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Dissent is a forbidden fruit in Pakistan now. You could either be declared financially corrupt or anti-state for committing the crime of dissent. Dissenting from the narrative of state institutions was never easy in the country. But the mainstream politicians were mostly exempted from the ambit of such serious allegations in the post-Zia period. It might be because the mainstream politicians usually embraced the narrative of the state institutions in this period. Or may be because the mainstream politicians were seen as serving the interests of the state institutions in the larger scheme of things. Benazir Bhutto was an exemption among the mainstream politicians as she continued to challenge the narrative of the state especially on foreign policy and regional security issues.

Being a feminist I think a serious inquiry must be held to fix the guilty so that our society may change its behaviour about females. She is considered responsible for all evils. If a  girl or a women  is kidnapped, abducted, divorced, killed or raped, always she is considered guilty. Why? I am not supporting Tayaba Gill, I am concerned about the nature of the issue.

Fortunately or otherwise but from the last three months; Telgu, Tamil and Bollywood movies have been the only source to find solace in life. Being a bedridden person due to some unfortunate circumstances when there was nothing I could develop my interest in: I repetitively kept on watching these movies overloaded with unrealistic action and comedy scenes and left not a single movie unwatched which was available to me.

Pakistan & India are now again facing intensified peace crisis because of increased tension along the border. The current situation may become the cause of a bigger conflict in 2020.I have already mentioned the present  Indo-Pak situation in my article ”Astro-analysis of oath taking chart of Imran Khan” published on 21 Nov 2018.Here is the link:-

Many may wonder why India was given Independence at midnight of 14 & 15 August 1947 and not at a

To most Pakistani readers, the figure of Sheikh Abdullah, even when they have not read anything about him, is often, at best, a problematic figure and, at worst, a traitor. Traitor to what cause? No one knows or seems to care. Certainly, the fact that a large segment of Kashmiris, at least on the Indian side of the Line of Control, elected him to the positions of leadership does not figure very prominently in the Pakistani imagination.
Thus, while those Kashmiris who spew the Pakistani policy lines and declare “Jihad” on India are celebrated as heroes in Pakistan, Sheikh Abdullah stays shrouded in this phantasmagoric mist, a shadow figure, a collaborator, a betrayer of trust and certainly not what other Kashmiris often called him and still remember him by: The Lion of Kashmir.

  The 2019 Indian General elections are approaching and the question “Who would be the next Prime Minister of India”

Swinging from end to end with worth seeing suppleness; gliding across a packed vehicle in a monkey-climbing manner; sticking out and clinging around doors; popping out of the windows; and creeping precariously from one door to the other along the peripheries, he must have mastered the art of high-risk-maneuvering rendering him an intrepid. This dare devil is usually a pencil-thin guy, clad in generous-sized pure traditional outfit (Salwaar Kameez), calling shots for the overall communication throughout the bus and is ipso facto the sole retail phase so is the only point of contact, he himself dices with the death but keeps the communication going by thumping and beating the rusty metallic bus doors to get his voice heard to everyone notwithstanding the ruckus, each time the bus calls at the stop.