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Nightmare in Buner

By Mona Sarika • Jun 27th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

24 year old Ali, a young school teacher was fast asleep, when suddenly he heard an explosion which rattled the windows of his room and then he heard shouting outside his home.  His neighbor Shaukat was screaming, “The Taliban has arrived.”  Everyone was running helter, skelter.  No one knew what was going to happen next. [...]



TPS Blogger Mona Sarika’s Latest Article at Huffington Post

By Mona Sarika • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

When Mahwash Badar watched the speech at her home in Karachi, she was pleased that for the first time a US President has reached out to the Muslim world. She said, “It’s a big shift from ‘Are you with us or against us?’” After President Obama’s address from Cairo to Muslims around the world, people [...]



My Friend Ali

By Mona Sarika • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

‘My land is in pain.’ said Ali, my Pakistani friend was mourning the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team. A year ago, the people of Pakistan had elected a democratic government with lots of hopes and aspirations for the future of their country .A year later; their country is in the grip of terrorism, [...]