A Dark Hour(revisited)

It is now close to 3 am in Pakistan as i write this. Still the mourners and activists of Pakistan’s People’s party are roaming the streets of various cities in our land chanting slogans like “Blood for Blood”. In Karachi alone more than a 100 vehicles have been torched, on Main Shahrae Faisal miscreants mixing…

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Benazir Murdered Updated

Right now… the National Hospital in defense in Karachi is on fire Right now.. the entire nation is sitting glued to their tv sets watching in horror at what is unfolding Right now..various area of Karachi, Peshawar, Sialkot & Pindi are being looted and damaged by angry activists and mourners Right now Benazir’s coffin is…

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Benazir Murdered

In what can only be described as a horrible turn of events, Benazir Bhutto chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party has been murdered by a suicide attack on her vehicle as she was exiting her last rally in Rawalpindi. Right now the streets of Karachi are scenes of chaos.. with people running helter skelter to…

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Of Oaf’s & Offal’s

Pakistanis as a race tend to be amongst the greatest of discarder’s present in today’s’ world. We often cut loose our hero’s from their umbrical cords without as much as a sliver of thought. Be it cricket or politics or business, we tend to forget, as if there is nothing such as the past.  …

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Interviewing Ayman

After doing the necessary business of acquiring goats by the usual means for this Bakra Eid, i came across the “hilarious news” that Al Qaeda would be now conducting an open interview. Yes my friends.. good old Ayman will be answering your questions and has requested all media outlets and journalists to send in the…

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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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Holier Than Thou

In the recent past a new breed of power player has emerged on the word stage of geopolitics. Where the “one’s” who mattered first wore saville row suits, these now come clad in Jubbah and the famous head dress and sunglasses. I speak of the Sheikh’s who in various guises and forms are now claiming…

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Defection!!!

After dealing with and using computers for over 12 years with a geeky degree in Management Information Systems i have come to realize that there are only two forces in the computer galaxy. The good side that is the various versions of window driven machines & the dark side with its sleek lines and alternative…

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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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Amidst Ruins In Kolkata

  Kolkata has in its splendid history a number of ruins to gaze at for the traveller to these parts. Perhaps the most famous one among these is  the Victoria memorial, one of the most beautifull memorials present in India. It took 20 years to construct and was done so in the memory of the…

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