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Serena Williams will always be an icon and a champion, but her outburst had...
Will you forget it? I think not. After all, the US Open 2018 is not one to forget anytime soon. The tournament was thrilling from the start, with remarkable displays of tennis, alongside upsets and...
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Is Pakistan ready to grant citizenship to its Afghan and Bengali refugees?
Policy and governance are most effective when idealism morphs into realism to tackle challenges and go after opportunities in the real world, while also aspiring for utopia. It is in the middle ground...
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McGregor can pass racist and Islamophobic insults, but Nurmagomedov can’t...
“Let’s talk now”, said Khabib Nurmagomedov, as his fists pounded Irish fighter Conor McGregor. In the ring, the Russian fighter humbles his opponent. Ten minutes later, the cocky Irishman taps out. The...
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A blue House and a red Senate with an orange President – where does America...
The November 6th midterm elections was perhaps the most contentious and bitterly contested event in modern US history. As BBC aptly put it: “Though his name is not on the ballot anywhere across the US,...
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“They hired a Pathan?! I thought it was for smart people”: Pakhtun...
I recently moved to the United States for my graduate studies. At the Denver International Airport, a large poster of Malala Yousafzai welcomed me. I wished this would not be the only time I felt at...
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Brexit is a shambolic mess: Will its movie adaptation be the same?
Ever since the referendum took place in 2016, the shambolic aftermath of Brexit has been laid bare for the whole world to see. Following an agreed deal with European Union (EU) negotiators, Theresa May...
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“Abey kaale”: It’s not only Sarfraz Ahmed
I grew up in a neighbourhood near Civil Hospital. Being a government hospital, it was always thronged with people – most of them belonging to the poorest segment of the society – who come in bereft of...
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Anti-condolences for the oppressor: Stop mourning Karl Lagerfeld
Chanel’s creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, died at 85 in Paris. Lagerfeld, known for being “the king of fashion” and a prolific designer who left his mark on the industry, was also an Islamophobic,...
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Game of Thrones has not only failed the Night King, but also its badass women
If there is one thing I’ve grown to expect every Monday as I wake up at six in the morning to watch Game of Thrones, it is the feeling of disappointment that inevitably follows the end of every...
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Stop deifying or demonising PTM, just lend them a listening ear
The military's media wing stated in a recent statement that soldiers manning a North Waziristan checkpoint attacked by Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) workers led by MNA Mohsin Dawar “exercised maximum...
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