Author: Shakir Lakhani
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Junaid Jamshed criticized by leading Ulema for endorsement of Lays Chips
According to a report in the Urdu daily "Ummat" of 29 June 2009, leading scholars have criticized…
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Water shortage in “shining India”!
In India, they don’t use buckets to fetch water. They use pipes, as illustrated in the phot…
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Anyone named Jinnah can fool the government
According to a news item in DAWN (30th June), someone named Aslam Jinnah claiming to be Mr. Jinna…
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Shakespeare causes tussle in Punjab Assembly
According to a news item in DAWN (28th June, 2009), Sheikh Ala-ud-Din of PML-Q Forward Block on S…
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Child marriages in Pakistan
The recent case of the forced marriage of an eight year old girl in Karachi (and the ones r…
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Is this Justice? No punishment for Policemen
This is the kind of thing which happens every day in the country. Sometimes criminals do it, but …
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Ban on jeans & mobile phones for Indian college girls
Die-hard fundamentalists in Pakistan should be delighted to hear that more and more Indian colleg…
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First Indian on the moon
World leaders and scientists have been stunned to hear that India has suddenly landed a man on th…
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Dynasty Zarooni and Al Fajer Properties: Dubai property scandal involving royal family
Fake pictures of half-finished buildings in Dubai were distributed to U.K. investors to attr…
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Western clothes banned in Peshawar!
I’ve lived in all major cities of Pakistan, including Peshawar, and I’ve always noticed that …