Pakistani Women
Feb 21 2008, Unaiza

Would there be a day when we in Pakistan live a life of our free will, a time without fear? I have lived all my life seeking for that peace but I do pray to Allah that the present generation may see that light and breathe the winds of God. So that the...

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