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Cleanliness: Another dream for Lahore
Shahbaz Sharif, our chief minister, has said he wants to see Lahore become as clean and presentable as Istanbul. The statement is music to my ears, weary as I have been growing of stereotyped...
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Talking about Sufism: Faiz vs Askari
The national politics have brought us to a point where everybody is engaged in a religious debate. While my contemporaries brave the treacherous ocean’s currents, I, for one, have to plead ignorance of...
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MQM: The International phenomenon
Let’s discuss what took place early Thursday morning on BBC’s Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman. The show reported that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain was being investigated for money...
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My sacrifice to God
It was an ordinary day, like any morning when I would wake up - wake the children, send them off to the washroom and lay their clothes out so they won’t have to shout for every vest or sock they could...
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This Ashura, I have a confession
My beloved Hussain, I write to you today on the anniversary of the day you died. Take it as what you will, I think of it more as a confession. Ever since I was very little, they told me to love you. To...
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How is Pakistan doing, you ask? Why don’t you ask the victims of Abbas Town?
“Oh you’re from Pakistan? How is your country doing?” Asked a classmate here at the London School of Economics (LSE) two weeks ago. The question took me back to a different time… somewhere in the...
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How I tackled the “Sir, I don’t think Shias are real Muslims” concept
I started my career as a Religious Education (RE) teacher in September 2013, in a school that has nearly 1500 students ranging from the ages of 11 to 18. Of these, approximately 75% come from a Muslim...
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