Labor Day: Yeh bacha kis ka bacha hai

Posted on May 1, 2009
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Roshan Malik and Adil Najam (Note: I post this today from Paris, France; a place that celebrates this date – May 1, Labour Day – quite seriously. This post was first carried at ATP in September 2006, but it is still relevant, especially in the context of child labor, and deserves more attention this Labor […]

The Window

Posted on April 29, 2009
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Muslim Rizvi It was just another ordinary Tuesday evening in a typical suburban Toronto neighborhood. It has been a cold harsh winter and the early April showers were turning out to be cooler than usual as well. I hate to be whining about the weather. When I moved to Canada from Pakistan, somebody told me […]

Why Pakistan Will Not Become a Theocracy

Posted on April 27, 2009
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Manan Ahmed (Sepoy @ Chapati Mystery) The Pakistani Parliament has now passed the bill authorizing Sharia laws in Swat – and perhaps in other territories. Punjab, according to the NYT report, United Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart is also in grave danger of going Islamic in a meta-way. Baluchistan has broken out into violence and […]

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