Storms

There will be storms tonight. I pull on my jacket and hurry up the garden to pick the beans for tea. Already the wind is grasping at the plants, tugging them away from the safe anchor of their pots. Above, the sky is leaden and empty; the birds gone home to roost. Back in the…

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People’s Demand #1

Hey guys, yeh you who are now in power? There is no one left to blame your shortcomings on anymore. So lets have it? The demand of the entire population of this country now is to bring back the original judiciary. Wonder how long they will take to achieve this one? Oh and by the…

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“I am also human” – President Pervaiz Musharraf

The phone beeps – *Mushy’s being impeached..go put on geo..NOW*… Frantic flicking through channels, not knowing what to expect, and there sits Musharraf giving his last address. And after a while of listening to how,In the calmest possible tone, he points out, sector by sector, things have improved… how in each area, we drastically rose…

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A New Chapter

It is not often in this country that an individual who seized power by a coup resigns and leaves his post voluntarily. Even under immense pressure by the impending impeachment the general could have chosen to fight it out and while doing so dragged Pakistan’s name through some more ill needed muck and shame. That…

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The last roar?

The Great General, Mr Commando, is going to speak to the nation at 1pm today in about an hour and a half.  Everyone seems to be abuzz with the news that he is going to resign.  Seems that a  Saudi private jet is standing at chaklala to take him away to a life of safety…

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Hajj woes

As cries of impeach and safe passage resound in the air for our Great General, & our political glitterati come on the media to proclaim the sensitivity of this time for our nation it is interesting to note what is going on in the assemblies. The provincial assembly of Punjab in its last session ground…

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Rain Story

  Rain is our element. I move from my desk to close the window, but instead I pause, listless, looking out over the used car lot outside. The rain is soft and smells of greenness, giving the lie to the scents of tarmac and diesel that normally pervade this space. It takes me away from…

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Independence pic series

As !4th August is tomorrow and we here in Pakistan celebrate our Independence day I would like to share some beautiful pictures i have found in my travels of this land and on the internet. As some of these have been taken from the net, i will try to provide credit as long as i…

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