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Custodians of public morality

Pakistan has several unsung heroes. One such gentleman, a Pakistani doctor from Birmingham, about whose post-earthquake and post-flood efforts I had written at length in a previous column, told me his vacation time to Pakistan is spent travelling the length …

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Is Dubai safe?

Following my previous piece on Zulqarnain Haider, a number of those commenting on the article claimed that Dubai is a safe place. But is it really? In January

Pakistan ka matlab kya?

Growing up in the eighties, one could not escape the slogan, "Pakistan ka matlab kya--La ilaha ilallah." If not cried out at public rallies, it was written as

Ramifications of the Iranian election

Years ago, an Iranian riddle was narrated to me by my college roommate. It seems to still be relevant, and goes something like this: An American man, an

The Quran and the west: a rejoinder

As an ardent supporter of the lawyers’ movement since its inception, I was elated to be in Pakistan when chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored and was keen

Time for the media to step up [English]

If ever there was a time to shun The New York Times, BBC or other mainstream sources of news, this was it. How were the attacks in Mumbai

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