Celebrating Freedom

My brothers and sisters, who live in this great country and around the world. Whose blood flows green rather than red and who love this place like no one else can, rejoice!!! as from Dec 15th we are now totally and absolutely free. The emergency has been lifted and all is now well. We can…

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December Mumblings

As the political debate heats up, it’s getting colder here. Cold in Karachi would be defined by the desire to wear a sweater for an hour in the mornings. Yes the early mornings when parents like me wake up to drive their wards to school at the ungodly hour of 7am or so. I wonder…

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The Lure Of Power

Power…. something which the elite crave for and the masses know nothing about. They say nothing corrupts like power and our politicians are perhaps the best example of this sort of corruption. They say it was power that was Alexanders undoing in the end. As mere military conquest was not enough for this great general,…

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Making History

Since November the 3rd we here in Pakistan have been going through various phases of shock and horror at what the seemingly misled government can do to its own popularity within the space of a month. We have witnessed a stock market meltdown, the closure of all news channels and the brutalization of the judiciary…

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