Introduction According to the most recent Phone Tax Policy of the PTI government in Pakistan, all those entering Pakistan, both citizens and foreigners, must register their phones and pay...
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11Jun
Getting Approved for Media Net in Two Days
Lately, I have been trying to monetize some of my websites and blogs. As I was looking for the best Adsense alternative, I was pointed to Media Net as...
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06Jun
Some Problems with the Pakistaniaat Website
I just wanted let you all know that we recently have had some problems with the Pakistaniaat website and, due to some technical problems, have lost some of our...
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21May
Driving While Brown: Fast Food Chains as Safe Places?
I have been thinking about writing on this topic for quite some time now, but never really got around to doing so. Maybe, I had to get over my...
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07May
The Kashmir Issue and the Problem of Advocacy in America
Only then perhaps will people realise how great the tragedy was that so many lives were lost and so much time and money wasted arguing about ownership of land,...
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29Apr
Waltzing with Bears: Fahkar Abbas and a Conservation Miracle in Pakistan
(Note: This was previously published on The Pakistan Forum, but since that site will soon be retired, I am republishing it here: First published on October 24, 2014)) As...
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23Apr
Whirlwind Speaking Tour of Pakistan
I just reached Dubai International airport after concluding an extremely rewarding visit to Lahore. The main purpose of my visit was to deliver the keynote address at a humanities...
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15Apr
Publishing a Kindle Writing Guide
Recently, I wrote a series of blogs about academic publishing in humanities. These articles did not dwell much on the nitty gritty details of writing but on specific strategies...
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11Apr
My Planned Talk at University of Lahore
In a couple of days I will travel to the historic town of Lahore to give a culminating Keynote address at a conference being organized by the English department...
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23Mar
My Ten Favorite Postcolonial Novels
As a professor of literature I am always looking for good novels for my own personal reading but also, more importantly, novels that I can include in my courses....
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