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		<title>The Way You Make Me Feel&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/the-way-you-make-me-feel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aisha Sarwari
When an iconic figure like Michael Jackson stops breathing, it’s a sad moment. 
There are those attempting to make it less of a sad moment, recounting news flashes about others dying in wars and drones, hunger and disease. True, that happens every day. Neglect is the cause of many unnecessary deaths; the sheer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4707&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marx Shrugged: Sympathy for the Working Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zia Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zia Ahmad
For the benefit of studious readers Marx lays down a couple of pertinent principles:
1.  An attention to the material conditions of people’s lives and social relations among people. The attention to the material condition bit is self explanatory and the latter half of the statement can be considered as one’s relation to people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4694&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marx Shrugged: Introduction</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/marx-shrugged-introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zia Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The following is an attempt to understand Marxism as a social and economic ideology from a non-technical point of view. Already a bevy of efforts to simplify Marxism have been made and this is merely another addition to the trend. This lay interpretation of Marxism is spread over a series of articles of which this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4672&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Descent into Irrationality</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/descent-into-irrationality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mansur Ejaz of Daily Times
Besides eliminating the Taliban and other jihadis, the basic irrationalities of the system have to be addressed. Otherwise Pakistan will continue to languish in poverty and chaos
Following the legalisation of medical marijuana in California, the ‘pot’ business is booming, and is bringing in large tax revenues for the state. California [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4685&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Failed State&#8221; Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/the-failed-state-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times Editorial
An American journal has compiled a list of 177 states with a descending order of viability in the modern world; and Pakistan is in the top ten “failed states”. There is only a marginal improvement in status as the last time the list appeared Pakistan was 9th on it. The other “top-notchers” are: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4675&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asia&#8217;s giant leap</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/asias-giant-leap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asia&#8217;s homosexual community just got a shot in arm as one of the largest countries in Asia is moving decisively towards de-criminalizing homosexuality.   

India&#8217;s gays prepare to join the rainbow nation
 
Governmnt ready to repeal law drafted under the Raj which made homosexuality a criminal offence.
By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi
Monday, 29 June 2009
Share
 
GETTY
Indian transsexuals in yesterday&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4668&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khuda kay Liye and Ramchand Pakistani: A Comparison</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/khuda-kay-liye-and-ramchand-pakistani-a-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zia Ahmad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zia Ahmad
 
Ramchand Pakistani has come and gone and has made another addition to the slowly and lets hope surely upward struggle for the revival of Pakistani cinema. With the lack of any other appropriate banner for these films to be categorized under, no room for “New Pakistani Cinema” or “Reasonable/Sensible Pakistani Cinema”, “Revival of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4654&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ranjit Singh :  The Quintessential Indus Man</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/ranjit-singh-the-quintessential-indus-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fakir Azizuddin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jehad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muslim majority state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punjab]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ranjit Singh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yasser Latif Hamdani
Today (29th June) is the 170th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Bismarck of Punjab and Pakhtunkhwa,  whose great Indus state was the forerunner of Pakistan.
Narrowminded ideologues &#8211; writing in the aftermath of bitter communal bloodletting accompanying the birth of  Pakistan-  have not been able to fully appreciate the significance of this great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4645&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s Mark on Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/michael-jacksons-mark-on-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Michael Jackson Made his Mark in Pakistan


By Catherine Maddux 
Islamabad Voice of America
 






 


 



