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A Karachi fisherman's tale — In search of lobsters and livelihood
The sun had just risen and cast a golden-red light on the the beach at Mubarak Goth — a fishing village located in Deh Mann, Karachi.A light wind blew across the aqua-green waters of the Arabian Sea....
View ArticleA nation in trauma: France’s future fears
Again, horror in Paris. Bodies are counted, lying on streets. Friends and families make frantic calls, panic spreads. A nation is in trauma. A year that started with the Charlie Hebdo tragedy ends with...
View ArticleTrack your finances: 7 ways to become more money savvy
Who wouldn’t agree that money is one of the ways through which we achieve our desires and enjoy financial security and freedom? Not only that, financial security also gives peace of mind and...
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Royal Kohinoor: Why Pakistan should enter the debate but won’t
Lying in the heart of modern Lahore, a city that became the center of colonial and post-colonial history, is the Gora Kabristan or the white graveyard. Gora here is a euphemism for Christian.This is...
View ArticleBeirut, Baghdad, Paris — Are some tragedies more tragic than others?
Loss is but a statistic, until it leaps across the fence to the West.I have no intention of concern-trolling scores of people across the world, who stand in solidarity today with France, offering the...
View ArticleIn Pakistan, don’t say the ‘L’ word
Our country is a curious case of contradictions masquerading as consistency.Due to the peculiarly lopsided history of our political, social and economic development, we have had to grapple with...
View ArticleDealing with IS: Is Paris going to be a game-changer?
France’s renewed and intensified air strikes against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) in the city of Raqqa in Syria remind one of the US-led military coalition’s post-9/11 attacks on Al Qaeda...
View ArticleDoes Lahore really need a ‘Disneyland’?
It isn’t difficult to see why Pakistan hungers for entertainment. We are perpetually swamped with social, economic and security crises and get little respite. Even the highly anticipated international...
View ArticleLink down! The horrors of getting your passport renewed in Pakistan
My passport expired last year and I did not dare to think of a renewal, knowing full well the horrors of going to the passport office and doing the khwari.But as a PhD student, I had to publish at...
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When Iqbal called for a Muslim India, within India
For too long now there has been a parochial understanding of what Pakistani history as an academic discipline entails, as there is a firm assumption that it has to be accountable to the public eye.Many...
View ArticlePakistan's Twitter wars: Clash of the egos
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Fall foliage — The changing colours of Hunza
In October of this year, I left Karachi for Hunza in keen pursuit of picturesque views, lush-green valleys and tranquillity. Accompanied by two other photographer friends, we excitedly started on our...
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Fight like a girl: How the Punjab police is breaking stereotypes with its new...
Sub-Inspector Shahida is one of the many young women who have recently joined the Rawalpindi Police Force after clearing the Punjab Public Service Commission exam. She is conscientious, educated, and...
View ArticleHow did an Urdu greeting reach the edge of our solar system?
Did you know that there is a greeting in the Urdu language floating around in space currently, some 19 billion kilometers from Earth?How did it get there, and for whom is it intended are the two...
View ArticleRetaliating selective humanity with selective humanity?
Blood. Corpses. Mayhem. Terror. For those of us living in terrorism-riddled countries, these experiences are all too familiar. And, we make sure no one forgets that.We never miss an opportunity to make...
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How would Pakistan treat Syria’s refugees?
It is convenient to scold the Western nations for their racist antipathy towards the incoming refugees, when the refugees aren’t Afghan, and the territory they’re coming to, isn’t ours.In the past few...
View ArticleIn conversation with my Dupatta
If you live in Pakistan, you would know that other people consider it their right to pry into your personal affairs (am I right, Imran Khan?).Nevertheless, I thought, surely there is one relationship...
View ArticleAre you prepared to deal with the most common travel scams?
You may be travelling for business or on vacation; but there are chances that you may commit a mistake or just not give serious thought to something and get into trouble. Here are some pointers that...
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Love, hate and Islamaphobia in America
The author with her husband, Max.In 2001, I met a man at work who intrigued me. We began dating shortly after the tragic 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2003, I married this man, and in 2007 we had our...
View ArticleA guide to growing up Ahmadi in Pakistan
Welcome, to the beautiful land of the pure. Here, we are blessed with four wondrous seasons and the geographical features are aplenty.This is a land hard won through the sacrifices of many and now, you...
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