Despite the historic handshake between General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Kathmandu Summit still ended not with a bang, but a whimper.......                                                            
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Many previous governments have tried to have  a policy to regulate the madrassahs.  Meanwhile, their numbers have mushroomed, over the last twenty years they have grown from a few hundreds into the thousands.........
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The city of Kandahar, wrested from the Taliban’s control after much wheeling and dealing, presents a stunning change of face with US forces roaming the streets with the city’s new rulers.........
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It is basically to show our solidarity with Pakistan and to promote Muslim centrism.  I met with religious leaders in Islamabad and I expressed my deep concern over two issues: the need to establish a dialogue between the Ahle Sunnah Jamaat and the Ahle Bai’t.  I feel that unless and until a dialogue is established .......
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New year, new resolutions - and a new look.  Cast aside your pastels, those mint greens and candy pinks, and rev up your life with blazing red.  Since time immemorial, red has symbolised passion and a spirit of adventure..........
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As photographer Naureen Shah’s portraits depict, South Asian lesbians in the west, by virtue of their colour and alternative lifestyle, are a minority twice over.........
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