Karachi needs your blood

Thalassaemia major is a fatal disease of the blood. Many people go on through their lives while having thalassaemia minor and never knowing about it. When two such individuals produce a child , the child has a very large chance of having Thalassaemia major. For a Thalassaemia patient to have any chance of survival they…

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The Green Kaleidoscope

For the last year or so the print scene in Pakistan has gotten quite dull, with the same coterie of writers spitting out the same old tilted diasporas in column after column the general public and specially the educated youth of the country have been yearning for an imaginative, focused and liberal read for some…

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Ipl’s thunder stolen by a blog

As the IPl stutters through its paces having been transplanted in S.A sans the fans, the focus of the entire tournament now seems to be not the teams playing or who is winning but a blog known as “Fake IPL player” Fake IPL Player is an anonymous blogger who claims to be part of the…

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Chappal cup draws to a close

With the last match in the Chappal cup between Pakistan and Australia having been played out in front of me on the telly, I can safely say that I am officially bewildered and livid with rage at my team. They started out quite well, beating the Aussies in the first ODI ala Afridi’s magical spell,…

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Ye islam nahi hay

We have all been brought up by our elders to not question men of our faith, some of us were given the leverage to do so and thus developed a higher level of understanding as to what Islam is and what it actually entails. Others however were taught dogmatically and rigidly and thus for them…

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Operation restarts in swat

Finally after much hue and cry raised by the entire countries moderate and civil structure as well as some timely concern shown by political parties the army has woken up and started an operation against the militants in the lower dir valley area of Swat. This operation was started yesterday and immediately helicopter gunships and…

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Vote for Faraz anwar @ guitar idol 09

Pakistan is being represented at Guitar Idol 09, the biggest competition for rock guitarists by Faraz anwar of Mizrab band. He is brilliant on the axe and has reached the finals of this competition. I want each and every reader of this blog to vote for this gem of a guitarist from Pakistan!! Vote by…

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Aus-Pak Chappal cup

Things could not have been better for Pakistan’s cricket and PCB right now. First off they entered into contract to play at a neutral venue in Dubai at a brand spanking new purpose built stadium and to top it all off they got Australia to play the first series with them there. Although the Aussies…

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