Author: Akif Khan
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Glimpses of Cities: Old Photos – Vintage Lahore
Courtesy: Farid Alvie Rudyard Kipling’s House in 1890s A Camel-drawn carriage outside the Government House of Lahore in 1900 Artists drawing on blackboard at Mayo School of Arts(now NCA) in early 1900s Sir Allama Iqbal reciting poem in 1912 The colors of childhood in 1912 Bhagat Singh(standing fourth from right) who was later sentenced to…
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My white paper on PTI’s 100 days performance in KPK
The night of the election, I was thinking only one thing; which party to vote? My whole family was going for PTI. Already having tested PMLN and PPP, they had no other option. On ideological grounds, I wanted to go for left, i.e. ANP or AWP. But there was no candidate contesting on their behalf.…
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Deeyat Laws: Social Impact of the level of strictness in laws; A Discussion
When Shahzeb Khan’s family granted pardon to their son’s murderer, whole nation came to utter shock. This was one of the most fought causes by civil society and people from all professions and backgrounds on the basis of barbaric show of feudal power. In the aftermath of the murder, which was committed by son of…
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Previews from Interesting Recent Scientific Advances
1) The World of Wonderful Mathematics Source: cliffmass.blogspot.com This one I happened to see on Scientific American blog and is quite interesting. Starting from a comment on an Onion News (Satirical News Emag) article on 27 new functions in trigonometry, author Dr. Evelyn Lamb, University of Utah introduces to 10 unheard functions of trigonometry. After…
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Orthodox Patriarchal Agenda at work
Can you believe this bullshit? The guy is serious. This man Maulana Pandit Pastor Raylan Alleman has outclassed all the orthodox bullshit that we come across in South Asia. Guess all dogmas have same misogynist patriarchal agenda. However this piece posted on Fix the Family Citadel Catholic Media, an organisation to promote family system in…
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وڈیرا شاہی، طالبان اور اے پی سی
کل جب نوجوان شاہزیب کے قاتل کو شاہزیب کے والدین کی طرف سے معافی ملنے کی خبر سنی تو سارا دن جھنجھلاہٹ طاری رہی اور خون جلتا رہا۔ کہ یہ کیسا ملک ہے جہاں ایک قتل کو ریاست کے خلاف بغاوت تصور ہی نہیں کیا جاتا، جہاں ایک ظالم اپنی بریت کے بعد فتح کے…
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کیلے کی پٹائی
مبینہ کیلا حوالات جانے سے پہلے ۔(اسلام آباد، مملکت خداداد) کل ایک کیلے کو مسجد کے باہر بغیر چھلکے پڑا دیکھ کر مومنین نے مار مار کے اسکا شیک بنا ڈالا۔ کیلے نے مبینہ طور پر رمضان مبارک کی توہین کی تھی۔ اسلامی ملک میں رمضان المبارک کے تقدس کے لیئے خاص قوانین موجود ہیں۔…
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Being an idealist; Curse or a Gift?
This article has been published in Monthly Laaltain magazine and can also be read here. The people who are driven by passion always (or may be most frequently) end up in alienation by society and in loneliness. I always wondered why is that so? How come brilliant minds like scholars, sufis, scientists, writers, artists and…
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ملالہ کا ڈرامہ – سازشی نظریے
پوری دنیا کے ٹی وی، اخبارات اور نیوز چینلز پر چلنے والے آج کل ایک رجحان کی ہی بات کرتے ہیں جس میں ہماری قوم گھری ہوئی ہے۔ ڈرامے کا مرکزی کردار ٹین ایجر ملالہ یوسفزئی نے انجام دیا، ڈرامے میں نام نہاد طالبان عورتوں کے حقوق اور تعلیم کے لیے آواز اٹھانے پر ملالہ…
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Green House Effect of US-Taliban talks
Comments on the article by Hussain Haqqani in NY Times today. Agreeing to Haqqani, I guess US is aiming for short term goals over here. Adding to the same, the next battleground of Taliban ideological warfare will be Pakistan and it will be source for their ideology dissemination and manpower recruitment. No matter how much…