- A paper I wrote for my religion and politics class. Pakistan is a deeply religious country with over 95 percent of its population being Muslim (Rais, 2011, 22). Although the Pakistani military… Read More
By: Zain Maken Most of us, including myself, are akin to travelers who have travelled a few hundred feet and have stopped, turned around and have spent our entire lives giving detailed description… Read More
All of us exist in different boxes and we refuse to think out of them. Our religion, nation, and race are some prominent examples of such boxes. Anything outside our box is considered… Read More
Apartheid was the official policy of the South African government until the year 1990. The National Party had introduced apartheid after being elected to power in the elections of 1948. Apartheid called for the… Read More
By Zain Maken The biggest problem facing Pakistan is not the militants, or the economic and political policies. The architecture of fear that surrounds us should not worry us as much as the… Read More
(If Pakistan were a person) Don’t start judging me by my name. Please, for a moment, forget everything you have previously heard about me and put everything you know about me aside. Give… Read More
Faiz was not just a poet, he was also a revolutionary a great thinker. Like a beautiful woman captures a man’s heart, the beauty of Faiz’s words have captivated people all over the… Read More
I find France’s ban on women wearing veils a blatantly hypocritical act. I responded with posting the following status on my Facebook profile and it was followed by a decent debate on the… Read More
Pakistan played India in a Semi-Final of a cricket World Cup a couple of days ago and lost for the 5th consecutive time. I expected some pissed off fans. I anticipated emotional crowds… Read More
In the past week, my news feed on facebook has been full of people posting videos, pictures and songs about Pakistan. Some have put the Pakistani flag as their profile picture; others have… Read More
