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Afghan Carpets Khurram Rasool and Gilani Scandal

By Sundus Feroz • Jan 27th, 2012 • Category: Politics

Chashm e Falak Daikhtee hai nazaray kaisay kaisay
Under the carpet, there is lots of dust. In the cupboards of Prime Minister House there are many skeletons ready to rattle. In the backyard of Sajjada Nasheen of Multan, many things remain to be exhumed. But before the bell rings, already many shadows are looming large.
The former [...]



Whose a Terrorist?

By Sundus Feroz • Jun 10th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Change is the only constant in the way we define terrorists. One individual’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter. Hence the meaning of a terrorist changes from person to person and region to region and from time to time.
From 1930 to 1940 the Jewish underground in the Palestine were defined clearly as terrorists. Countless irrefutable terrorist [...]



Of Parents and Children

By Sundus Feroz • May 31st, 2011 • Category: Features

For parents, the process of a childs growth is nostalgic but joyful experience. From the moment of a childs birth parents eagerly await his/her milestones, the first smile, the first step, the first word. But what we don’t await is the ‘growing up’ of our parents.
In contrast no child keenly await the ‘growing up’ of [...]



Pregnancy and Bed Rest

By Sundus Feroz • May 28th, 2011 • Category: Features

REST.  A four letter word everyone wants profusely in their life. Add another three letter word BED to it and out goes all the amusement. While everyone needs a few hours of rest nobody wants to be on bed for every minute of the 24 hr day. When my gynecologist recommended (read ordered) me to [...]



Where Art Thou Religion?

By Sundus Feroz • May 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Karl Marx, the entity behind the Marxist revolution stated, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the masses.”
Karl Marx believed that religion is a tool employed by the bourgeoisie for the subjugation of the proletariat in order [...]