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Revolution to ruins: The tragic fall of Bradlaugh Hall
The Bradlaugh Hall, a hallmark of the anti-colonial freedom movement in the subcontinent, is crumbling behind the district courts of Lahore. For almost half a century, the famous hall has served as the...
View ArticleA new ray of hope for Pakistan's thalassemic children
From the very first day of my career as a journalist, I have heard story after story about the horrific state of healthcare in Pakistan. The tales are ever-repeating; inhumane treatment of patients,...
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The six best companions for your Windows OS
Windows is the operating system of choice for a large number of laptop and personal computer users. Were you to surf the internet for applications that enhance its performance, the list is endless. And...
View ArticleSorry to break it to you, Priyanka Chopra, but you're a feminist
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View ArticleWill NAP truly fix the broken Sindhi dream?
A lot is going on in Sindh, cities and smaller towns are getting some space to breathe, and villagers are beginning to find the courage to venture out before dawn and after dusk. This may not have been...
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Once temples, now madrassahs: Dars among deities
Angels at the temple at Malka Hans. —Photo by Rida ArifWe stood at the entrance of the temple, not sure if we would be allowed to go inside. It was a double-storey structure with a small round balcony....
View ArticleIn Pakistan, a disease called dark skin
I'm the girl who's instantly offered whitening facials in a salon even if I go to get my moustache waxed.I'm the woman in Sialkot who has been rejected and is 'still on the shelf'; I'm also that cousin...
View ArticleWill Urdu ‘unify’ our national identity?
“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.”—Ani DiFrancoThrough a happy chance last year, I got to be part of a training program in which I was...
View ArticleIs Modi the Kanye West of Indian politics?
Know the annoying aunt who pushes the bride and groom aside during a wedding photo session to dominate the wedding album? Modi did the exact same thing with Mark Zuckerberg recently. The incident went...
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Storming heaven: A revolt in Makkah
The carpenterIn 2010, I met a carpenter named Mateeullah (aka Matee Ghara). 'Ghara' in Urdu means carpenter. Matee at the time seemed to be in his early 70s. He was from my ancestral hometown, Makhad...
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Goats, guns and generosity: How Pakistan stole an Aussie’s heart
“Don’t go, comrade, they kill cricketers there!” This was the general reaction I received when I told people back home I was going to Pakistan. They would also ask, “Why?” I wasn’t entirely sure of the...
View ArticleKilling the spin: An art Pakistan’s batsmen once mastered
A dismal show by Pakistan’s batsmen at Harare, in the two Twenty20s and the first ODI, has been frustrating to say the least.It is not surprising however.From young pretenders to former Test...
View ArticleWhy did Qurratulain Hyder leave Pakistan for India?
Qurratulain Hyder is among those writers of Urdu fiction, who continue to influenced every generation of writers in South Asia, and is credited for introducing a unique narrative technique into the...
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2015: Top 10 pictures from Pakistan
Anyone who has recently used Wikipedia must have noticed a banner at the top of every page, mentioning that the world’s largest photography competition has returned for 2015.‘Wiki Loves Monuments’,...
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10 years on, we have learnt no lessons from the earthquake
2005It was Oct 10, 2005 — two days after the earthquake struck — when I reached Manshera with the relief team of the Pakistan Medical Association.Our first stop was the Kid’s Blood Disease Organisation...
View ArticleReturn to reality, outsmart your smart screens
Every week, I hear frustrated parents telling me how hard it is for them to separate their children from smart screens.Last week, during clinical practice, a child threw a violent tantrum when I asked...
View ArticleDoes anyone remember Kasur?
Over 15 articles were published when the paedophile ring in Kasur was exposed. Each article said more or less the same thing; ‘this is horrific’, ‘how could we let this happen’, ‘these kids and their...
View ArticleBeing a vegetarian in Pakistan
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View ArticleWhy do women walk so briskly in public?
Two years ago, in my freshman year, I was walking with a friend to my favourite teacher’s office. When we entered, he told us he'd seen us through the window and recognised us from a distance just by...
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In Makkah I saw little of Islam’s compassion, but a lot of Saudi Arabia’s...
With two million people gathered in one small city for Haj, some discomfort was to be expected. And putting up with it was, I initially thought, an opportunity to exercise the patience so very valued...
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