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Imran Can

on 15, May 2012 | 29 Comments

Imran Can

He utters the same clichés, spouts the same idiom, his intensity and passion are no different while he holds out the same platter of promises. It is all so déjà vu. Yet he stands out in this sea of...

Skin-Whitening Ads

on 12, May 2012 | 5 Comments

Skin-Whitening Ads

Skin whitening advertising associates light skin with idealized beauty that all women can attain, irrespective of nationality, race, or class. While the ubiquitous appeal of such advertising is cultur...

Rotten Eggs for Media, Anyone?

on 10, May 2012 | 3 Comments

Rotten Eggs for Media, Anyone?

Let’s throw a bucket of tomatoes and rotten eggs at the media. Everyone’s doing it. Even though, I feel like joining on the bandwagon, I don’t think it’s really clever. Let me tell you why: ...

Democratic System Running Undemocratically

on 8, May 2012 | 8 Comments

Democratic System Running Undemocratically

The current episode of Shazad Roy’s “Wasu aur main” made me think that where things went wrong in Pakistan and how Balochistan has been deprived of the basic needs ever since independence. His i...

Old Demons, New Fears

on 3, May 2012 | 17 Comments

Old Demons, New Fears

Disclaimer: What you are going to read in the next five minutes is not a work of fiction inspired by Dan Brown, although the title of the article suggests otherwise. In this article, I have tried to p...

Of Equals and More than Equals

on 30, Apr 2012 | 2 Comments

Of Equals and More than Equals

Undoubtedly, Pakistan’s politics is more like a live-version of the Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ in both the literal and figurative aspect of the word. Here also, some people think that they have mo...

As the PM gets Convicted…

on 26, Apr 2012 | 6 Comments

As the PM gets Convicted...

Minus the excitement quotient, the breaking that blazed the screens that the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been convicted and charged for the contempt of court, was  but painful. In about an ...

Choose the Correct Answer..

on 23, Apr 2012 | 16 Comments

Choose the Correct Answer..

“Write the name of the prophet who came after the Prophet Essa (Jesus)?”   Two of the four options: Hazrat Abrahim; Hazrat Mohammad.   I’ve jumped the gun again. Let me...

My Veil is Not Your Business

on 20, Apr 2012 | 105 Comments

My Veil is Not Your Business

Ever came across debates on why or why not to wear jeans, socks or may be shoes? The question might appear to hit the highest point of hilarity, but seriously, the discussion ad nauseam on ‘To wear ...

The Great Escape! And Return?

on 18, Apr 2012 | 7 Comments

The Great Escape! And Return?

At around 1 am on Sunday morning, about ‘400-500’ (media reports), around 150 (Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar), heavily armed men stormed into a heavy guarded Bannu jail and freed 3...

SMS from Quetta

on 16, Apr 2012 | 8 Comments

SMS from Quetta

"Important, I can provide you information about latest attack on Brewery Road, Quetta but I demand full secrecy." This is the message I received on my cell phone today when I reached office. I called ...

Siachen – What a Newscaster Thinks..

on 13, Apr 2012 | 6 Comments

Siachen - What a Newscaster Thinks..

Being a newscaster, one has to read all sorts of news every day. From bomb blasts to Sports victories and losses, from celebrity gossips to political scandals we read every thing. Some times people s...

Are we Encountering India or Global Warming?

on 9, Apr 2012 | 29 Comments

Are we Encountering India or Global Warming?

Based near the Siachen Glacier, a Pakistan army base camp located at Gayari sector met misfortune when a deathly avalanche struck the camp and buried over 100 soldiers. The Pakistan army has started a...

Name our Problems!

on 5, Apr 2012 | 5 Comments

Name our Problems!

The political temperature in the country seems to have fallen down a bit. The everyday squabbles and irksome statements have halted for the nonce. May be the President’s assertion about the next g...

My Dear Minister, You Make Us Laugh!

on 5, Apr 2012 | 16 Comments

My Dear Minister, You Make Us Laugh!

My God Pakistanis must have done something right to be bestowed by intellectuals and thinkers like dear Interior Minister Rehman Malik. The gentleman always manages to clear up the ambiguities tha...

Let’s Cycle!

on 2, Apr 2012 | 2 Comments

Let's Cycle!

Yesterday we bought new bicycles for the kids as I think no childhood is complete without a bicycle. Who can forget the scary moments when one learns to ride a two wheeler sans the training wheels...

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