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Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:46 |
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 By Sonia Qadir
Clad in black, the darwaish twirls and twirls on his bare feet, so enthralled, so totally immersed as if he was about to whirl himself to a parallel dimension. A child in rags stands nearby, eyeing him gleefully. His eyes shine: he wants to join in.
A group of women gather around, clapping, singing, laughing, almost in a trance themselves. The shrine of their patron Saint lurks in the background: the perfect catharsis for the wretched, the refuge of the forsaken!
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:51 |
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Monday, 10 January 2011 14:00 |
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By Nawaz Hanif of Reprieve
On 22nd June 2004 Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman were arrested and taken to Dadyal police station, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. They had been accused of committing two murders in their village – and the police were determined to get a confession.
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Last Updated on Monday, 10 January 2011 14:08 |
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Friday, 07 January 2011 13:22 |
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 By Tahmena Bokhari
Like many others, I sat in shock as I read the news of the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, being murdered for supporting the revision of blasphemy laws. If you read any of my work, you know I am a staunch advocate for doing away with these unjust laws and you know that I am in favour of a progressive, liberal and tolerant Pakistan. As I saw the various news reports of so-called leader-spokespersons, who are usually men I might add, using this to further their own agendas, I began to feel very sad.
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 January 2011 22:21 |
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Sunday, 02 January 2011 07:30 |
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 By Murtaza Razvi
If it were the year 1947, would the advisor to the chief minister, Sindh, Ms Sharmila Faruqui have rushed to the police station in Clifton as she did two Mondays ago to meet a rape victim only to cast aspersions on the victim’s complaint that she was kidnapped and raped by her assailants?
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Friday, 31 December 2010 16:36 |
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 By Kamran Shafi
Well, hopefully, what with the obscurantist forces back on the march in an attempt to bludgeon into submission those who advocate the imperative and immediate need of making the blasphemy laws in this country less draconian, less obnoxious; what with the gas loadshedding that makes even cooking a meal an uphill task, let alone heating the house during this cold snap; and what with the power outages, five every day where we live in the Lahore cantonment.
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Last Updated on Friday, 31 December 2010 16:52 |
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