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Alamgir: A Pop Singer With Failed Kidneys

Posted on October 10, 2008
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A.H. Cemendtaur
Being a perennial skeptical about email money appeals, a message about Alamgir’s health and plea to wire transfer money to a bank account made me decide to check the veracity of the news.
I looked up Alamgir’s telephone number in Georgia and called him up. Luck was with me, I was able to [...]

Selling Your Kidney in Pakistan

Posted on September 4, 2008
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Adil Najam
Reader Umair alerted us to the Pakistani auction website Bolee.com, whose front page (yesterday) was advertising a “Kidney for Sale” (there were three Ads for this, but all from the same person). Search for the website on Google and you will see a bold “Welcome to Pakistan’s First Auction Site.”

Polio Resurgence in Pakistan

Posted on May 16, 2008
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Owais Mughal
Last year we carried out this post on Polio Vaccination Drive Facing Threat in Pakistan. In a disturbing development, polio which had almost been eradicated from Pakistan is making a resurgence.
The target of getting Pakistan polio free was for 2010 but according to Dawn news report of May 15, 2008, eight cases have so [...]

School of Leadership Foundation (SoLF)

Posted on January 16, 2008
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By Shireen Naqvi and Darwaish
Back in June, I wrote about Education For All program initiated by the Government of Punjab with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It was just one example of some of the great work going on around us which mostly goes unnoticed and gets very little attention. There are [...]

How Much Tea Does Pakistan Drink?

Posted on June 3, 2007
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Owais Mughal
Answer is US $220 million worth of it. Yes, it is true. Pakistan imported this much worth of tea in fiscal year 2006.

Jahalat: Polio Vaccination Campaign Facing Threats

Posted on May 4, 2007
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Darwaish
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. There are thousands of Polio patients in Pakistan whose lives have been severely affected by this frustrating disease. Since 1988 when a worldwide campaign against Polio was launched, the [...]

Did Iqbal Say This?

Posted on March 6, 2007
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Adil Najam
I was thinking of making this an ATP Quiz, but that would be wrong because I really do not know the answer to this. So, the headline here is an honest question. Any takes?

My own guess - based just on the idiom of the quotation - is that he did not. Although he may [...]

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