The grey lady of bagram

Five years ago in March 2003 a travesty happened right here in Karachi. A mother of three young children whilst on her way to the airport was picked up by Pakistani Intelligence agencies and vanished into the black hole that are US detention centers worldwide. That woman is known as Afia Siddiqui. At the time…

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He came he saw he captained?

One would think Kevin Pietersons lot in life is stuff that fairy tales are woven out off. First he gave up on his career in South Africa where he was born due to the quota system there and moved with his bags to Nottinghampshire where he began his trek into The English National side. Then…

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Making dubya look good

I think it is perhaps Pakistan’s singular honor that we have increduosly managed to even make Dubya look like a harvard professor in comparison with our own umm…bumbler. Consider the following from the amazing DC tour by our PM Mr Gillani [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMMvY3XRCWw&feature=related] This from the ranks of a party which has always been known for…

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How much is too much?

I think today is the day for weird and comedic news, first i came across the vulture shindig being organized by the Nepalese government and then this latest barn burner. Apparently a member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia has now been accused of having six wives at the same time. Please note however…

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The Vulture Restaurant

When i first came across this tid bit of news I thought they might be referring to our National Assembly hahahahaha pfftt. This is not the case however and the “Vulture Restaurant” is quite authentic. Gross as it sounds it is a small grassy area which has been dedicated as a vulture feeding ground for…

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Here comes the Rain

After days of hot, dusty, steamy weather the heavens finally opened up last evening and Karachities got one hell of a downpour. It was around 7:30pm when the skies went totally dark and then it started, lashing wind and rain coming down by the bucketful. As always the rain was welcomed by throngs of kids…

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Cricket survives another scare

The ICC has finally taken the right decision today, that is to let the Champions Trophy stay in Pakistan instead of moving to an alternate venue.  The ICC had to take a decision in this regard because although the last few months has seen Pakistan holding a successful Asia cup with 0 problems,  players from…

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Bye Bye Karzai

As war looms on the horizon and the mayor of Kabul gets exceedingly childish in his statements to the foreign media, it comes as no surprise that someone has blown the whistle on this maniac. A former Us Narcotics specialist Thomas Schweich has opened the lid on the mayors illustrated protection of poppy growers in…

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The men behind the mask

Yesterday a senior Al Qaeda leader(Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid), revealed in a rare tv interview from Afghanistan that the Danish embassy in Isloo was bombed by a suicide bomber who had arrived from mecca. He has also admitted to the killing of Benazir Butto on Dec 27th as an Al Qaeda operation. Now in the recent…

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