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The breathtaking ruins of Mohenjo-Daro have an ancient tale to tell

Mohenjo-Daro is one of the oldest settlements in the Indus Valley Civilisation. It is believed to have been built 5,000 years ago in an area which today is in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Most...

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A world without written words: the remnants of Pakistan's oral tradition

A few years ago, I had gone on a long trip to south Punjab in Pakistan, where I wound my way through various Sufi shrines belonging to several traditions, some similar and others distinct. I was...

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Jhulay Lal's cradle of tolerance

This article was originally published on June 3, 2015. One of my colleagues asked me some time ago:‘Can you believe that Hindus and Muslims can pray at the same place simultaneously?’‘Well, of course...

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It's time we stopped using 'kala' as an insult and respected the...

February is Black History Month in the United States. It originated in 1926 with the efforts of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, founded by historian Carter G....

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Why we should be concerned that our children are growing immune to terrorist...

We don’t realise how terrorist attacks affect our children indirectly. Have we ever stopped to think how it is changing our younger generation’s behaviour pattern?I will never forget the conversation I...

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How Pakistan can save more lives at the site of bomb blasts

As a doctor who has worked at sites of suicide bombings, I have realised that Pakistan is in a far more deplorable state in terms of emergency medical assistance than I had thought. Countless lives can...

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How the Illuminati, a revolution, and American English are invading us

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Wife: Puppu pass hogaya.Husband: Really?Yes. Please congratulate him when he comes back from school.How do you know that?Know what?Pappu pass hogaya.I have his report...

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How India-Pakistan wars tore apart the social fabric of Umerkot

The imposing entrance of the Umerkot Fort. Wars have a way of creating false or incomplete histories. The tales of heroes and victories often obscure the plight of the common person caught in the war...

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Animal hunting in Pakistan deserves no applause

This article was originally published on March 13, 2015.An Italian national flew 5,157 kilometers to Pakistan, travelled 234 miles north to Gilgit-Baltistan, trekked through the mountainous terrain to...

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Why liberal politics is no answer to prevent the disappearances of activists

One of the most common liberal responses to the excesses committed by the powerful in Pakistan is to call for people to ‘speak out’. This familiar refrain, voiced often in the aftermath of the January...

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China, not America, likely behind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest

The biggest question about Hafiz Saeed’s house arrest isn’t why, but why now?After all, we’ve been here before. He was placed under house arrest in December 2008, just days after the Mumbai terror...

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Pakistan: The lesser-known histories of an ancient land

The first people Long before the emergence of the great Indus Valley Civilisation on the banks of River Indus 5,000 years ago, the earliest known people to make present-day Pakistan their home were the...

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Helping people at Chicago airport is the beginning of my fight against...

My father always wanted me to be a lawyer. Like many Muslim parents, he was thinking of a job that was safe, secure, and lacking in ostentation. So I went to law school, passed the Bar Exam in my first...

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Has Lahore forgotten why January 26 was chosen as India's Republic Day?

The Ferozepur road, one of Lahore’s arterial thoroughfares, evokes a lot of nostalgia. Starting from the Walled City, connecting several small ancient hamlets on the way, including Ichra, Mozang, Amar...

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I'll never forget the day Burhan Wani was killed

This blog was originally published on October 29, 2016.The news first broke when I was in the north of Kashmir in Vijbal, a town of less than a hundred households.My cousins had invited me for dinner...

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'Security situation' is the reason Taimur was shot. What is 'security...

In a police state, we all live on a knife’s edge. And the slightest error in judgment on part of a citizen may have lethal consequences. This ever-present fear is inconsistent with our vision of a free...

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Dear Imran, a leader who wants to fix Pakistan would never propose a US visa ban

On January 27, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order which barred nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the US for 90 days, as well as indefinitely suspending the...

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As a Jewish person, I won’t stand idly by as Muslims are targeted in North...

My grandfather Morris wasn’t even 14 years old when he had to flee Kozmyn, a small village in Russia, by himself in 1904. Geopolitics had invaded the young boy’s life. The Czar’s soldiers had come to...

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Here is how Pakistanis actually reacted to Trump's Muslim ban

From a Pakistani TV soap character Dear … sob sob … Sartaj Trump …Please …sob sob … sartaj, don’t put a travel ban on us. Please don’t behave like my mother-in-law … sob sob … even though, I think it...

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By grabbing a cobra by its head, one woman changed her Tharparkar tribe forever

From inside a straw hut she had built, Meeran pulled out a small, woven basket and opened the lid covered in a swatch of azure blue fabric. With quick, nimble fingers she nudged the coiled cobra...

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