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If Pakistan boycotts the World Twenty20, it is only Pakistan that will suffer
We live in a time where our very existence is offensive to some people. It is hard to imagine how much cricket has been used as a weapon for political folly. It is absolutely outrageous that our team...
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#ProfileForPeace defeats the mind games Shiv Sena tried to play by using Malala
Sometimes it is easy to forget the bond between Pakistan and India. Growing up in the Middle East, I had a number of Indian friends, and there was never an ounce of animosity between us, except of...
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Modi and Nawaz Sharif need to stop undermining cricket for political gains
During the Sri Lankan tour to Pakistan in 2009, the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore was fired upon by militants, injuring six Sri Lankan players and killing...
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan deported: Is India sincere about improving Indo-Pak ties?
Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (RFAK) is by far my favourite singer mainly because his bewitching and melodious voice keeps me under a spell whenever I listen to him. The man is surely gifted and there is...
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Is Valentine’s Day really something to get so worked up about?
There have been reports making rounds on social media that the federal capital, on the instructions of Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar, had banned Valentine’s Day in Islamabad. What followed was a...
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India and Pakistan both share the spirit of Bollywood
The recently released Bollywood movie Airlift, based on the evacuation of Indians residing in Kuwait during the Gulf War of 1990, has won much acclaim in both India and Pakistan. Rightfully so, for its...
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How safe will Pakistan’s cricket team be in India?
Since the dawn of modern time, sports have been weaved diligently into the diplomatic affairs of a state and seen as a means to bridge gaps between chasms of differences. Not only does it do the...
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With PCB and BCCI unable to set aside their differences, what happens to...
The story goes that the chef at Jaipur’s Rambagh Palace had 40 baby lambs slaughtered the day before Pakistan’s military dictator, and arguably the most hated man in his country, was to be hosted as...
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An open letter to AJK Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Zia
Respected AJK Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Zia, According to newspaper reports, you have announced that the annual salary increments of those working in your court will be based on “how regularly...
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India prides itself as a tolerant and multi-ethnic state, but is it really?
Recently, India has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Over the past three years, after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in a landslide, India has witnessed increased religious...
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