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August, 2012

Sleazeristan

Sleazeristan AURANGZAIB KHAN   On an overcast Saturday when film billboards brandishing guns and gore look strangely subdued in the face of a gathering storm, the air in Arshad Cinema in the heart of ...

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August, 2012

It will be business as usual

It will be business as usual A. RAHIM KHAN   Headlines rolled like a B movie reel, the venerable Fox News in their usual bad taste, announcing in the paroxysm of a voice over, ‘Horror in Theatre Nine’, ...

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August, 2012

We shall dance

We shall dance SUHAEE ABRO   In 1926, the beautiful statuette of ‘The Dancing Girl’ was excavated from the ruins of Moenjodaro in Pakistan, which was sculpted around 2500BC. It is one of the ...

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August, 2012

Beyond the eye candy

Beyond the eye candy M A ZAIDI   Pakistan’s thriving fashion industry has given birth to a culture of extravagant luxury, quite in contrast to the harsh realities encompassing the country today. Despite the ...

August, 2012

Real, heartrending, poignant

Real, heartrending, poignant BOOK REVIEW ANUM YOUSAF   Writing is tricky business but writing about poverty is probably the trickiest. A white person from the developed world writing nonfiction about poverty in the ...

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August, 2012

Shades of grey for the greens

Shades of grey for the greens KHALID HUSSAIN It seems like a story from another life. It was the summer of 1984 and I was just getting old enough to love and follow sports. It was also the first time that I fell in love with ...

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