Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:05 |
By Mohsin Hamid
Ever since returning to live in Pakistan a few months ago, I’ve been struck by the pervasive negativity of views here about our country. Whether in conversation, on television, or in the newspaper, what I hear and read often tends to boil down to the same message: our country is going down the drain.
But I’m not convinced that it is.
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Saturday, 03 April 2010 22:33 |
By Amber Rahim Shamsi
Now the Shiv Sena has a problem with Indian tennilebrity Sania Mirza marrying Pakistan’s cricket captain Shoaib Malik. To quote the right-wing Hindu party’s octogenarian chief Bal Thackeray: “Had [Sania’s] heart been Indian, it wouldn’t have beaten for a Pakistani. If she wished to play for India, she should have chosen an Indian life partner.” No surprises there.
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 10:26 |
By Asim Siddiqui
Studies show that poor educational attainment and professional underachievement are prevalent amongst young British Muslims. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an independent development and social research charity, found that British Muslims are less upwardly mobile than their Hindu, Christian and Jewish counterparts. This trend appears consistent across Europe, where Muslims are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than non-Muslims.
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:00 |
Healthcare spending in the developed world is going through the roof. Big business and bad diets are getting the blame. But the taboo truth is we are all getting sicker, says Eamonn Dywer, and medicine itself may be responsible.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:21 |
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Monday, 22 March 2010 10:00 |
By Asif Akhtar
This just in - a Dutch website reports with some fascination that a Muslim entrepreneur in Amsterdam has decided to open an online store for halal sex toys for Muslims.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:17 |
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