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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>The novelist &#8211; chapter 6</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/the-novelist-chapter-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book two]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chapter six]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the novelist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Darika shuffled from the main door of her house to the porch end, her hands wrinkled with time resting upon the wood of the railing as she looked at the sky darkening and the sea tides rising like coiled serpents biting at the shoreline. She spoke in a whisper to the waves as if she<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/the-novelist-chapter-6/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Moral policing gets show axed</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/moral-policing-gets-show-axed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media & Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On January 17, 2012, a morning show was broadcast on Pakistani news network Samaa TV where its female host, Maya Khan, and a group of middle aged women were seen scouring the parks of Karachi. Their sole objective was to hold accountable couples visiting the parks in order to be on a date together without their guardians&#8217; knowledge. During<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/02/moral-policing-gets-show-axed/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s bring back concert culture</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/lets-bring-back-concert-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live music in pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pakistani bands. concerts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are a nation that has suffered much over the years economically, politically and physically. We really need more people attending creative events and listening to music. PHOTO: AFP So what do people my age talk about when they meet? When I say my age I mean the mid-30s where almost all of us have<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/lets-bring-back-concert-culture/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Park your camera elsewhere</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/park-your-camera-elsewhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What they cannot publish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anything for ratings.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mainstream media in pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morning show filth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Pakistan we start putting barriers between gender at an early age. Kids are told that there are certain things boys can do and certain things girls can. How can I say this? Well its because I have a daughter and a son who go to two different highly acclaimed schools in Karachi and come back to<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/park-your-camera-elsewhere/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Pakistan one zahir at a time</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/helping-pakistan-one-zahir-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mera passion pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zahir shah malang]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many Pakistanis I meet are fed up, frustrated and pissed off at their lives being incomplete because even though they make enough they aren&#8217;t fulfilled. The chief reason they usually give for this un fulfillment is that they want to help their country but do not know how to. Obviously in a place where the system is morally and ethically<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/helping-pakistan-one-zahir-at-a-time/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Winter clothing drive by NWO</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/winter-clothing-drive-by-nwo/</link>
		<comments>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/winter-clothing-drive-by-nwo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nishat wellfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter clothing drive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We at Sarelief have worked with Nishat wellfare group through out this year in different stages on flood relief activities.  At present our funds have run out but since Nishat is gathering money for winter clothing for  flood affected and other poor families for distribution in Uc Burhoon district Sanghar, we are doing what we<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/winter-clothing-drive-by-nwo/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy new year 2012</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/happy-new-year-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year begins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pakistans play list for new years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new year is going to be here in 3.5 hours. Karachi is going to welcome it like it does every year.  Sporadic gun fire, car horns, people doing crazy stunts on motorcycles, the have&#8217;s partying either at friends places or at various &#8220;charity&#8221; balls. The have nots gathering at sea view or trying to<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/happy-new-year-2012/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The novelist &#8211; chapter 5</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/the-novelist-chapter-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The novelist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They entered their hotel like a hurricane and zarmina sat on the edge of the rumpled bed in their room her hand caressing the sheet as she watched her husband gather everything up in a flurry and throw it in the suitcases they had brought with them for their short vacation. He suddenly paused and<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/the-novelist-chapter-5/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>A question about Pak blog Awards part 2</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/a-question-about-pba/</link>
		<comments>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/a-question-about-pba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unexplainable Phenomena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog awards pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more terrorism in the name of what?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strange facts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question I initially had, about the blog awards in part one of this post has been half answered. My question was a result of the confusion generated from giving an award in the current affairs category to &#8220;The news&#8221; I had asked how this blog could win when it had not even been nominated. A fact<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/12/a-question-about-pba/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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