Across The Border
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Opinion: Why Pakistani schools must shift their focus from English to regional languages
Students face tremendous stress and loss of identity when forced to learn and think in a foreign language.
Ajay Pinjani, Dawn.com & Minha Khan, Dawn.com
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Opinion: In Karachi, violence seems to be the quickest route to a better life
Last week’s investigative reports into three high-profile criminal cases are the latest examples.
Arifa Noor, Dawn.com
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By demonising Hindus, Pakistan’s nationalist history overlooks colonial atrocities
Pakistan is erasing its Hindu heritage but seems to have no problem with the racist, colonial officials still commemorated on its streets.
Haroon Khalid
Trending
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Coronavirus: HC imposes lockdown in five UP cities, state refuses to implement order
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Imagine what humans could do with the technology that allowed a monkey to play a game with its mind
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Lahore and Amritsar: Two cities joined at birth are dying together
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Journalist wipes tears as he reports live: ‘No hospital beds in Lucknow, CMO doesn't take calls’
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India is running out of oxygen, Covid-19 patients are dying – because the government wasted time
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In Sindh, mystery and controversy surround the marriages of Hindu women with Muslim men
Everyone has a say in the matter but the girls.
Naeem Sahoutara and Ali Ousat, Dawn.com
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After 150 years, Pakistan is trying to change the laws governing Christian marriages and divorce
The proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Act accords four million citizens the rights denied to them so far.
Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Dawn.com
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View from Pakistan: Imran Khan’s US carnival was high on emotion and low on facts
The prime minister painted a bright future for Pakistan as a meritocratic state but failed to explain how the country would get there.
Maria Kari, Dawn.com
Video
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Watch: ‘Injections won’t work, alcohol will,’ says woman outside liquor shop in New Delhi
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Watch: Aircraft makes emergency landing on water during an air show in Florida
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Journalist wipes tears as he reports live: ‘No hospital beds in Lucknow, CMO doesn't take calls’
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Watch: Spanish dancer Ariadna Hafez’s mesmerising underwater tango performance
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Watch: Migrant workers thronged inter-state bus stand in New Delhi before lockdown announcement
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How a blasphemy case built and brought down a hardline religious party in Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan could have become a popular political force. Its biggest mistake was its call to overthrow the army chief.
Abdullah Yusuf, The Conversation
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What is a Pakistani Muslim writer (not) supposed to write about?
Many feel writing in English from Pakistan should be about Islamist extremism, violence against women or the polarisation of the society.
Haroon Khalid
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Lahore: The May 8 suicide bombing outside the Data Darbar shrine was an assault on the city’s soul
The Sufi shrine, which houses the grave of the city’s patron saint, has watched over Lahore for over 1,000 years.
Haroon Khalid
The Reel
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‘Annette’ trailer: Leos Carax movie with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard to open Cannes festival
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Watch: ‘Love Death + Robots’ series returns for a second season
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Renowned filmmaker Sumitra Bhave dies at the age of 78
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Film flashback: In ‘Mississippi Masala’, migration, an inter-racial romance and the idea of home
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Tribute: Vivekh’s comedy captured the imagination of the urban youth
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An Easter tale: Remembering a Pakistani priest who gave his life to save Christians from persecution
Around Easter in 1998, a Punjab court sentenced a young man to death for blasphemy. Bishop John Joseph went to the court and committed suicide in protest.
Haroon Khalid
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How a Lahore landmark named for a British radical came to be linked with Jallianwala Bagh massacre
It was a March 1919 meeting held in the Bradlaugh Hall which set in motion the immediate chain of events that culminated in the Amritsar tragedy.
Haroon Khalid
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Destroying nature to build the Kartarpur Corridor is no way to celebrate Guru Nanak
Nature has a particular significance in Nanak’s philosophy. He often used symbols from nature to establish the divinity of God.
Haroon Khalid
The Field
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IPL 2021: Moeen Ali’s all-round brilliance guides CSK to comfortable win against RR
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Watch: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts to controversial European Super League
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European Super League: Uefa President slams United’s Ed Woodward, Juventus Andrea Agnelli
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Watch: The best Jose Mourinho moments during his brief Spurs tenure
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From ‘Special One’ to trophy-less at Tottenham: Reactions to Jose Mourinho’s Spurs sacking