Our Soft Image

We are often curious of what exactly entails Pakistan’s image in the international world. Yes yes no matter what our cousins in swat tell us while stroking their beards it does matter people! We really cannot kill people for not having being born in Muslim households and we seriously cannot think of things like the…

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The Ganja Diaries Part I

  Somewhere in January 2008, the day of the Business Plus interview. (A work of pure fiction, any similarity in names is purely circumstantial, written in the linguistic skills of the character depicted) I open my eye and look out of blanket, whole house still, very quiet. I think of Abba Jee lying in his…

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Hara Kiri Karachi Ishtyle

Everyday while driving to my workplace… which is located in the bowel of the city in the I.I loser road area. I try to keep my focus on driving as swarms of motorcycle wallas zoom around my car, going through the smallest of niches the tiniest of crevices at breakneck speed. Sometime i feel like…

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The Karachi Zoo

Children they say always speak the truth. Mainly because at their age their minds are not influenced by anything worldly so they speak what they think and rightly so. Just a few days ago my daughter who is 4 at this time spoke to me about her recent school organized field trip to the Karachi…

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Positive Steps

The 10th of Muharram draws to a close without thankfully any incident of violence or terrorism. The mood is somber and peaceful here in Karachi as the agencies which protect us have finally stepped up and arrested some people day before last. These suspects had large amounts of arms as well as cyanide to add…

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A New World Order

In the last 10 years or so we have all watched in horror as disaster after disaster has struck the world. The events I am referring to are mostly man made ones which have left an indelible mark on our history and our conscience, they have also lead to a change in the very thought…

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The Imminent Threat

When the history of the year 2008 is written, it will read something like this. In the first week of the year, Iranian boats attacked three US Warships in the Strait of Hormuz. This was the beginning of how the Invasion of Iran began, purely as a defensive measure that the United States had to…

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Letter To Baitullah Mahsud

Dear Mr Mahsud I write this letter to you as a fellow Muslim and a sympathizer. For the last year or so, you have taken up the mantle of the Emir E Taliban in your area and plunged as all into a constant fear of suicide bombings, killings, militancy etc etc!! What gives man??? What’s…

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Bomb Blast In Lahore

There has been a severe bomb blast in front of the Lahore High Court, as being reported by the news channels. The blast was severe enough to cause multiple casualties and inflict damage on nearby buildings. Several cars have also been badly damaged. This was the location of the lawyers rally today. Details are sketchy…

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Bhaji Fried!

  When I first heard of Harbhajan Singh being banned for three tests following his alleged racial remarks at Symonds in the last test match between India and Australia. The first thoughts that came to my mind were a feeling of déjà vu ala Oval gate. As was the case back then, proven later on…

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