaked in scarlet for Eid: Today’s bystander could be tomorrow’s victim
The last one week has seen attacks in six different cities of the world, all of which have been claimed by the so called Islamic State, and all of which have made headlines across the globe. People of...
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Shujaat Bukhari: The saner voice in a place where insanity prevails
On Thursday evening, barely a day before Eidul Fitr, senior and most respected journalist Shujaat Bukhari was killed just outside his office in Press Enclave, Srinagar. Bukhari was the editor-in-chief...
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No one knows what is really happening in Balochistan
Last Friday’s suicide attack in Mastung was the one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history. The death toll from the attack now stands at 149 with more than 200 people wounded. Nawabzada Siraj...
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The scars of her henna
Zarah Hussain, a 17-year-old girl from Lahore Grammar School International, won an essay competition organised by the British Royal Commonwealth Society. This is a proud moment for Pakistan and...
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In terms of script and execution, Mirzapur is far better than Sacred Games
Web series are a game changer for filmmakers and storytellers alike. After the popularity of Sacred Games on Netflix and Inside Edge by Amazon Prime, the latter is back with yet another web series...
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Kashmir: Don’t ever call this valley a ‘paradise’
Let me tell you a tale, a story filled with reality. Kashmir destroyed by tyrants and their cruelty. Where women are assaulted and children are not spared. The rulers are the murderers and the...
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