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The Edhi you didn't know
The night Abdul Sattar Edhi came over for dinner is etched in my mind, not in oil colours but as charcoal on canvas. Perhaps it was the grey of his kurta, cap and slippers as he sat on the pristine...
View ArticleKarachi — A cultural snapshot through the years
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Karachi: What’s in a picture?
A 19th-century sketch of Greek commander, Nearchus, leading his fleet across River Indus in the present-day Sindh province of Pakistan. Nearchus was a commander in ancient Greek king, Alexander’s army...
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What caring for my paraplegic sister taught me
If there is one thing life has taught me, it is that a person is utterly unaware of their true potential until they encounter and cope with a challenging situation.I hadn't met my true self until my...
View ArticleErasing Peshawar’s soul, one building at a time
It is still quite early in the morning as I arrive at Bazar Kalan, one of the oldest bazaars of Peshawar. The road leads straight towards the hill top, where tehsil Gor Khatri is situated. On my left...
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Notes from a classroom: Talking to children about sexual abuse
“If you were sleeping beauty, what would you do if a prince kissed you to wake you up?”In my class of 15 fourth graders, very few respond. They want to know why they have to think about this. I remain...
View ArticleThis delicious pasta recipe has the strangest origin story
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View ArticleDoes it really help to know how much our colleagues earn?
There was a column by Andrew Hill in the Financial Times last month on whether salary data should be openly available to everyone within a company. The columnist argued that in the age of transparency...
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Meet Pakistani social media's angry parrots
Arguments on social media in Pakistan have become a set of predictable knee-jerk reactions: Disclaimer: This article is categorised as satire.
View Article'Have you no sense of decency, Mr Trump?'
There is something so unremittingly vile about Donald Trump. A sheer lack of empathy and compassion, coupled with the distinguishing traits of a neighbourhood bully, has come to define the man who is...
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Qatar: My 12-hour layover in the world's most expensive art hub
If you've read my previous travelogues, chances are you know that I love arts and culture. Enter Qatar, once labelled a dull Arab state and now a mighty force to reckon with in cultural initiatives....
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Why were hospitals better in Pakistan during the colonial times?
Many of Pakistan’s major hospitals which provide crucial medical care to the masses, from Lady Reading in Peshawar to Karachi’s Civil Hospital, were constructed during British colonial times (see The...
View ArticleWhy Sindh deserved better
Qaim Ali Shah's resignation as Sindh chief minister led to a series of hagiographic articles focusing on his personal habits and idiosyncrasies. Presumably written to cast him in a humane light, the...
View ArticleThe last thing Pakistanis need is encouragement to kill
If it were up to the Karachi Police, they would have honoured Raymond Davis with a cash prize.Earlier last week, Inspector General of Sindh Police AD Khawaja awarded Rs50,000 to a citizen, who shot and...
View Article‘The boys played well’: Of cricket and the English language
I was one among a crush of journalists crammed into the media room at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata the day Shahid Afridi’s foot-in-mouth disease relapsed. It was ghastly.“I’ve not enjoyed playing...
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Remembering my fallen colleague Mehmood Khan, on his birthday
Quetta is no stranger to gloom and doom; but when death visits your workplace and snatches away a young, energetic mind full of dreams, the sense of loss is deep and profound.As Quetta's DawnNews...
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Travelling to the forbidden land — A Pakistani in Israel
As a Pakistani who immigrated to Canada, I had always pledged to myself that the first country I would travel to after acquiring citizenship and a Canadian passport would be Israel. Having heard...
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The problem with Pakistan’s ‘martyrdom’ culture
Would it make me less of a patriot to admit that I'd rather live for this country, than die for it?A nation is bound to run short on tears when terrorist attacks occur, more or less, as a continuum,...
View ArticleNazia Hassan: Youth icon, culture warrior
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Train from Delhi — ‘I think you would be better off opting for Pakistan’
On June 3, 1947, All India Radio broadcast the live address of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah on the British government plan, or the Mountbatten Plan as it was also known, for the Partition of India....
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