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Carrots & Donkeys: Prologue
'Carrots And Donkeys' is the working title of a book in my head. This is the prologue. Feedback and criticism is more…
Indignity of labour
Some more equal than others By Urooj Zia (Op-ed; Pakistan Today; 17 October 2011) I had a bunch of startling (for me)…
Auditor-General of Pakistan replaced illegally
AGP-nominee convicted of sexual harassment at previous posting, has dual nationality, carries four passports, two national identity cards…
Gender-based violence: Transgendered people complain of victimisation by ASF personnel
Airport Security Forces (ASF), at least at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, have apparently not been given any standard…
Saleem Shahzad: The price one pays
One wonders how many more deaths would be required before the industry as a whole decides to put…
Osama bin Laden: What really happened?
No one knows, really, except for a select few at the top of the military echelon, and few…
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Clash of ‘civilisations’, Pakistan-style
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Nature versus nurture
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TFSA ’11: Bringing Southasia to Karachi
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When revenge and ‘jihad’ become work
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‘They won’t move anyway; why can’t we profit?’
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The reign of armed goons
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BRC terms Shahzain’s Nine-Zero visit bigger farce than his arrest
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Case won, but sodomiser gets away with only three years imprisonment
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More no-go areas, and not just because of target-killers
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Lyari up in arms against Nabeel Gabol
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What’s going on in Karachi?
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A people divided
Open e-Governance Index, Pakistan
The Open e-Governance Index (OeGI) is an action-research project that aims to measure the state of…
A Question of Faith: A report on the status of religious minorities in Pakistan
This Jinnah Institute report was launched in Islamabad on 7 June 2011. I was part of…
Episode 1: Questions you should never ask you-know-who
This week's question is: What is a bhenchod and a maderchod? Our expert explains. PS: No mothers…
‘Maids and dogs not allowed’
I’m going to rant now. Because I’m more pissed than I’ve ever been. I just found…
Background and other details on my Taseer investigation piece
I’ve divided the following write-up into nine, easily-digestible parts. You can either read it from top…
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