Dancing in the Streets of Pakistan, Once More

Posted on April 6, 2010
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Sehar Tariq There is dancing on the streets of Pakistan. In markets, in malls and in restaurants, groups of young people are breaking out into dance. And it’s wonderfully choreographed and spectacularly synchronized. But what are we dancing for when there is so little to be happy about? The dancing is part of Coca Cola’s […]

Pakistan Today Is Better Than It Was 20 Years Ago

Posted on April 5, 2010
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Farid Ahmad Sitting in the middle of load-shedding, watching the political theater roll-on ad infinitum, and reading the news of another security incident somewhere, it is easy to be depressed about Pakistan these days. Depression, however, is parasitic. It jumps from person to person and grows in strength unless treated. It makes you weak and […]

The Curious Case of Nursery Admissions

Posted on March 27, 2010
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Omar R. Quraishi Admissions to the nursery section and class III of arguably the city’s most prestigious school, Karachi Grammar, commenced from this week, according to a notification posted on the school’s admissions website and interviews conducted with parents of applicants. Last year, the nursery section admitted around 120 students from a pool of 1,500 […]

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