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M Bilal Lakhani

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Unexpected outcome of 2024 elections

Who was the actual winner of the 2024 Pakistani elections? The answer to this question will be debated for generations in our history books. What...

31.03.2024 10

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M Bilal Lakhani

Why can’t I slow down in Ramazan?

Ramazan should be a month in which we slow down to reflect on life, pray and renew our spirits. But I find myself running in the same busy sprint that...

17.03.2024 40

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M Bilal Lakhani

Voters rewrite Pakistan’s social contract

Elections are typically an opportunity for the ruled to choose their rulers. In Pakistan, where black is white and white is black, the February 8th...

18.02.2024 20

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M Bilal Lakhani

Civilian supremacy’s last chance for a generation

H e who must not be named could become the best thing to happen to civilian supremacy in Pakistan’s history — if he wins on February 8th. Over the...

04.02.2024 80

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M Bilal Lakhani

A marriage without love

A n election without real choices is a lot like a marriage without love. At least with arranged marriages you can fall in love eventually. But with a...

07.01.2024 40

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M Bilal Lakhani

On being an award winning impostor

T hroughout my life, impostor syndrome swung like a pendulum between being my best friend and my worst frenemy. Impostor syndrome fuels my desire to...

24.12.2023 30

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M Bilal Lakhani

Asking more of ourselves

I thought I was happy but perhaps I was mistaking happiness for laziness. Let me explain. Over the last few years, I worked hard to design an...

10.12.2023 10

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M Bilal Lakhani

Financial anxiety frustrates ability to pursue our potential

W orking with a life coach recently helped me understand how my childhood anxieties about limited financial means continue to restrict my ability to...

26.11.2023 20

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M Bilal Lakhani

How financial anxiety hinders ability to pursue our potential

Working with a life coach recently helped me understand how my childhood anxieties about limited financial means continue to restrict my ability to...

13.11.2023 30

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M Bilal Lakhani

Nawaz comes home to Naya Pakistan

Finally, he who can be named and broadcasted on state television is back home and he who cannot be named, forgiven or forgotten is in jail. The tables...

29.10.2023 10

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M Bilal Lakhani

What’s next for Pakistan?

Watching Pakistani news these days is a lot like watching the Pakistani batting order collapse. Pretty much everything that can go wrong is going...

01.10.2023 30

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M Bilal Lakhani

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