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How our foreign remittances are being wasted
Almost half of all global remittances are sent to rural areas, but they are not transforming societies like they can.
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Food Stories: Pakora
History tells us that the locals ate fried pakoray to celebrate the coming of the monsoon season.
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I Am Karachi: A Malir I did not know
Malir is still perceived as an unsophisticated, half-rural district by most Karachiites. But, there is a different side.
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Is the British school wrong in discouraging students from fasting?
Banning adult students from fasting would be inappropriate, but with primary school children, it's a different matter.
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The music of Ghizer's flowing River
It is Muharram when I decide to visit Ghizer during my stay in Gilgit; an autumn sadness envelopes the entire valley.
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The sporting sajda: A history
The sajda has been associated with Pakistani cricketers, but it was our hockey players who performed it first in 1978.
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Why Pakistani football fans should watch Copa America
It's surprising that European football is more popular with Pakistani fans, when the best players are from South America
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Guns for schoolteachers: An inevitable death in Swat
The incident brings us squarely back to the issue of the logic behind weaponising schools and arming educators.
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A year on: Are we prepared for another Karachi Airport attack?
Saving lives should be our primary goal. To that end, an Incident Command System should be set up at every institution.
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How our foreign remittances are being wasted
Almost half of all global remittances are sent to rural areas, but they are not transforming societies like they can.
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Ending the moon-sighting controversy through science
Masjid Qasim Ali Khan's sightings are not scientifically backed. Those of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee are.
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Can Bilawal save the PPP?
The challenge for Bilawal is not to just revive the PPP, but to restore the nation’s faith in the democratic process.
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'Why can't I become an MNA?'
Why ordinary Pakistanis do not have access to our parliament is no million dollar question; it is an open secret.