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My School in the Village

on 9, May 2012 | 1 Comment

My School in the Village

At last my village had Coeducation-school. First of its kind in the village in last 200 years (and before that village did not exist). So I was sent to the most modern and broad minded school of its t...

A Tribute to the Sons of the Soil

on 1, May 2012 | 22 Comments

A Tribute to the Sons of the Soil

I ask for nothing more Than to die in my country To dissolve and merge with the grass, To give life to a flower That a child of my country will pick, All I ask Is to remain in the bosom of my co...

Last ‘Salam’ – Beneath the Ice

on 10, Apr 2012 | 14 Comments

Last 'Salam' - Beneath the Ice

It’s been few days, already. No sign of survivors, No indication of life, not a single body, not a single voice. Hundreds of soldier’s frantically search for their lost fighters buried deep down i...

Aren’t Memories like Wine..?

on 6, Apr 2012 | 4 Comments

Aren't Memories like Wine..?

When warm embraces the nip, when I hear the faint whistle of a train, when I am awakened at dawn by Azan floating on the morning breeze, when the raindrops make love to the leaves and when in the cozy...

If Only I could Meet You- Arfa!

on 26, Mar 2012 | 15 Comments

If Only I could Meet You- Arfa!

  Cold. Cold was the afternoon air of January 3rd that scratched my cheek as I walked toward my friends that day. I was here to meet the child prodigy, the extraordinarily gifted sixteen year...

Basant and the Colors of Spring

on 2, Mar 2012 | 7 Comments

Basant and the Colors of Spring

Admit it or not, Basant is still one of the seasonal festival celebrated across almost all the cities in Pakistan. However, it is the historic city of Lahore that happens to be the centre of the celeb...

PPP’s Strange Tactics

on 22, Feb 2012 | 6 Comments

PPP's Strange Tactics

Actual BB Murder details or an eleventh hour attempt to save skin for next general elections? Why PPP choose Sind Assembly when they claim that PPP is the symbol of Federation?   If we an...

From Your Valentine!

on 17, Feb 2012 | 3 Comments

From Your Valentine!

Just as Jerry Seinfeld would say “Spider-man, Super-man, Batman…these are not fantasies… these are options…     I like to remember 14Th February because 15Th February is my ...

We criticize….why?

on 6, Feb 2012 | 6 Comments

 We criticize….why?

Why we always critize? Why we are always ready to pour scorn on others, ridicule or insult others? Because we love it, (simple) otherwise it would be arduous for us to start our day without passing fe...

The More I Know Humans…the More I Love Dogs.

on 31, Jan 2012 | 4 Comments

The More I Know Humans...the More I Love Dogs.

The more I know humans………………The more I love dogs.   Drone attacks, suicide bombings, target killings, corruption, bribery, dishonesty, intolerance, robbery, murders, kidnapping,...

Parks and Ms. Khan

on 26, Jan 2012 | 7 Comments

Parks and Ms. Khan

A new vacuum salesman knocked at the door.     A lady opened it. Before she could speak,     The salesman rushed into the living room and emptied a bag of trash o...

Karachi : A Warrior With In

on 21, Jan 2012 | 1 Comment

Karachi : A Warrior With In

Weeping in shadows, drowning in drenching storm, I moved swiftly through the tornado , with one leg injured and a hand bleeding . But the physical pain was too much to swallow . Shrouded with atrociti...

We (Pakistani) are More Civilized!

on 14, Jan 2012 | 4 Comments

We (Pakistani) are More Civilized!

We Pakistani are always label as uncivilized nation. We are intolerant, ill mannered. Still we are more civilized and brave as compare to other civilized nations. How? A nation deprive from the necess...

D for Democracy

on 12, Jan 2012 | 3 Comments

D for Democracy

Are we still running the Beta version of Democracy?   On 15th September, I asked my facebook friends a simple question:   Today is UN International Day of Democracy. How did Paki...

No marriage for me!

on 18, Nov 2011 | 4 Comments

No marriage for me!

“If it were up to me…I won’t get married in the next five years.’ I casually expressed my opinion during a discussion on a girl who was getting married the next week. I was not expecting the m...

American Adventure of a 16 years old Pakistani!

on 18, Nov 2011 | 5 Comments

American Adventure of a 16 years old Pakistani!

“Nobody listens to Bhai Sahib in your family and Bhabhi has given you out-and-out freedom, and liberty that girls usually don’t deserve”   These discourteous remarks were voiced by my...

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