You only live once, make the most of it!
Its very very hard to stay focused in a country like Pakistan. Not so long ago in the ending weeks of 2009 I wrote a very upbeat cheery article about the incoming new year and how Karachi was going to celebrate it. On the 10th of Muharram, that article and any future hopes of celebration…
Five score and thirty years ago a boy was born to a middle class family who had just moved from their first lodging in a new Pakistan (kharadar) to a more leafier suburb of Karachi. It had taken this family about 27 years to get into the position of owning the house they were moving…
Its been two days since the explosion which took place in the procession taken out by the shia community on the 10th of moharram. 43 people have been declared dead up till now, this is despite the fact that the suicide bomber was stopped by a scout and a ranger both of whom lost their…
Pakistan is these days regarded as a global headache, we are an allied state but our various governmental complexities and inefficiency make us a hard pill to swallow for anyone. The worst problem is of human rights abuses in Pakistan, which our foreign friends have a hard time explaining to their voting public. However strangely…
The whole world seemed to believe for the last year or so that the Pakistani government was about to fall down in face of the incoming hordes. By hordes I refer to the militants which are battling our army these days in south waziristan and as reports filter in are proving to be a tough…
The Shanaakth festival has returned to Karachi today, pleasantly so as the last time was too short to give the viewing public a chance to appreciate the effort put into this event. This time around the organizers have made sure to have proper security as well as keep a location which can be controlled far…
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I often go and read middle eastern blogs, and there are some great bloggers out there in the land of the sealed. The reason for doing so is rooted in the fact that the “royals” (what we shall refer to the Saudi high command as) have taken it upon themselves to constantly solve our problems…
As Ramzan our holy month of fasting begins prices are being jacked up day and night by our esteemed and honest shopkeepers. No one is suffering more at the altar of loot and pillage more than those who are buying sugar. We are told daily that there is a shortage of sugar in Pakistan. “Really?”…
Where ever Pakistan is concerned these days, a media storm is not far off. We make the news consistently for all the wrong reasons but lately a bunch of positives has come to the fro which I thought I should share with my readers. First off I would like to show you what a leader…