Category: Pakistani Society
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The Profound Misogyny
Today we have with us a much-esteemed guest, Dr. Naseem Khan Qureshi. Dr. Qureshi is a regional coordinator of an iNGO, Protection of Women Rights and Feminine Empowerment (PWRFE). He has completed his Doctorate in Biology from ABC University of UK. He has been associated with the iNGO since last 15 years and has worked…
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My Ugly Children
The misery of our understanding and the passion of our self supposed beliefs haunt us like a permanently residing spirit within us. Often, tending to believe in our conclusions in firmness, we completely ignore the facts of life and the limitations of our environment. We turn blind to the fact that the biases we harbor…
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Of Reason and Heresy!
This article was published in the June, 2012 issue of The Rationale, Monthly. * Immanuel Kant once said, “A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.” For a person who believes in reason, this objectivity is mostly based on his analytical mindset,…
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US-Pak Duo: The right to beg
This article was published in Express Tribune Blogs and can be seen here. http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/11691/us-pak-ghairatmand-pakistans-right-to-beg/ Sixty years have been passed, since U.S. and Pakistan are in liaison. These six decades have seen many ups and downs in this association. History witnessed pompous public welcomes of leaders of both countries at each other’s places and also watched hatred-filled…
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If not Imran Khan, then who else?
I follow no aim in this case, so there is no question of any effort to sabotage any political campaign of Khan. To me he is a great cricketer of his times and a nice philanthropist. The dare he took in establishing first cancer hospital in Pakistan and an educational institution is worth-praising. But, there…
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Munni badnaam hoi (And the Munni gets accursed)
Today I was reminded of a story written by a female university colleague of ours, back in university time. The story’s title was “Munni badnam hoi” and it was a narration of a mother who enjoys her 3 years old son Abdullah singing this particular song and she does not stop her from doing this…
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Losing my gears
Hassan Nisar at a TV Talk Show There was a time, I remember, when we used to post respectable Hassan Nisar’s views on society and religion. Those new and logical ideas made “The arrivals” and “constructive narrative” evaporate out of our heads. I even remember that whenever he used to opine in his challenging logical…
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The Killing of a young boy, The brutality in the state of denial
A young man, named Sarfraz had been shot down by Rangers publicly on the eve of 8th June, in Benazir Bhutto Park, Boat Basin area of Karachi. He was involved in a crime according to Mr. Rehman Malik, Interior Minister. The rangers stated that he was killed in an encounter. Those who have seen the video of this incident, captured by public present…
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Violence against lawyers in Lahore
Violence, In whatever form is condemnable. It can also be called as a tool of devil. In Lahore yesterday what happened is truly very bad. The legendary and successfull social movement of Pakistan is facing a dillemma. But there are many facts and figures to be considered before we go into the details of the…