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	<title>Deadpan Thoughts &#187; Current Affairs</title>
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		<title>Karachi literature festival 2012</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/karachi-literature-festival-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day To Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F.K's Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anatol Lieven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanif Kureishi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karachi literature festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shobha De]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikram Seth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Dalrymple]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three years old, the Karachi literary festival at least by its lineup seems to have come of age finally. I was there last year and although there was much local talent present the international big name flair seemed to have given the festival a miss as many invited Indian authors could not get visas on<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/karachi-literature-festival-2012/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Here comes the change?</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/11/here-comes-the-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics in pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope or pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imran khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a strange feeling in the air these days. No its not the smell of rotting blood from the carcasses strew about after Eid ul adha but something a little more unfamiliar. Everywhere I go and whoever I meet talks about one subject alone, what should we make of “Imran Khan” Previously the same<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/11/here-comes-the-change/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The tall tale of the bull</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/the-tall-tale-of-the-bull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norway killing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the norway tragedy. islamaphobie in europe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my neighbors has gotten a bull. It is not just the usual run of the mill, medium-sized animal either, this one is big – bigger than I am and frolics in the area because after all it would be pretty cruel for the owners to keep him locked up. A few nights ago,<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/the-tall-tale-of-the-bull/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>OBL&#8217;s death and the mystery around it</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/05/obls-death-and-the-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is the war on terror over?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery around osama's death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obl is dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osama bin ladin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osama bin ladin> us navy seals kill osama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osama is assasinated]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The day the twin towers fell on 9/11 in New york the world changed for the worse. From then on started the largest man hunt in history for a man known as &#8220;OBL&#8221; or Osama bin Ladin, the leader of Alqaeda, a terrorist organization hell bent on destroying life as we knew it . Two<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/05/obls-death-and-the-mystery/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>A welcome move</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/04/a-welcome-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day To Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bettering our lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education in pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good step by the government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan and education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As educated members of this society we often stress on the importance of developing the learning sector and pooh pooh our country for being “so backward” when it comes to imparting knowledge in any organized manner to the masses. Odes have been written about how much we could benefit if we were to just allocate<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/04/a-welcome-move/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Wither lifesavers</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/04/wither-lifesavers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better pay to save lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors resigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical crises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the last month post graduate doctors (young doctors),  protested for higher pay and better benefits  and went on indefinite strike across Punjab. Which after a recent meeting with the CM there they have finally decided to call off. They resigned en masse from their positions in the public healthcare system, 750 in Faisalabad and 1500 in Rawalpindi .<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/04/wither-lifesavers/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from Pk Journo in Bahrain</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/letter-from-pk-journo-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Post</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahrain protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is this revolution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistani's brutalized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I write this in great distress. As the world knows, there has been a wave of protests in Bahrain that has rocked the entire country. While most of the world, including our brothers in Pakistan and media want to see it as a sequel to the incidents in Tunisia and Egypt, let me assure you<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/letter-from-pk-journo-in-bahrain/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The plight of Pak workers in Bahrain protests</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/the-plight-of-pak-workers-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistani's brutalized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers beaten in bahrain. protesters or terrorists?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is an eye witness account received from a staffer in Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain where he was witness to the brutality exerted on poor Pakistani workers at the hands of the protesters which had laid siege to this complex for well over 3 weeks and in the last three days had stormed inside the hospital, set up their own media unit and were beating Pakistani&#8217;s<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/the-plight-of-pak-workers-in-bahrain/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The global game of power</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/the-global-game-of-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New World Order]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world has watched in jubilation the scenes of revolution in Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain over the last few weeks. In each instance, the populace of the country in question has peacefully demanded change and has managed to achieve it, either in the shape of a change in government or concessions being made by ruling<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/03/the-global-game-of-power/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>How did BBC Asian Network allow this?</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/02/how-did-bbc-asian-network-allow-this/</link>
		<comments>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/02/how-did-bbc-asian-network-allow-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bbc asian network fouls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrading Islam allowed in England?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islamophobia on air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC Asian network has generally been regarded as a standard in the world of radio broadcasting since its inception on 20th October 1988. Its focus being on news and programmes featuring the music, culture and diversity of England&#8217;s asian community. Listeners to this network were thus understandably shocked when on the 1st of Feb in a radio program hosted by Mr Nihil Ashanayake whilst<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/02/how-did-bbc-asian-network-allow-this/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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