Faraz Talat

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Not a bigger oneIslamabad’s new airport invokes the mental image of an eccentric sahib who visited London for the first time with his missus, and exclaimed, “Wah! Why can’t our country h

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An open window into the mentality of the Pakistani upper classIt’s appropriate to begin this discussion with LUMS: one of Pakistan’s most prestigious universities, and home of the ‘Paind

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Veiled Muslim women don’t need the charity of your enlightened moderation Understanding Power’ is among my favourite works by perhaps the most well-known linguist in the world, Professor Noam Chomsky. Published many<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/09/understanding-burqa/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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But this is your ‘real’ religion, right?The first thing we hear from believers when an atrocity is committed in religion’s name, is that this isn’t ‘real’ Islam. That may well be t

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How we say something is as important as what we say As a writer whose job is to convert chai into newspaper articles, I’m familiar with the power of a word. Behind<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/11/how-language-enables-oppression/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Some things never changeSomeone should apologise. I’ll go first.A few weeks ago, I posted a personal story on my Facebook page about a female classmate who was verbally harassed by our s

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It’s RAW, of courseIt’s been theorised that RAW or other foreign agencies are behind the enforced disappearances of Pakistani leftist activists and those suspected of abetting terrorist op

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Antithesis of a free, democratic republic In the past few days, you may have noticed the ground trembling mysteriously beneath your feet. You may have heard of Naqeebullah Mesud on social media.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/13/praying-to-the-god-of-missing-things/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Islamic radicalism and the geopolitical chess match during which it was seededIn November 2016, Donald Trump won the election for American Presidency under the slogan, ‘Make America Great Ag

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Capitalism ensures inequality in all formsI was once a population alarmist, fretting constantly about the explosion of human numbers and the impact it is likely to have on a planet with finite res

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It’s a free country, boysThe 8th of March did not go unnoticed in Pakistan, on account of the painful howl unleashed by mardana Pakistan.“Is this how you fight for women rights?” men

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Dead weight sprawled on a rug that is being pulled left and rightHistory is written by extremists.I realise that this statement is prone to misinterpretation, hence I’m forced to sacrifice