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Talib Qizilbash has been freelance writing since 2003. He joined Newsline in 2006, working as both a writer and editor. He is currently the magazine’s online editor.

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[26 Aug 2010 | One Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Flood Victims Play Active Role in Relief Process

There was no pushing and shoving. A committee member with a list of names controlled the situation with a few helpers.

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[26 Aug 2010 | One Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Flooded Village Looks Like Earthquake-hit Area

Whole buildings had been reduced to piles of rubble. The devastation seemed selective, though. While one house fell, the one next to it stood on.

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[25 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | Talib Qizilbash]
Individual International Donors are Asked to Send Food via PIA

PIA has started free delivery for transportation of relief goods to Pakistan.

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[22 Aug 2010 | 6 Comments | Talib Qizilbash]
Why the Ground Zero Mosque is Counterproductive

On the Ground-Zero mosque: “Unfortunately, the stand of bleeding-heart liberals is based on ignorance and guilt.”

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[21 Aug 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Are the Floods about to get Worse for Sindh?

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, things could get much worse for Sindh, very soon.

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[20 Aug 2010 | 7 Comments | Talib Qizilbash]
Flood Relief is Happening in Pakistan

There is a view of the relief response that the media has failed to show. It was not what we expected. And that is a good thing.

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[6 Aug 2010 | One Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Former Pak Ambassador Akbar Ahmed on the Daily Show

Sadly, going on shows such as Jon Stewart’s, it is most likely that he is preaching to the converted.

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[31 Jul 2010 | 4 Comments | Talib Qizilbash]
No Room for the ‘Other’

Extremists are trying to paint religious minorities right out of the original picture of Pakistan.

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[31 Jul 2010 | 3 Comments | Talib Qizilbash]
Interview: I. A. Rehman, Secretary-General, HRCP

“The blasphemy law is damaging Islam,” says I. A. Rehman, Secretary-General of the HRCP

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Interview: Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Minorities

“The ministry plans to introduce legislation against hate literature,” says Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Minorities.