Faraz Talat

Faraz Talat

Faraz Talat is a medical doctor from Rawalpindi and an ardent traveller who writes frequently about science, social politics and international relations.

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Gorilla Lives Matter

There’s no reason for human empathy to drop deadThis is not satire, and the very need to clarify so, is upsetting.This is not intended to ridicule or belittle Black Lives Matter, a movement

Jun 4, 2016
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A Writer’s Case against Free Speech

Call it self-loathing, but even as a writer whose livelihood depends on freedom of expression, I can think of a few circumstances where I’ve felt an aching need for reasonable restraint.I ought

May 21, 2016
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Doctors aren’t killers, but…

...their negligence is a cultural attitudeNo rhetoric about an entire workforce must be believed at face value; but there may well be something worth complaining about.Doctors are vested in

May 7, 2016
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Child Beating is Abuse, Not ‘Parenting’

Let’s not beat about the bushA few years ago, waiting in transit at the Dubai airport, I met a Pakistani family residing in California.In a casual conversation over coffee, the family af

Apr 30, 2016
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A House Divided

The Inside Politics of Desi liberalsA few days ago, Pakistan’s online liberal community detonated into a mushroom cloud potentially visible from the international space station, with a spark

Apr 22, 2016