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Pakistan’s Prevailing Political And Economic Mess

Mehroz Sadruddin

The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) though a laudable incentive, is highly insufficient. With rising inflation, the Rs 1000 package may be next to nothing.

Jul 15, 2008   Views 1065   Interacts 15

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Of medical students, passports and religious tolerance

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Who am I to declare that Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Quadiani is an impostor nabi? Why on earth am I even being asked the question?

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An Ode Called Amritsar

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On hearing that I was about to visit her ancestral city, my mother gave me instructions to reach her childhood home from the railway station...

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Banana Republic

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Khaliq wanted to buy bananas so he inquired the price per dozen. “120 rupees sir”, we were told. I thought I miss heard so I asked again. “120 rupees per

Jul 15, 2008   Views 1327   Interacts 12

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The Non-Existent Tourist’s Guide To Pakistan

Nadeem F Paracha, Cafe Black

The male-female ratio of the population is 50-50, even though, according to local traditions in the north, women do not exist. Only men and goats.

Jul 13, 2008   Views 6913  Interacts 142

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Edward De Bono's Point C: Situtation in Pakistan

Faysal Malik

Capital of a nuclear power now plunges into darkness daily, for 5 to 6 hours. In small cities, this duration is 11 to 16 hours. With hottest months of the

Jul 13, 2008   Views 1237   Interacts 9

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Lighting Up My Fire

Ahmed Sadozai

I switch on the radio, and a good song from the eighties is playing. I start reminiscing about the olden days, the fake Ray Ban Wayfarers and the Sony Walkmans...

Jul 13, 2008   Views 717   Interacts 2

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A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations

Agha Amin

The assassination of Indian Defence Attache in Kabul on 7th July 2008 is a watershed in the ongoing undeclared low intensity war in Afghanistan.

Jul 13, 2008   Views 4316   Interacts 111

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Swat: Can the deal work?

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After the peace deal between the Taliban and the government people thought that normal life would return to the troubled district of Swat.

Jul 10, 2008   Views 7109   Interacts 246

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I Fell Among (the APPNA) Doctors

Aziz Akhmad

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.

Jul 10, 2008   Views 2445   Interacts 41

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A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey

Murtaza Shibli

It (Indian Muslim) happens to be my identity. And this book is about the identity question in large measure - my identity, the Pakistani identities.

Jul 9, 2008   Views 9639   Interacts 220

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