Rabia Ahmed

Rabia Ahmed

The writer is a freelance columnist. Read more by her at http://rabia-ahmed.blogspot.com/

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The anti-honour killing law

FinallyThe bill was set to be a bill all its lifeBut then it became a lawDespite the usual objectionsTo all attempts to amend a flaw The Anti-Honour Killing bill which had

Oct 11, 2016
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Demagoguery for dummies

A trial of Benazir’s graveIn his interview with Hamid Mir, Mr Zardari, although extremely relaxed and otherwise rational, was definitely working to build further evidence of mental incapacity sh

Jan 9, 2012
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Over the top

With economies around the world floundering including its own, the British government initiated cutbacks in Britain to offset the ill effects. This resulted in the recent British riots. No public anywhere is<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/08/22/over-the-top/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 22, 2011
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Lizard logic

We share our bath-pit (it’s not a tub, it’s a pit, in an old house) with Lizzie, a tiny lizard. In this heat it needed water too, so one fine day there<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/27/lizard-logic/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jun 27, 2011
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Khan vs The match-fixers

Dear Mr Khan, some of us are rooting for you, mainly because the other options are worse. People say you appear to care about this country, even though you’re rather muddled. Well<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/09/khan-vs-the-match-fixers/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jun 9, 2011
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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Not quite two weeks before Labour Day this year a girl, a domestic worker, died in Punjab allegedly tortured to death by her employers. Seeing that the case is probably still in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/16/mayday-mayday-mayday/" title="Read more" >...</a>

May 16, 2011
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Nuclear incapability

Some 25 years after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl there has been another such disaster in Japan, full effects of which are yet to appear. For the survivors of Chernobyl effects of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/02/nuclear-incapability/" title="Read more" >...</a>

May 2, 2011