Aus-Pak Chappal cup

Things could not have been better for Pakistan’s cricket and PCB right now. First off they entered into contract to play at a neutral venue in Dubai at a brand spanking new purpose built stadium and to top it all off they got Australia to play the first series with them there. Although the Aussies…

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A new horror

Not a day goes by without some sort of threat in Pakistan to its citizens. by these mysterious men we have come to know loosely as the Taliban. We have as citizens of this country faced, murder, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, days without electricity and food shortages, we have dealt with car jacking and god…

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IPL fumbles at kickoff

Lalit Modi looked quite upbeat as he made all the captains in the IPL franchise sign off on a wall of sportsmanship in the opening ceremony of the IPL’s second season in Cape town, South Africa. However there was a remarkable difference in the first 2 matches played in last years T20 extravaganza and this…

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Shadow Wars

On my way to work today I saw a billboard, one of the many large ones that litter the vision of those driving in Karachi. It said; “Umrah on easy installments, now everyone can do Umrah” – that pretty much put our current religious compass in perspective for me and I laughed as I imagined…

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14.4.2009 (supplemental)

Well its been one hell of a week. I make reference to hell because of the weather Karachi is experiencing these days. Not that I have been to hell or know the temperature there *shudder but it cannot be a lot hotter than it is right now. Things have been happening so quickly this week…

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National bloggers conference

To all the Bloggers out there and the Bloggerettes and the Blaggers and the Blaggerrets, the 18th of April shall see us gather under the roof of Regent Plaza Hotel Karachi to unleash our collective might upon this land. Hmm sounds skeery? Actually no its going to be a “National Bloggers Conference” where the IT…

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Shanaakht 2009

The Shanaakht festival kicked off at 3pm for the general public at the arts council today. I got there a little after 3pm as I had heard so much about it that I wanted to be among the first to check it out, I can safely say I did not leave disappointed as it was…

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