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After having spent 31 Ramzans in this country, each followed by the grand festivity that Eid brings I have started to look forward to them year in and year out. Firstly because as a smoker they provide me with a virtual detox from the harmful but glorious nicotine wafting through my system and secondly they…
Hey hey folks, the new Aagahi just hit the stands today featuring yours truly on the cover and custom detailed graphics to boot. This supplement seems to have grown into something good in the last 5 months i have spent with it as Asst Ed and I am quite proud of it. Check it out!!!…
We are all addicted to these little updates and with the advent of the new face book layout we are even more hooked into what everyone is doing every second of their lives. Heck now we can even comment on each others updates and there are so many times I want to add the following,…
One of my favorite pictures taken by Naureen Bokhari of the statue of liberty at sunset. The cranes behind symbolize the might which built America and the sun setting on it. So very true with the recent financial meltdown there.
Its very very hard to live in Pakistan these days. Not because everyone who has any resources is threatening to leave or at least thinking about it. Not because of the violence and the chaos that surrounds this country. When one lives here one gets immune to these things even though they have become much…
Obviously we could count on Mr Zardari to work his ever affable charm on the sidelines of his recent visit to the U.S. He had a meeting with the Republican nominee for Vice president Sarah Palin with the following remarks according to CNN. Pakistan’s recently-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, entered the room seconds later. Palin…
While our news anchors and talk show hosts are busy parading the usual bunch of government luminaries in front of us on late night tv asking the same questions in the just “oh so serious” monotone on the war on terror and who’s war it is? The local lashkar or tribes in the Fata region…
To be quite honest after speaking to some people in Islamabad as well as listening to TV reports right after this terrible bomb blast, when the cctv footage was released it left me more than a little worried. First of all how did a truck this big totally laden with explosive just amble up to…
So this is what living in Kabul feels like, every time you switch on the morning news its like 20 dead 16 dead, war rages in Pakistan’s border regions but last night it all came home in Isloo. Onlookers claim a smaller car approached the barrier first, stopping and starting a siren giving every1 three…
You wake up to the soft chime of your cell phone in the morning, before you open your eyes you fumble for the remote with one hand switching on the breaking news, its always breaking, its always happening. The other hand reaches for the piece de resistance in your life your digital corner stone, your…