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Khalid Hasan, Manto, and Kala Kola
Aziz Akhmad Feb 13, 2009 interacts: 4 Views: 2934A lifelong journalist, he observed people minutely, and commented upon them playfully and bluntly. His satire was particularly reserved for people with puffed up egos.
Urdu News Columnists and Anchors -- should we always believe them?
Aziz Akhmad Nov 17, 2008 interacts: 35 Views: 5429Personal opinions and biases are presented as news; commentators state inferences and perceptions as facts, often peddle half-baked ideas and folklore as received truths.
My Encounter with Ahmed Faraz
Aziz Akhmad Sep 7, 2008 interacts: 10 Views: 4613As students at Peshawar, we often saw Faraz on campus. He was a noted poet even then but, among the students on campus, he was equally known, if not more, for his bohemian lifestyle.
What's In a Name?
Aziz Akhmad Jul 20, 2008 interacts: 8 Views: 4261The name, Blue Area, has for some reason stuck in the collective memory of people of Islamabad, but not Jinnah Avenue. I never understood why?
I Fell Among (the APPNA) Doctors
Aziz Akhmad Jul 10, 2008 interacts: 42 Views: 7508Like 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.
Aziz Akhmad
- Articles on Chowk: 5
- First article: Jul 10, 2008
- Latest article: Feb 12, 2009
- Times read on Chowk: 24745
