Archive for January, 2012
Aijaz Zaka Syed on 31, Jan 2012 | 3 Comments
This is springtime in the Middle East once again. And I haven’t seen such glorious, reinvigorating weather during my nearly decade of living in the region. This year appears to be really special...
Lubna Jerar Naqvi on 31, Jan 2012 | 20 Comments
The Maya Khan issue was waiting to erupt sooner or later, and I am glad it did. At least now people, and hopefully the media authorities, will realise that the attitude of “in the media everything g...
Asif Punjwani on 31, Jan 2012 | 17 Comments
One Rupee was all I wanted for lunch at school during my early school days, enough to buy me one bag-a-chips, and three Rupees for Thursdays to enjoy Pepsi. This was about two decades ago. Today a ...
Ilmana Fasih on 31, Jan 2012 | 1 Comment
A couple of days ago I met a neighbour outside the house, walking her two cute cocker spaniels. We exchanged New Year Greetings and as a ritual I asked: “So how did you spend your new years eve?...
Maryam Khan on 31, Jan 2012 | 4 Comments
The more I know humans………………The more I love dogs.
Drone attacks, suicide bombings, target killings, corruption, bribery, dishonesty, intolerance, robbery, murders, kidnapping,...
Omair Alavi on 30, Jan 2012 | No Comments
Winning is a habit, and so is losing ... said the great Australian cricket Ian Chappell while commenting about India's fall and fall as a test playing nation outside Asia. And the Australian gre...
Nida Hasan on 30, Jan 2012 | 7 Comments
Over a 100 people have been reported dead, thanks to the negligence of the authorities. Who are these authorities and what role are they playing in administering proper healthcare? Is anyone looking...
Wajahat.S.Khan on 30, Jan 2012 | 7 Comments
Modern militaries call it net-centricity: the ability to look at and control a battle-space as an interconnected entity where primary approaches as well as several alternatives could all lead to the d...
Ali Moeen Nawazish on 30, Jan 2012 | 2 Comments
It happens to almost all of us everyday. We are sitting there minding our own business and interrupts a loud “tring tring” or at other times even a “bzzt bzzt”. It’s not a pesky fly or insec...
Mehreen Zahra Malik on 30, Jan 2012 | 4 Comments
You can’t pin your heart on something until it’s a completely done deal and Pakistani politics has a penchant for throwing up nine-day wonders, but from the looks of things, the sullied rags of th...
Ansar Abbasi on 29, Jan 2012 | 9 Comments
The three retired generals, who had submitted their statements/affidavits before the Supreme Court in the Asghar Khan case, have hurt their own institution more than anything else by admitting that th...
Omair Alavi on 28, Jan 2012 | No Comments
Led by an over the hill captain, featuring a team of quality-yet-inexperienced cricketers and with belief in their hearts, Pakistan team went to United Arab Emirates to give their best against the fat...
Omair Alavi on 28, Jan 2012 | 1 Comment
There was a time when people used to think of Nokia whenever the thought of mobile phones came into their mind. ‘Connecting People’ was all they could think about, irrespective of the person’s s...
Ayaz Amir on 27, Jan 2012 | 18 Comments
Coming from a dubious salesman a shady communication treated as Holy Scripture. Only we could do this, without stopping to think what it says about us: a nation of chumps hard put to smell the differe...
Mohammad Malick on 27, Jan 2012 | 15 Comments
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is supposed to be a citadel of all that is holy and sacred. It’s a ‘family value’ culture, you know. Unlike the ‘selfish, immoral westerners,’ we live and di...
Abu Bakr Agha on 26, Jan 2012 | 5 Comments
In a foreign country, where you are a minority, perhaps you learn the true value of your origins. I always treasured being from Pakistan, but going to college in the United States gave me the unique o...