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Shakir Lakhani's writings
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This blog contains published letters of shakir lakhani, and current affairs, opinions, and thoughts.
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Dismantle nuclear weapons
Dismantle Nuclear Weapons8 December 2009With reference to the letter, ‘India and NPT’ (KT, Letters to the Editor, December 5), there was no need for India’s sudden decision to go nuclear and provoke Pakistan to follow in 1998.India and Pakistan...
Gagging the media
Gagging the mediaThursday, November 26, 2009I have observed that whenever there are signs of a change in government, the pressure on the media increases. This has happened in past governments of the PPP, the PML-N and General Musharraf. Is history re...
Crime pays
Saturday, December 05, 2009Crime paysAlmost every day, newspapers publish advertisements by banking courts asking defaulters to pay or face legal action (usually resulting in their properties being auctioned). Sometimes the loans are as low as half a...
Gagging the media
Gagging the mediaThursday, November 26, 2009I have observed that whenever there are signs of a change in government, the pressure on the media increases. This has happened in past governments of the PPP, the PML-N and General Musharraf. Is history re...
Gilani to quit
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009Gilani to quit: This is with reference to the news item “Gilani to quit if wife is found to be NRO beneficiary” (Nov 20). Perhaps, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is not aware that his wife’s loan of Rs171 m (plus a 20-y...
Should this woman be allowed to live?
I’ve heard of married Pakistani Muslim women having extra-marital affairs and I’ve heard of them killing for love or other reasons, but what Fauzia Sultana has done is truly shocking. A normal woman would never kill her own eight-year old son to ...


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