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A Shallow Life

18. Sep, 2007 ·11

Have you ever wondered what kind of lives we lead? If some one in the future were to look at our lives, what would they see? Would they see meaningless survival, of day to day struggles, of a blind walk up the ladder of success, for either fame or fortune without a grip or the [...]

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Have we ceased to care?

17. Jul, 2007 ·2

For months on end the Lal Masjid issue has been splashed across newspapers and tv channels. Many have graced us with their opinions; and we have all formed our own. We sit in our comfortable rooms and discuss the failings of the government, the strengths or weaknesses of the mullahs, the strangeness of seeing women [...]

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Woes of a pregnant woman

30. Jun, 2007 ·4

There are many facets to the journey of pregnancy. Any woman who has ever been pregnant knows, and any woman who intends to bear a child should beware that there are as many opinions about the journey of pregnancy as there are pregnant women in the world. The opinions usually oppose one another, but mostly [...]

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Born and Bred in Islamabad

29. Jun, 2007 ·8

We moved to Islamabad at the time when Junejo shrunk the sizes of all cars for bureaucrats. So from a fleet of cars and an army of security personnel, in our palatial house in the province we moved to a shrunken car, no security, no trees and a rented place we never could call home. [...]

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