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The Day I Became Free

kashkin dabruski   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 2

The day I became free
From sacrifices of the past
Of my own and millions
To wear this smile

Rang De Basanti

Anum Ali   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 10

“We’re zinda dil people.” She said, “Amidst whatever mix of worries we live in, we make it at the end

A Tale of Two Pakistanis

Asif Shiraz   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 50

This is my version of an attempt to “defend reason” in a useless war of words that seems to have

Anomalies of Economic Liberalization

ummad mazhar   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 2

When viewed against economic liberalization, the consumption and saving decisions of middle and low income countries help secure the status of developed countries.

An Eyewitness account from Gojra

Faris Kasim   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 462

This was not the work of a foreign funded militant group or a separatist movement. It was actually the result of propagating religious chauvinism, intolerance

Pakistan Crisis - Seven Problem, Seven Solutions

Khalid Sohail   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 129

Pakistan is experiencing a major existential crisis. But crises are mixed blessings which can lead to regression or progression. They can cause a breakdown or

Gojra Incident ... Shame

MD Waqar   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 150

I have no regret to mention that I am ashamed what had happened in Gojra with the minorities living in

Dubai Incorporated - Part 2

Ibrahim M Khalil   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 11

Compared to Dubai, everyone else seems dull and boring. Yet dull they are not (Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia).

My Boy, Jonaid

Aisha F Sarwari   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 27

If a nation is only as strong as its army and any constitution’s basis is undoubtedly on a strong and equipped army then the question

Jinnah to Jihad

Agha Amin   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 317

Author Arvin Bahl attempts to analyze this conflict (Kashmir) in the context of international relations theory, drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with

The Arrival

Faisal Shahid   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 7

He felt that the poison in his blood had begun to mix at a slower rate, gradually even slower a few moments later. The world

Messages of Hate, and Sometimes Violence Too

Maliha Aqueel   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 8


SMS has given the youth a new kind of power to get organised fast, and cheap. So, protests are now organised with mass messaging

Karachi: Transport Mafia vs Green Bus Project

Ali Chishti   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 5

Recently the beloved son of Karachi and Pakistan, Mustafa Kamal introduced the environmental friendly GREEN BUSES Project which is an another gift of Haq Parast

Culture and Development: The Missing Policy Link

Nadeem Tarar   Aug 5, 2009   interacts: 5

While culture is regarded as the means and instrument of development, the notion of development, following Amartya Sen, is based on substantive expansion of freedom.

Bombay Lefties

Prashant Bhatt   Jul 29, 2009   interacts: 187

You can still find some of the old vanguard sitting in the garden at Horniman circle in the Fort area of Bombay, discussing the murder

Recalibrating The Moral Compass

Irfan Waheed   Jul 29, 2009   interacts: 199

As extremism has spread its tentacles across Pakistan, it has manifested itself in a familiar pattern. Barber shops are warned, and then blown up. Businesses

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