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The Challenges to Feminism in Pakistan
Many of my feminist friends got offended by this post and I was bashed being politically incorrect on the notions of patriarchy and feminism. But Readers are the real judge. Please feel free to comment. I am embedding the facebook post as well. The original post was; “In our middle and upper middle class households,…
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مولانا طارق جمیل کی خدمت میں کھلا خط
آج کل آپ کی تعریف میں کافی قصیدے لکھے جا رہے ہیں اور ہر دوسرا کالم نگار حضرت کی عامر خان کے ساتھ “انٹریکشن” کو بیان کرتا پھرتا ہے۔ میرے کچھ سوالات ہیں اور کچھ اعتراضات۔ جن دوستوں نے مولانا کی ویڈیو دیکھی ہے وہ جواب دے سکتے ہیں۔ پہلا تو یہ کہ آپ کو…
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ذاتی رائے
عاکف خان اس وقت ملک کی دگرگوں صورتحال میں مہنگائی، غربت، تعلیم، دہشت گردی، بھوک اور لوڈشیڈنگ سے بالاتر دو مسائل ہیں جن پر ساری قوم غوروغوض کرنے میں مصروف ہے۔ میںنے سوچا میں بھی موقع سے فائدہ اٹھاؤں۔ تمیزالدین رپورٹ کی گریٹ ڈیبیٹ “کون کافر ہے اور کون مسلمان” کو درمیان میں چھوڑ کر…
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Charachteristics of a Patriotic Pakistani Mard-i-Momin
Why is it that I found most of the people in Pakistan with this same profile. They believe in following things unanimously. 1. Imran Khan is the hope and he will bring the change. 2. There are Good Taliban and Bad Taliban. 3. Good Taliban are very peaceful and they just goto Afghanistan to fight…
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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…