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Has Farooq Sattar and Amir Khan’s “leadership” ended MQM-P for good?
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently removed Farooq Sattar from the convenership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). Interestingly, the petition was not filed by any rival...
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Dear West Indies, you took a chance on us, and we are eternally grateful!...
It’s slowly creeping in, one match at a time. Flags are being rolled out. Hats, paint and whistles are being bought. There are inconceivable traffic jams, and mercifully long ticket lines. You’re...
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Malala vs APS survivors: Do our children have to compete to be our heroes?
It was in 2014 – while I was studying for my Masters in Europe – that a German classmate of mine, upon getting to know I am from Pakistan, showed me a picture of Malala Yousafzai receiving the Nobel...
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Karachi – the city where your ‘mochi’ can also mend your soul
Karachi is home to the most diverse of populations across Pakistan. Muslims, non-Muslims, Shia, Sunni, Muhajir, Balochi, Sindhi, Pashtun, Kashmiri, and also many other minority groups; many a people...
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In the absence of proper governance, is Chief Justice Saqib Nisar Pakistan’s...
Pakistanis are an opinionated people; from fruit vendors to domestic workers, all are as articulate in politics as any academic or political analyst. But these opinions vary, and they vary drastically...
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The run for allegiance: Electables and political parties – a marriage of...
With only a few months to the next general elections, politicians are fast jumping ships to maximise their chances of getting re-elected. These career politicians, or “electables”, are the evergreen...
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100 is a ‘century’, not a tournament!
Pink balls, day-night Tests, four-day Tests. I thought they liked to tinker with Test cricket only, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A few months back, there was a 10-10 tournament in the UAE; not...
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How a visit to Baba Auliya’s shrine in Karachi made me feel human again
A sense of excitement ran through me as I set foot on the Pakistan's soil. I was participating in the Urs celebrations of Qalandar Baba Auliya, the grand master and founder of Silsila Azeemiyya,...
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In #PPPvsPTI, Bilawal wins the round and leaves behind a lesson for Imran
Finally the people of Karachi can sigh in relief, as the tussle between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has come to an end, with both parties agreeing to change the...
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The reality of public hospitals: I lost my nana to medical negligence in...
On March 18th at 11pm, my nana (maternal grandfather) developed an acute shortness of breath, and was admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) at the People’s Medical College and Hospital in Nawabshah....
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The tale of May 12, 2007: He was ordered to “go for the kill” and “take no...
What started as a casual chat over tea amid the winter season, turned out to be quite a tumultuous tale of violence and mayhem that erupted on May 12, 2007 in Karachi, narrated by one of the...
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Imran Khan is right, Pakistan should have more than four provinces
Whenever I make any comments about Pakistan having more provinces and smaller units, the reaction is always the same, “You want to divide the country? Are you a RAW agent or what?” So when Imran Khan...
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Why Karachi’s Burns Road will always be the pioneer food street of Pakistan
Ramazan cannot be complete in our household without the presence of iftaari from Burns Road, Karachi. This Ramazan, as I went to Burns Road on the first day of fasting to buy items for iftaar, I was...
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When the gun is the law, how far are you willing to go to save your children?
Friday, May 18th. My 17-year-old says to me, “A 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student died in the Santa Fe school shooting. I saw it on social media.”...
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NA-247: A dictator, a mayor, an activist – who deserves Karachi’s hot seat?
With elections looming a mere 44 days from now, political parties have pitched their best candidates in the most powerful constituencies. With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan standing...
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I am one of the ‘entitled millennials’ whose conscience got pricked by...
There was a post making its rounds on Facebook that caught my attention, which said, “If you were to meet your eight-year-old self today, what advice would you give?” And then a slightly more chilling...
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The disgruntled PTI voter: Imran Khan couldn’t change the system, so he...
Dave Chapelle, a successful American comedian and democrat, phrased it perfectly when voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016: “It felt like the right thing to do, but it didn’t feel as good, as it should...
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Dear Shehbaz Sharif, what makes you think “Karanchi” wants to be like Lahore?
Shehbaz Sharif’s pre-election visit and recent comments regarding “Kiranchi”, stereotyping an entire community, seem to have created some ripples in an already charged up political environment in...
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Tête-a-tête with Beenish Afreen: A rebel reclaiming her public space, one...
In this technology-saturated modern biosphere, women motorcycling are still not a welcome sight. In a conservative society like Pakistan, it is unfortunate that people are more vocal and contemptuous...
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Paradise from a different perspective: Maldives is more than just turquoise...
Whenever the phrase ‘vacation to the Maldives’ rings our ears, turquoise waters and luxurious resorts instantly flash into our minds. In order to fully utilise their vacations, the general preference...
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