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The talk of the town these days is suicide bombings being undertaken by what the media claims are Islamic Zealots and Fanatics. What is perhaps very interesting to note is that the garb of Islamism over the past few decades of our country’s existence has been worn by all sorts of people ranging from fundos…
When on the morning of 13th Aug sid gave the rallying cry for the #blaggers to assemble it felt surreal. The #gogreen team pioneered and headed by our mad scientist/blogger Farhan Masood had been working hard over weeks for this day. The idea being to turn twitter and facebook into a virtual sea of green…
By Hassan Baig “Mulk khud hi chalta rehay ga” (approximate translation: the country doesn’t need our contribution to thrive) is a sentence many Pakistanis are prone to saying. I confess that till a few years ago, I myself was confident of this misleading notion. Misleading and dangerous – especially in today’s volatile climate. As Pakistanis,…
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has described Pakistan as an “international migraine ” and argued that the South Asian country will be one of the hot spots that the next American president will have to contend with. Albright, who served President Bill Clinton in his second term of office, said Pakistan gives you…
Its very very hard to live in Pakistan these days. Not because everyone who has any resources is threatening to leave or at least thinking about it. Not because of the violence and the chaos that surrounds this country. When one lives here one gets immune to these things even though they have become much…
When i was young, which was obviously a long time ago, as my daughter aptly puts it we used to start going quite mad at the 10th of August every year. Trips were made to the nearest flag station which if you are unaware means a makeshift stall setup on the side of the road…
Perception is widely defined as the visual representation of an object, entity or idea. What this definition does not include however, is the fact that perceptions often change when subjected to different circumstantial input or stimuli. I still remember quite clearly the perception of the general public in the U.S towards my country Pakistan while…
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. …
On a crisp November morning today, our great leader in his sagacious ways passed a wooden stick on to his next of command, the next great leader. Obviously this was a ceremony of true military pomp and honor with the prime minister in PCO attending along with various high level dignitaries and bureaucracy. It was…