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Pakistan’s education crisis: enrolled in schools, unable to learn
It is no secret that Pakistan’s education sector is in dire straits. The Wilson Center report, titled ‘Why Can't Pakistani Children Read? The Inside Story of Education Reform Efforts Gone Wrong,’ talks...
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For Neelum, life was only just beginning
Neelum sat by the window as rain spilled from an ashen sky. From the window, she saw a little girl, almost the same age as herself, scuttling in the rain with her father. She laughed as rain poured...
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How an extra-school program changed the way a seventh-grader looked at society
Beyond the Classroom Education is a program teaching school students all across Pakistan the ability to think for themselves, rather than being taught what to think. Students are exposed to several...
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I wanted to change the lives of underprivileged school kids, but they changed...
While growing up in Karachi in the turbulent 90s, my neighbourhood used to be a perpetual warzone. Acting tough was the only way of surviving. Our future outlook used to be so bleak that career...
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13 Reasons Why S2: A season of secrets, guilt and the power of kindness
The original Netflix series 13 Reasons Why released in March 2017 and took the world by storm. The show started an international dialogue about bullying, sexual assault, substance abuse and suicide....
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Series 6 Was I a threat? Part 3 The dead princess
Ma stared at Saira’s lifeless body, unable to believe her eyes. She pulled her feet from the grasp of the floor and walked towards her. All kinds of thoughts crossed her mind in those few steps, which...
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Series 6 Was I a threat? Part 2 ‘Red candies’
“May I come in, Taya Abba?” Saira had somehow dragged herself to his house. Her dislike for him had turned into hatred ever since he made her quit school. She even hated staying in the same room as...
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Indians need to stop living with their parents
Ever wondered why small town bumpkins in India are smarter than their big city counterparts? (Oh yes, they are). It’s because unlike the Indian city dwellers that shack up with their parents late into...
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Series 6 Was I a threat? Part 1 “Please don’t dishonour us by going out all...
Life in a small town such as Mansehra is quiet and serene. The name it has been given is justified; it truly is paradise on earth. It is the beauty of the district and the simplicity of life that...
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Light lunchboxes
His daughter knocked on his door; only once. It was time for work and her school. He got up, stretching here and there, listening as individual muscles came out of slumber. After he was ready, he...
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Unity, faith and discipline
Unity, faith, discipline. These three basics I knew, I loved, and I respected. Etched into my heart from Independence Days of the past. These were the principles I’d thrive upon. I didn’t know a lot,...
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Dear Victoria’s Secret, does nothing really taste as good as skinny feels?
Dear Victoria’s Secret, When I was 10-years-old I wanted nothing more than to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel; I would spend hours prancing around in front of the mirror in my ‘sexiest’ high heels,...
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The newspaper boy
He threw it inside the house and as he cycled forward and heard it land softly on the doormat. Great shot, he thought. There were three streets to go. And the light around him was slowly spreading. He...
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Being a Syed-zaadi wasn’t a matter of pride for me, it was a curse!
I was born into a Syed family. Since childhood, I’ve been told that this is a blessing as we are the direct descendants of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Therefore, all Syed girls had a status equivalent to...
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The Tribe: No words to express its brilliance
No words, no music, no subtitles. The Tribe is a Ukrainian film which takes place in a specialised boarding school for the deaf. Sergey, the new student, is quickly inducted into a student gang...
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10 reactions students have before the CIE results, explained through Disney
It is that time of the year again, when the world is about to come crashing down and you would rather go into hibernation than face the inevitable. No, I am not talking about the apocalypse. I am...
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“If you want to teach here, you have to wear a burqa”
“You just have to wear a burqa inside the school; you are free to take it off when you leave the school premises,”said the principal of a Karachi-based school while interviewing a candidate. “It’s just...
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How I tackled the “Sir, I don’t think Shias are real Muslims” concept
I started my career as a Religious Education (RE) teacher in September 2013, in a school that has nearly 1500 students ranging from the ages of 11 to 18. Of these, approximately 75% come from a Muslim...
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As a student in grade 9, I pledge my future to Pakistan – do you?
On December 16th, around 10am, a group of heavily armed men belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stormed the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar. These men opened fire and...
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Help your child deal with the trauma of #PeshawarSchoolAttack
What started as a usual day for many school-going children – with the routine hustle bustle of school life, class work, worries about upcoming exams, excitement about the winter holidays and carefree...
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