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Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed: The Naked Sufi Martyr

Asif Naqshbandi   Jul 13, 2005   interacts: 215

Every man who is aware of his secret
He becomes concealed even from the skies
The mullah says that Ahmad went to

Hightech Rumpus

Shakir Husain   Jun 29, 2005   interacts: 8

It only takes a few of these 'outages' for a foreign client to actually terminate a contract based on the perceived inadequate infrastructure. Yet there

Global Aid: A Double Edged Weapon

Subhash Agrawal   Jun 22, 2005   interacts: 3

Many NGOs in India, and indeed around the world, think they can do no wrong and that their word ought to be final. Perhaps it

Anarkali

Asif Naqshbandi   Jun 21, 2005   interacts: 27

Anarkali is becoming increasingly reckless; Salim in a state of confusion is trying to get her to stop with motions of his head and signals

Towards a more Sustainable Growth of Pakistan

Usama Siddiqui   Jun 16, 2005   interacts: 21

Focus on industrialization, for a country like Pakistan where the majority of the labor force is unskilled, raises the unemployment rate, results in a skewed

Union Strike One

Rezwan Bajwa   Jun 14, 2005   interacts: 61

Something out of the ordinary has happened over the past 3 weeks. The PTCL workers Union has pulled off a successful strike and has managed

Fourth Letter to Uncle Sam

Khalid Hasan   May 27, 2005   interacts: 29

'Once military aid starts flowing, the first people you should arm are these mullahs. They would also need American-made rosaries and prayer mats, not to

Boom-Box Mentality

Mohammad A Raza   May 18, 2005   interacts: 9

Foreign Aids and Remittances can play a minute role in the careful management of the economy but can rarely be considered as the definitive factor

Amrita Pritam

Umair Raja   May 15, 2005   interacts: 369

Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from inside your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page

Selling the Family Silver

Kamal Siddiqi   May 5, 2005   interacts: 6

Privatization in Pakistan is seen as the strategy that will correct all past wrongs of the public sector. But two questions arise: Is the wholesale

Violation of Personal Space

Samina W Perozani   Apr 18, 2005   interacts: 5

Email scans are not just conceivable but they are a sad truth which most of us are unable to come to terms with. Evidently, Big

First Letter To Uncle Sam

Khalid Hasan   Apr 16, 2005   interacts: 38

I had long wanted to translate these letters into English ... What we have here is vintage Manto.

The Easy Path to Publication is paved with Your Dollars

Hafsa Ahsan   Mar 30, 2005   interacts: 4

The phrase refers more specifically to the working of those organizations which claim to promote writers/poets and their work, yet in reality, their sole function

Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services

Tallat Abid   Mar 25, 2005   interacts: 9

Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care

Pakistan’s Software Industry

Athar Osama   Mar 11, 2005   interacts: 348

Pakistan’s Nascent, often over/under-rated software industry (depending on how you look at it), maybe ready for a take-off. Provided we make the right choices. This

Goodbye Hollywood, Hello Haalivud?

Salman Siddiqui   Mar 1, 2005   interacts: 16

Can Pakistan become an animation hot spot?

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