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[10 Oct 2012 | Comments Off | ]
See No Evil

Perhaps we need to look within ourselves before we block access to media sites to see what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

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[16 Aug 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Speaker’s Corner: An Interview with History

History is not a timeline and stories have a way of telling themselves, says Sarah Elahi, who researched partition narratives both as a history major in college and while working at the Citizen’s Archive of Pakistan.

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[9 May 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Speaker’s Corner: Tapping the Glass Ceiling

In Germany, if you want to be a successful woman, you need to be a man, says Hani Yousuf.

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[19 Apr 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Letter from India: Holy Cows and Reel-Life Icons

How the mighty have fallen in Indian eyes with scandals rocking the defence forces – while a real hero has his day…

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[12 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Break the Silence: Fighting Sexual Harassment Together

During a seminar at SZABIST, Dr Fouzia Saeed questioned the norms of Pakistani society and asked the attendees to stand up for gender equality once and for all, saying, “I’m counting on your generation.”

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[2 Feb 2012 | 5 Comments | ]
Why I Chose Karachi University

There are many reasons why people don’t think very highly of Karachi University. Still, for some students, including ones with options, the school remains their first choice.

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[17 Jan 2012 | 9 Comments | ]
What your Pakistan Studies Textbooks Don’t Tell You

An Ismaili was one of the founding members of the All-India Muslim League. Pakistan’s boundaries were negotiated by an Ahmadi. What else has been ripped from our history books that could help promote interfaith harmony and understanding?

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[7 Nov 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Economic Recovery, Capitalism and Uncle Sam

Is it time for corporations to stop laying off employees to preserve earnings and prop up stock prices? Will more compassion be better for long-term business prospects?

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[5 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | ]
How Germany Covers Pakistan

Working as the sole Pakistani on a German newspaper’s foreign editorial desk provides a journalist rare insight into why her country rarely gets a fair shake in the western media.

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[30 Aug 2011 | One Comment | ]
Why do Pakistanis Complain So Much?

Mushtaq Panjwani laments the fact that most Pakistanis spend their lives whining about anything and everything instead of looking at the positive side of life.