Faraz Talat

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And the good old FIAOur nation has bestowed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with much power and dignity. A few days ago, that dignity reportedly flew out of a fourth floor window of FIA

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Cultivating a certain temperament in professionalsIt’s an unpopular opinion among the Pakistani medical community, but I’ll say it anyway.The person who walks into your clinic is not a

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The truth is not as simplistic as the western media not caring about Muslim heroes and Muslim achievementsIn Feburary 2015, a mural of a playful kitten appeared on a broken wall in a broken to

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Secularism may yield a fine crop, but its seeds cannot not be sowed on untilled ground Pakistan was made in the name of Islam’ is the first thing you’ll hear when you<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/12/abandoning-the-secular-dream/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Learning and unlearningThe cold English wind feels a degree warmer each day. It has become acceptable to smile at strangers to whom you’re not selling a cup of latte or an overpriced car ren

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And who’s next?The most pressing question at this moment in time – the one being asked repeatedly by the placard-wielding loved ones of our missing friend – is a simple one: Where is Raz

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If I’m allowed to dream… Ours is a nation of small men, with a government perpetually fixated on small things. I am fortunate enough to have grown up beneath skies rich in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/08/we-need-a-happier-punjab/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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What does religion teach you?Western liberals frequently highlight a curious phenomenon in the Christian world:The fact that the Bible explicitly condemns homosexual behaviour has been the

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Placement of blame has to be top-down, not down – further downFar too often, complaints are directed towards the lowest rungs of the workforce, because they are the ones easiest to prosecute.

A disproportionate amount of men have become experts on sexual harassment following the Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and AKUH doctor episode  A celebrity’s sister may or may not have been harassed las

The greatest lie you’ll ever hear, is that you’re ‘special’.Anti-democratic propaganda isn’t easy. The obvious target would be the incumbent government, whatever that may be. But propaga

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” This is worth bearing in mind when we diagnose seemingly ‘overprotec