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Articles with tag: canada

Dealing with Losses

Jawad Qureshy   Mar 10, 2009

Top 5 things you can do (but don't have to) when you see the TSX (and your savings) dropping like the temperature in winter or like a stone in water.

Obama's Surge in Afghanistan: An Indian's view of Opium trade

captainjohann Samuhanand   Feb 4, 2009   interacts: 21

Why such importance to this tiny country. The Jihadies have already gone into the caves of Wazirstan. Then Why? Is it the poppy and heroin trade?

Momin Khwaja Case: Canada's Anti-Terrorism Law Tested

Dost Mittar   Nov 1, 2008   interacts: 6

Khwaja could not have been proven guilty of criminal charge and would have gone scot-free without the anti-terror legislation; By Oct 29 ruling, he is likely to get life imprisonment.

Death of Aqsa Pervez: A reflection on Canadian Muslim-Pakistanis

Nauman Mir   Dec 16, 2007   interacts: 26

As parents, we need to understand and acknowledge that our children deserve even more understanding and support because they are caught between two distinct worlds.

Islam and Hijab-Murder in Canada

Tahir Qazi   Dec 15, 2007   interacts: 130

Gruesome murder of playful Pakistani Canadian kid in the hands of her father sends the poor soul to her grave and shock waves to the Canadian society.

Is New Brunswick Ready for Emigration?

Mansoor Faridi   Mar 20, 2007   interacts: 6

Current employment climate is not very conducive to attract international students and persuade graduates to stay back.

The Canadian Dream: Never Fulfilled

Saima Shah   Jan 4, 2007   interacts: 52

As the digital divide keeps people away from information, the immigrant divide keeps foreign qualified professionals from their profession of choice.

Elections and Security Certificates…Rhetorically Speaking

Shahid Mahmood   Jan 21, 2006   interacts: 5

Sarmite Bulte is asking for my vote when Canada goes to the polls on January 23 so that she can “continue to work on your behalf'. These past couple of years has seen no indication of her “working for me”. Voters need to move beyond part

Immigrants: Na Idhar ke, Na uddhar ke

Batool Ali   Oct 5, 2005   interacts: 81

I moved to Canada four years ago - at the time, we - my spouse and I - were determined to 'make a life' in Toronto or live there permanently. However circumstances and family obligations impelled us to move back to Pakistan eventually.

To sue or not to sue…

Shahid Mahmood   Jul 4, 2005   interacts: 3

It has been a year since I was not allowed to board an Air Canada flight (AC-8087). I have had the case covered in the media and on Parliament Hill but to no avail.

Canada’s First Muslim Woman Member of Parliament: Why did the Media Miss the Story?

Tarek Fatah   Jul 30, 2004   interacts: 102

The media’s search for ’authentic’ Muslims

Dana

Rahul Malviya   Jun 30, 2004   interacts: 7

’it was nice knowing you’ remained stuck in my throat.

Toronto Talks in Whispers

Farzana Versey   Oct 26, 2003   interacts: 46

Canadian culture is open but reserved; there is a glass wall which lets you look in and look out, but not walk through.

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