Author: Saki Nama
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She
Everyone is alone. So was she. She used to think about her loneliness. She loved to share her loneliness and misery with her friends and loved ones. Sometimes, she wondered how she was lonely if she had a lot of people to talk about her loneliness with. This was not all. This is not all.…
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Done with Blasphemy, Time for Treason
You protest against injustice and you are an activist and want change. You sit in dharnas to show that the government is based on a corrupt electoral system. You go on strikes against privatization of public companies. You protest against the wrong use of blasphemy laws which shows your comprehension and sensibility. You speak out…
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Come see the Blood in my Streets
I didn’t know my fate would be destined on the leftovers of my father. I saw some of his journals. As I couldn’t read, I burned them. Later on I was charged by a mob with blasphemy. I was burned too. The words in Quran are precious, I know. But my life was precious. The…
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Walli – Why did the Prophets…?
Like a soul who has a lot of questions and none of the complete answers, I am a meek one. These days the questions which are not letting me sleep are weird. I don’t know why they are coming in my mind and in my nightmares. I don’t qualify for that. Why Musa A.S. became…
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Prelude – Walli’s Life of Parallel Worlds
The newspaper said “200 years ago in 1814, a man named Walli was killed while standing against strict tax regulations by the Company.” Wrong! I saw that incident and it was me who died. But not for standing against the Company. Anyways… What if I tell you that I am on my deathbed now in…
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Procrastination and Purpose
I wake up early in the morning, wash myself, have a forced breakfast (better than missing it as my doctor said), then a forced driving to reach office (better than being late or absent as my director said)… hence a day starts… a day which some people can only dream of. On my 9 to…
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The “I” World & Sufi Entrepreneurship
We have divided our lives into disconnected moods, feelings and formats which make it very tough for us to define ourselves. Sometimes while driving or sitting idly, we do think who we are actually? Am I the one sitting in the office working on business analysis, career development and money making? Or am I the…
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And We All Shine On!
When All India Muslim League lost Indian Provincial Elections of 1937, they didn’t lose faith in Jinnah or the league. It was blow on their movement and ideology but they didn’t adopt violent or abusive approach. They accepted the results without complaining about anything, and re-started their homework. In 1940, they had a remarkable Lahore…
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Walli – Pride & Peace
You are finally here to bury the old man. He was always proud of you two. You gave him pride. He always wanted the three of us to be best in our fields. You became an admirable doctor, and you became an immaculate broker. You two made the name in your fields and the pride…
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Together we Stand! Together we shall See!
From the ending of 2012 to the beginning of 2013, the predictions of Mayan Calendar and Doomsday proved to be true for Pakistan. Apart from having a victorious cricket tour of India, Pakistan faced gruesome crisis. American drones were continuously thrown on innocent people on western border. LOC on eastern border is shaped into a before-war…