Aminah Mohsin

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The final nail in the coffin of sanityFrom an average Pakistani Muslim’s perspective, inviting non-Muslims to embrace Islam apparently exalts the status of a preacher to the highest possible

What about their culprits?My family and close friends reprimand me quite often on highlighting negative issues with keen interest. Their humble opinion suggests looking for positives and propa

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Then and now…Lahore is touted as the cultural hub of Punjab and the heart of Pakistan. There is a famous saying here in Pakistan “jinnay Lahore nahi vekhea o jamya nai” which roughly tra

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Worst part of lifeLiving in the 21st century, we presume everything to be just right, mechanical – ideal. In this race of being the best and counted with the rest we have led ourselves into

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One way or another we belong to this common culture I once had a chance of working with an NGO for raising awareness about the dengue fever. We worked tirelessly day and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/29/lahores-cultural-enigma/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Who will answer these questions?Show contempt or lack of reverence to God and you are a blasphemer. Speak anything sacrilegious in nature against a person or thing revered in a particular reli

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Things we are good at The impact lies not in your throat but in your argument. However, this fact is surely an overstatement for denizens of the Indian subcontinent, in general, and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/16/economy-of-words/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A republic wearing a maskPakistan adopted its official title of ‘The Islamic Republic of Pakistan’ in 1956 on the day we now celebrate as our Republic Day. In the past, another notable yea

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Tragedy of the commons There was a time in Iran when everyone rode in cars despite not all of them owning one. Although this by and of itself does not hold true<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/01/what-is-the-havoc-on-pakistani-roads-all-about/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Taking the right steps“The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.” Thus describing Pakistan using the clichéd connotation of “fr

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Institutions must have the right to question former and serving legislators and executivesFall of Dhaka in 1971 was yet another scar on topography of the Indian subcontinent after the 1947 par

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But why India then and why India now? Maldives crisis is no more about the Maldivian Supreme Court’s one-week-old verdict that called for the overturning of criminal convictions against nine imprisoned opposition<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/08/maldives-crisis-and-indias-increasing-regional-supremacy/" title="Read more" >...</a>