Articles with tag: expatriate
Overseas Pakistanis and Right of Franchise
Abdul Majid Malik Jan 16, 2008 interacts: 6Overseas Pakistanis were granted the right to vote only in the 2002 referendum but the current election commission does not grant the right of franchise for expatriates.
The Agony of Remembrance
Ali Hashmi Jun 13, 2007 interacts: 7It may sound like a cliché but being thankful for what you have right now is the only antidote to the longing for the good old days.
My People!
Ahmer Muzammil Feb 8, 2007 interacts: 94I am outraged because I care and I care because it’s my country and I care because it’s my people.
Abadan Cricket Club
Muhammad Tariq Oct 2, 2006 interacts: 1I believe a silent war is being waged all over the world, without a single shot being fired, a war words and ideas, a type of war infinitely more desirable, if any war can be desirable.
A Tale of Two NRIs
Farzana Versey Nov 29, 2004 interacts: 107These are the legitimised ’traitors’ who are feted and fawned-upon. Many of them are not an asset to either the country they adopt or where they were born. But how do we judge Sabeer Bhatia and Vijay Mallya?
Our Loved Ones Left Behind
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Apr 14, 2004 interacts: 46Don’t ask us to come back. We are too weak to go and live in that country.
Misfit
Karim Sayed Dec 30, 2003 interacts: 8Ever since the football season started, guys at my work have been running a football pool. The pot is increasing by the day and each week a handsome amount is handed out.
Which am I, truly?
Raywat Deonandan Dec 23, 2003 interacts: 27To lose one's ethnic character while struggling to fit into a new home is an experience shared by many immigrants. 'It's a sense of compression,' an Italian-Canadian tells me. 'Like I'm not Italian enough for other Italians, and not Canadian enough for ot
The Racist Within
Syed Ali Nov 13, 2003 interacts: 27You will hear oft-repeated statements such as “ The system is too corrupt and I cannot be a part of it.” In essence every time we utter such ignorant generalisations we aid that system to become more degraded, more decadent, atleast in our vie
On Raising Kids ...
Maryam Zain Nov 9, 2003 interacts: 24What in your opinion is the toughest job in the world?
Azra
Batool Ali Oct 8, 2003 interacts: 10I feel like I’m stuck at a perpetual yellow light. As if all this is temporary...I want to be freed. From myself and from meaningless encounters with relatives and acquaintances who know nothing about me, who are more alien than the stranger sittin
The Ugly Empire
Haroon Moghul Sep 16, 2003 interacts: 5Over the last year, I’ve become colder, harder, more indifferent to other people, and though sometimes it’s nice to brush everyone and everything off, it is also worrying
Mother
Mohammed Amjed Sep 13, 2003 interacts: 34Mother’s eyes are glossy wet with affection and smoke ...
On Countries of Dwelling
Aisha Sarwari Sep 10, 2003 interacts: 44America arrived, as they would say in Urdu. This country is the best thing that ever happened to me without a doubt. It’s here I learned that even if everything is aesthetically perfect, ..
Foreign Qualified
Mohammad Qayyum Aug 28, 2003 interacts: 22ilm hassil karo chahay is kai liyae tumhain cheen bhi kyoon na jana parai
Myths and Dreams: Hindutva Nationalism and the Indian Diaspora
Angana Chatterji Aug 26, 2003 interacts: 175In the United States, the fervour of long distance Hindutva nationalism is intense. Dangerous stories circulate. Muslims are polygamous terrorists whose deliberate identification and massacre in Gujarat is justifiable, even necessary. The campaign for tri
This Visit To Pakistan
Hassan Gardezi Feb 21, 2001 interacts: 412one notices some interesting adaptations in the life styles of upper classes
On Being an Ex-Expatriate
Bina Shah Aug 2, 1998 interacts: 41What’s it like to come back to Pakistan? An ex-expatriate speaks.
