Where is free and fair reporting when we need it?

As reported by APP (NO other private media reported this news despite rhetoric of free and fair reporting) no official function was organized in Balochistan on August 14, the Independence Day but the provincial government announced a holiday on August 15 which is Indian Independence day. This clearly reflects at the linkages of Baloch Nationalists…

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Ode to da general

Mana ke me aaj mushkil me ghira hun Dekho Tufan may kis qadar himat se khara hun Ab samna hay mujhe mukhalif hawaon ka Par sath hay mujhe ma ki duaon ka Zalim khud mujh pe zulm ka ilzam lagate hain Koi puche ke woh is mulk ke liye kya chahte hain Main tanha ho…

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Goat cheese

We have scraped together supper from what is left in the fridge. Small, sweet tomatoes from our own greenhouse; the last few olives in the bottom of the jar; a week old loaf of bread; and three scrag ends of cheese.   I pick up the goat cheese and examine it, then put it down…

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Unlocking The Divine Feminine

by Ramla Akhtar The Divine Feminine Artist unknown Part 1: The Trouble in the Pakistani Family Construct Deserves De-Construction All right. Included henceforth in my life mission is to engage hearts on the subject of women. Rather, the Feminine Principle, but let’s, for ease of conversation, begin with women – as in the “sex: female”…

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Conspiracy theories?

On 24th may 2008 at 10am a white colored Land cruiser started out for an unknown destination from the mountains of  South Waziristan. The ISI had credible intelligence as soon as this Land cruiser left that its occupant was none other than the feared Taliban leader Batullah Mehsud. Immediately contact was established with Washington and…

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IPhone 3G

Ok so umm explain to me again why i should be going crazy over the new Iphone 3g or going crazy about the iphone at all??? I checked one out..seriously..nothing against apple but this thing just looks good, thats about it and these are my reasons for opting out of the whole.. I am so…

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Free Not Fair

Like many other Pakistani’s,  I have acquired an aversion to the Tv screen altogather. I remember when I was younger,, much younger  and at that time the entire country would look forward to the nightly news as that would be the only source of info on what’s going on. These days the information provided to…

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Ground Realities

There were two historic moments in Pakistani politics yesterday, first the coalition broke (as it was expected to break) within 7 days of the resignation of Musharraf. Which in itself just tells us one thing,  that this “grand coalition” had absolutely nothing in common democratically or politically speaking other than the ouster of the commando….

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