Stories by Faraz Talat
Faraz Talat is a doctor from Rawalpindi who writes mostly about science and prevalent social issues.
He tweets @FarazTalat
It’s not a joke when I assert that most characters have been written thinner than a plastic card
Published 28 Jun, 2017 02:30pm
What's worse - that Sahir Lodhi manterrupted a speech on women's rights or that he missed its point completely?
Published 31 May, 2017 03:14pm
For whose security this police check-post existed, I do not know. But it didn't keep a 27-year-old Pakistani safe.
Updated 06 Feb, 2017 11:35am
The solution thus far hasn’t been to replace the mirage with something real; but to try and act more convincingly.
Published 29 Nov, 2016 10:32am
It's poor on Pakistan and India to burn bridges that remind of each other's humanity.
Updated 07 Oct, 2016 04:19pm
Everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.
Updated 19 Sep, 2016 10:30pm
Would it make me less of a patriot to admit that I'd rather live for this country, than die for it?
Updated 12 Aug, 2016 02:46pm
Qandeel Baloch was murdered by one man, but in whose name?
Published 19 Jul, 2016 12:19pm
Sexism isn’t the same as nominal rudeness — to address and prevent this culture, a direct apology to Ms. Mazari is vital
Updated 11 Jun, 2016 10:43am
What happens when we split a bill: We get up, and we walk out as social equals.
Published 20 May, 2016 12:36pm
To counter the mindset of entitlement we need systemic reforms to really put us on the path of equality for minorities.
Updated 23 Mar, 2016 12:44pm
Surely, it must’ve been a typo four times in a row. Hamza couldn’t possibly be lionising terrorists?
Updated 15 Mar, 2016 11:19am
Shooting stray dogs is nothing but an exercise in releasing pent-up human frustrations in savage ways.
Updated 25 Feb, 2016 03:22pm
Every attempt to invoke sympathy for animals in Pakistan is shut down by retorts of a country drowning in human misery.
Published 26 Jan, 2016 12:50pm
How is a girl not old enough to elect a government representative, deemed old enough to select a spouse?
Updated 18 Jan, 2016 01:33pm
Why did we save the homeless man discovered by actor Ahsan Khan? He spoke in the language of the upper class.
Published 11 Jan, 2016 11:51am
What drives the crusade, consciously or unconsciously, is an abhorrence of ‘outsiders’.
Published 11 Dec, 2015 03:08pm
It is convenient to scold the west when the refugees aren’t Afghan, and the territory they’re coming to isn’t ours.
Published 21 Nov, 2015 01:24pm
It isn’t wrong for us to be disappointed, knowing that our love for victims in the West, will not be reciprocated.
Published 16 Nov, 2015 02:28pm
Citizens must rethink surrendering right after right to the government – from flying a kite to smoking a waterpipe.
Updated 09 Nov, 2015 05:55pm
