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مومن مومن، کافر کافر
سائرہ امبرین میں مومن، تو کافر ہے ہاں صحیح کہا، تو کافر ہے مار کے اس کو اے لوگو! تم پار لگو، غازی کہلاؤ کیا بولے؟ میں ماروں؟ میں۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ کیوں ماروں؟ میرا کام تو بات پھیلانا پھر بے سدھ ہو کر سو جانا...
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Lahore, you have been strong
Kamini Masood For years now you have held us, all of us huddled together in your ever growing palms You have held us and we have jostled for space, knocking each other around and striking bruises into...
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Four self-defeating practices of Pakistan’s liberals
Taimur Rahman Four self-defeating practices of Pakistan liberals that have made them ineffective against extremism. 1) Liberals are unable to develop an awami (popular) culture. Lets face it, Pakistani...
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A culture of hypocrisy
By Saad Malik Couple of years back when the wave of terrorism and energy crisis was at its peak, I had an unpopular opinion about the two biggest problems faced by Pakistan. Since the media coverage...
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Nawaz or Rawalpindi?
Imad Zafar Things are unfolding slowly and dramatically on the political horizon of Pakistan.There is nothing new, the same old mindset of “My Way or the Highway” is being adopted from the Rawalpindi...
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گویا مقتول ہی قاتل ٹھرا
انیلا معین سید ستائیس مارچ 2016 بروز اتوار کو لاہور شہر میں پیش آنے والے واقعے نے میرے بھی ہوش اڑا دیے۔ اس زندہ دل شہر کے باسیوں کو خون میں لت پت دیکھنا ایک بڑا کٹھن مرحلہ تھا۔ یوں تو دہشت گردی اور بم...
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Book Review; The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan
By Najeeb Kakar Book cover. Saadia Toor is an Associate Professor of Sociology at City University of New York, College of Staten Island. Her latest book The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War...
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Photo Essay: Summer Palace – The Hidden Jewel
By Tania Qureshi All pictures are courtesy of the author. We all are familiar with the Lahore Fort, but have you ever heard of the summer palace there? Hardly few of us know about this hidden jewel...
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The real story of US Politics is the rise of Bernie Sanders
Raza Rumi posted a ten tweet series explaining how Bernie Sanders is the real story of US politics and not Donald Trump who is always in the media. Due to media coverage, Mr #Trump seems to be the main...
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Gul-e-Raana: Episodic Disappointments
Mahwish Badr I have been watching Gul-e-Raana, the Hum TV play. It had a lot of good ratings and I began watching with high hopes but the play really didn’t live up to a lot of hopes that I had had....
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7 Big Things the Pakistanis Misread about America
By Aslam Kakar Many believe in things they do not yet see or know. Call it illusion, conspiracy mongering, or a lack of direct experience and knowledge of a phenomenon. Or, call it a lack of...
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Dead endangered turtle at Karachi beach
By Andaleeb Rizvi The body washed ashore and even though the nearby WWF-Wetland Centre was informed, they had no provisions to investigate. I do not know the official standard operating procedure in...
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Inherited Militancy
By Ahmad Karim Shahbaz Taseer the son of slain governor Punjab, Salman Taseer, was abducted by Usman Basra and his companions on August 26, 2011, from Gulberg area of Lahore. Taseer was later...
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Using Kitsch for Fame?
By Rukhshan Meer For those of you who are not familiar with word “kitsch”, lets bring to your knowledge that it is a German word, known to be first used in 1925. Urban dictionary states that it is as...
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Having Sex in Pakistan: Experiences of a young woman
This article was originally posted on Vice. Pak Tea House is reproducing it to highlight the issue. In our society sexual desires are hugely repressed. Lack of sexual education leads to unsafe and...
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میں پاکستان کا “مالک”کیا چاہتا ہوں
عماد ظفر پاکستانی فلم “مالک” وفاقی حکومت کی جانب سے پابندی کا شکار ہو جانے کے بعد آج کل میڈیا پر بحث کا باعث بنی ہوئی ہے۔ اس فلم کے ڈائریکٹر رائٹر اور ہیرو عاشر عظیم ہیں جنہوں نے لگ بھگ دو دہائیوں قبل...
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Zahra Haider, Sex Ed & It’s Explosive Debate
By Maida Sheikh Zahra Haider’s article on what she learnt on having sex in Pakistan was a small truth, but it doesn’t define the whole of Pakistan or Pakistanis. She doesn’t claim to define...
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Pangs of Conscienceness
By Abuzar Wp The duality of standards in modernized Pakistan can be seen in some walks of life. In my own perspective, every human is a hypocrite. The values that have been hurled at every individual...
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Societies’ survival impossible with shortcuts like torture & extra-judicial...
By Ayesha Siddiqa This article was originally posted on Ayesha Siddiqa’s blog. A MQM worker was killed in Rangers’ custody – a reminder of the old tradition of lack of accountability of law enforcement...
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Why Secularism
By Najeeb Kakar Pakistan has often been experienced the religious orthodoxy since its inception. It has engendered religious narratives among the people who recalls secularism as a non-Islamic...
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