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The flame of a brighter thought and a finer taste.

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The Great Gatsby

Sameera Rashid F. Scott Fitzgerald’s mas­ter­piece, The Great Gats­by, con­sis­tent­ly fea­tures on the edi­tors’ and read­ers’ lists of the best…

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Love-Hate Relationship with Pakistan… Perspectives of a British Citizen of Pakistani Origin

Syma Khalid Grow­ing up as a sec­ond gen­er­a­tion immi­grant of work­ing class par­ents in the West Mid­lands, I eas­i­ly iden­ti­fied…

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Exams in Balochistan: Rampant Cheating amid Rundown Infrastructure

Saad Ullah Baloch Have a look at fol­low­ing pic­tures; the peo­ple sit­ting on the floor are can­di­dates tak­ing their BA…

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Pakistan and Heroes

When I heard Malala Yousafzai was going to be a guest on The Daily Show I was nervous. I love…

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Issue 12-Laaltain

This issue features articles on defense of Pakistan and minorities, negotiation with Taliban, review of Pakistani movie Zinda Bhaag, ban…

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Trending: Malala

Annam Lod­hi As the final announce­ment of Nobel Peace Prize comes near, Malala Yousafzai is once again among the top…

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IUB: The First Public Sector University to Offer a Paperless Online Admission Facility

Muham­mad Zulqar­nain Asab The Islamia Uni­ver­si­ty Bahawalpur (IUB) has become the first Pak­istani Pub­lic Sec­tor Uni­ver­si­ty to offer a com­plete…

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KISS, CAMERA, CAUGHT

Anony­mous “YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT,” sneered the direc­tor, his eyes twin­kling like malev­o­lent pearls in a face like grey cement.…

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Change Through Music

Taimur Rahman is an academic, political activist and a musician. He is the band leader and spokesperson for the music…

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A Courageous Stand

Awais Masood On 4 Jan­u­ary 2010, a fanat­ic elite force guard betrayed the very duty he was entrust­ed with and…

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‘Curfewed Night’ by Basharat Peer

Kash­miri jour­nal­ist Basharat Peer was born in 1977 in Seer vil­lage and grew up dur­ing the height of the insur­gency…

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Peshawar

Tahir Wadood Malik From class 7 till fourth year (8 years) the best part of my life i spent in…

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BIGOTRY MURDERS RELIGION

Abeer Javaid Advo­cate We claim to live in a world that is becom­ing increas­ing­ly civ­i­lized and well-informed. While we some­times…

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Mind Sparks: A Competition for young writers, poets and photographers

The Laal­tain Mag­a­zine presents a com­pe­ti­tion for all the cre­ative minds out there. Sub­mit your entry today get pub­lished and…

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News, Views and Satire: Interview with Fasi Zaka

Fasi Zaka is a television host, satirist, political columnist, radio talk show host, music critic, academic and Rhodes Scholar in…