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Super problems
Some involved in PSL say that the tournament has bright prospects, financially as well as in projecting Pakistan as a safe destination.
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The road to nowhere
An elevated track for a bus rapid transit service is causing serious anguish among the people of Lahore.
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Coming attractions
Existing and prospective investors want the government to encourage the opening of cinemas.
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Reel World
During the 12-day festival, 227 feature films and documentaries and 111 short films from 68 countries were brought to London.
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The desert in watercolour
A Thari, they say, is immediately recognisable by his bad teeth. And indeed, as the old man poses, you can see brown stains on his teeth; it is as if his mouth has rusted.
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Not everyone’s cup of tea
Salman Rashid, a Lahore-based historian of culture and archaeology, is also pessimistic about the success of the project but for a different reason. He feels that “the continuum has remained broken for too long for Pak Tea House to regain whatever place it held in the city’s intellectuals’ minds.”
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An idea that does not hold water
If past miracles are anything to go by, the water-kit and Ahmad will soon fade away until the next great miracle is discovered. The real solution to our energy crisis lies in something technologically viable, regardless of the time and money spent on putting it together.
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Rural to runway
Ethical fashion, in Pakistan and the third world, is all about rural empowerment and it simultaneously serves the purpose of reviving dying crafts. The chikankari and gotta work done by the women of Bahawalpur, the rilli patchwork done in central Sindh and the phulkari work by women in northern Swat are just a few examples.
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What’s in a blog
Many bloggers argue that it is not the freedom to criticise that is necessarily the problem. It is the way people engage in criticism: the line of argument simply becomes personal and scornful.
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