Pakistani fans of Michael Jackson say they are shocked and saddened by the news of his sudden death. Jackson, who was often described as the most popular musician in the world, made his mark here in Pakistan, too.
Michael Jackson&#8217;s death led many of Pakistan&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4638&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama echoed Benazir Bhutto in his Cairo Speech</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/obama-echoed-benazir-bhutto-in-his-cairo-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By FAIZ AL-NAJDI
President Barack Obama’s historic address of Thursday 04 June-09 from Cairo is certainly talk-of-the-town now.  A great speaker that he certainly is, he was surely able to leave some good impressions especially in the Muslim world and the results are showing already. The elections results of Lebanon, where a pro-West coalition has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4631&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ali Sethi&#8217;s &#8220;Wish Maker&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/ali-sethis-wish-maker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debut of a major new international literary talent is a rare and heartening event. THE WISH MAKER (Riverhead Books; Publication Date: June 11, 2009; ISBN: 978-1-59448-875-7; Price: $25.95), the first novel by twenty-four-year-old Ali Sethi, combines classic storytelling instincts, an eye-opening portrait of a suddenly important nation that Americans are intensely curious about, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4634&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Postmodern Wedding</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/a-postmodern-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zia Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zia Ahmad
 “Hope is a dangerous word” – just like any other pearl of wisdom that I am only too eager to pass on to the next available ear, this too has been derived from the ever-wise and reflective dream factory that is Hollywood. Do we ever pause to consider how drastically films have affected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4554&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reform or Perish</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/reform-or-perish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Raza Rumi
On the face of it, the Pakistani state with the clear endorsement of political parties and the majority of its citizenry is fighting a battle against militant Islamism. However, it is not as simple a formulation as it appears to be. The state is also cracking under extreme pressure for having lost its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4628&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy is Right! Burqah is NOT an Islamic Requirement!</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/sarkozy-is-right-burqah-is-not-an-islamic-requirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yasser Latif Hamdani
Thank God for Nicholas Sarkozy who said what Muslims should have been saying in the first place:  Burqah is NOT a sign of religion.  It is a sign of subservience. 
The Holy Quran does not prescribe the Burqah.  Even Hijab or headscarf is a contentious issue though the latter has become a symbol of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4622&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Ahmadi Major lays down his life for Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/an-ahmadi-major-lays-down-his-life-for-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By a Pakistani
The contribution of Ahmadis to Pakistan starting right from Zafrulla Khan (the full measure of whose service to Pakistan one can get from reading the Jinnah-Isphahani Correspondence and Begum Abida Sultan&#8217;s memoirs)  has been first rate.  Our only Nobel Prize Winner is an Ahmadi,  Dr. Abdus Salam,  a man who has served Pakistan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4619&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan More Than a Battlefield</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/pakistan-more-than-a-battlefield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benedict Anderson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITY the Nation is a book on Lebanon by renowned journalist Robert Fisk. However, these days many articles on or reports from Pakistan seem to have similar titles.

Although Pakistan is obviously in the grip of a serious tumult, I do dislike pitying ‘nations’. Some weeks ago, I visited the country for the second time for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4616&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defining ourselves</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/defining-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yasserlatifhamdani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aag Ka Darya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yasser Latif Hamdani
Kamal Raza, a character in Quratulain Hyder&#8217;s renowned novel Aag Ka Darya who has migrated from India to Pakistan,  writes a letter some time in the 195os:
Islam has had a rough ride here. If the Pakistani team begins to lose at cricket, Islam becomes endangered.  Every problem becomes reduced to Islam.  Music, art, civilization, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4610&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Bashir Ahmed MSP</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/remembering-bashir-ahmed-msp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradistan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bashir Ahmed Member Scottish Parliament.
Bradistan Calling
I first saw Bashir Ahmed on UK’s Pakistani channel (Pakistani channel was a result of the split between Pakistani TV Asia and Zee TV Europe). Second time I saw Bashir Ahmed was on BBC Parliament channel giving a speech to Scottish Parliament about Pakistan and its economy. A few days [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4359&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for history in all the wrong places</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/looking-for-history-in-all-the-wrong-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zia Ahmad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colonialism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zia Ahmad
Notable scholar Frederic Jameson famously put forward the idea of the disappearance of a sense of history in his indictment of postmodernism, fitfully titled Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991). The idea briefly referred to the way in which the entire contemporary social system has little by little begun to lose its capacity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4580&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: overthrow the fundamentalist cabal</title>
		<link>http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/iran-overthrow-the-fundamentalist-cabal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahmedinijad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ali Abbas Inayatullah has authored this exclusive post for PTH. We welcome him to this e-zine and hope that he writes more. This rather radical article is a fresh and unconventional analysis of the Iranian crisis. PTH does not agree with all the contents but welcomes pieces that make you think. (Raza Rumi)
After watching  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pakteahouse.wordpress.com&blog=1232634&post=4601&subd=pakteahouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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