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Posts Tagged ‘Eid ul Azha’

Sacrifice or Fashion?

By Rai Azlan • Nov 29th, 2009 • Category: Features

Social imbalance always disturbs me and most of the times I consider myself as culprit because I can’t even try to bring some good to this factor. Such social imbalance emerges with a new height on special occasions such as Eid. We celebrated Eid-ul-Duha today, distributed the meat of sacrificed animal, and donated the hides [...]



Sunni Tehreek and MQM Skin Each Other Over Skin and Hide Collection

By Salman Mugsi • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Sunni Tehreek (ST) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which recently reached an understanding to settle their differences amicably have fought like hell with each other on the streets and doorsteps to gather (read snatch) and run the skins and hides of sacrificial animals in Karachi.
Clashes occurred in areas of Ranchore Line, Lines Area, [...]



This Eid Again : Majority of Pakistanis will Languish in Anguish

By Ghazala Khan • Dec 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Notwithstanding the terror miasma in the country and withal of rampant abject poverty and sheer lack of vigor from the national psyche, Eid this year brings added frustration of extreme price hike which has divided the population of Pakistan into two clear stratas. One, the 2%, who could afford to buy a sacrificial animal [...]