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God works in mysterious ways
As you drive down the road connecting Zamzama with Khayaban-e-Shujaat, you come across a market, at the border of Defence and Clifton Cantonment. The road itself winds down into Shujaat and if you are...
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What is it we can’t do as a nation?
After a long tiring day, all I was looking forward to was a good night's sleep. Life is really challenging here, I thought to myself. I wish I could do something about this country. I wish things could...
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Out with Di Matteo, in with Benitez
It's been a long standing quote that a week is a long time in football. In this case, in fact, it was five days ─ from last Saturday to this Wednesday. The Saturday brought the mouthwatering North...
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If I could have a chat with Jinnah…
Like many, I often wonder what it would be like to talk to an influential historic figure. One wants to sit with them, ask questions and find out what they think about things around them, but they no...
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So who exactly was Jinnah?
We sat in the proverbial 22nd row of a small theatre room in Badar Commercial. My eyes were moist with emotion, when Talat Hussain turned around and said “Quaid-e-Azam zindabad!” It was the end of the...
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Tony Greig: More than the sum of the parts
The first time I heard of Anthony William Greig I was listening into a Test Match special in 1972 - the first Ashes test at Old Trafford. The voice of John Arlott describing Greig scoring a 50, when...
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India and Pakistan, please stop before it is too late …
With the pressure being built up in India about the Line of Control situation, it has brought to the fore the question of how we Pakistanis respond to it. Do we aggressively answer back in the press...
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Ditch the malls; The bazaars are where the fun is at!
I remember the first time went to a mall; it was way back in 1977. The place was called Brent Mall. Hindsight tells me it was not too big and probably inconsequential, but it looked huge and I hated...
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Pakistan’s pantomime and the icons of our society
Right at the outset, let me apologise for this rant. I do not normally criticise or write negative reviews, but this time around, it just felt like I should say something on behalf of the common,...
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Chai please, it’s not coffee
It all started with the Nestle Nescafe advertisement. The obvious commercial interest was to drive the conversion from tea to coffee. That too, to an instant coffee mix. To me it looked more like a...
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