PAKISTAN
When the world's most famous terrorist is located and killed in his comfortable compound in your country, lots of questions emerge. Like, who did it, really?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Do you have lingering doubts over the death of Osama bin Laden? You are not alone.
D ASGHAR
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Here's an alternative view: Let's say that Islamabad presented the wanted terrorist chief to Washington knowingly.
SHIRAZ PARACHA
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It is a range of reactions that greeted the news in the Indian press – from the sceptical to those who say it is time to punish Pakistan.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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In awe i stand and smile in awe i am silenced by the gentle flutter of butterfly wings --
FARHEEN MURKI
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Social networking sites have become a potential site for recruiting terrorists.
IFTEKHARUL BASHAR
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Is there space in the hearts of the Pakistanis for the beautiful game? A Tottenham Hotspurs* fan believes so.
USMAN AHMAD
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As the world turns to the Arabic network for the latest on the revolutions in the Middle East, it’s a good time to ask: just how objective is the channel?
ABDUL NISHAPURI
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He was the only Christian in the Cabinet, and the second to be killed for wanting to change Pakistan’s blasphemy law which imposes the death penalty on those deemed to have insulted Islam.
KALSOOM LAKHANI
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No, that was not the first line of a joke. The former US Vice Presidential candidate is heading to India. The subject itself already makes for great comic material, but nothing beats her own words.
YEH HAI LIFE and DAN-CHYI CHUA
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In a private hospital in Karachi, a child has just been born. But rather than bringing joy to the family, the birth has led to bitter disputes.
IRIN
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I wrote this poem because my school decided to have a poem competition to celebrate National Poetry Day. The teacher of my English class asked all of us to enter. The theme of all the poems had to be about "Home."
SOFIA SHAMSUNAHAR
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She was sentenced to death for blasphemy, and Islamic extremists are warning the government not to pardon her. Now, a governor has been murdered by his own bodyguard for showing her sympathy.
FASI ZAKA
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Last night, your lost memories crept into my heart as spring arrives secretly into a barren garden as a cool morning breeze blows slowly in a desert as a sick person feels well, for no reason.
FAIZ AHMED FAIZ
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