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Statutory Warning: For those who would be seething in rage and resort to the usual profanity, and abuse; I would humbly request to refrain from reading the post. This post may not be feasible for your brain cells. Most of Pakistan, loves to hate a man. A man to them who is the “inventor and master of corruption”, who has supposedly [...]

Dear Asif, A week or so back, when your PK 01 touched the Mauripur Air Base, many hearts sank. The detractors, opponents, adversaries, and some so called friends, were shell shocked. The Pundits and Analysts on TV screens, who had written you off, were cursing their words. Each time they made the prediction, that you are finished, you have [...]

Undoubtedly, Edhi Sahib is the last bastion of hope in the Land of Pure. A selfless human being, who has rose to immeasurable heights, all because his countless services to humanity. The entire Pakistan is proud of him and he is the symbol of the real Pakistani spirit. A man who's rescue vans go through the cities, immediately after any disaster. [...]

Last week if you recall, this scribe wrote a post about US Secretary of State Clinton's visit and the four names, that were on her list. Re capping those 4 names were, Zawahiri, Siraj Haqqani, Ilyas Kashmiri and Atiya Abdel Rahman. Major news outlets like ET and Dawn have confirmed of another drone strike taking down 1 out of 4. Ilyas Kashmiri is [...]

Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Pakistan left us pretty much where we were. Although the visit was supposed to be a “fence mender”, but it seems like it is the usual diplomatic stuff. Yes we all are aware that, Pakistan has to step up its efforts to combat the poisonous monsters. On the other hand, the US has to respect its sovereignty [...]

Source: Viewpoint   Going a bit further, what did Mr. Bin Laden do for Pakistan in the first place? Did Mr. Bin Laden build schools, hospitals, mosques, pharmacies, colleges, universities or flood control canals? No Sir, no such thing. The devoted lot of Mr. Bin Laden did one thing for sure. Took their personal vendetta towards the US, on [...]

Disclaimer: Dear friends, This is political satire. Hopefully all of us are mature enough to handle it. It is like Saturday Night Live, locally on Geo TV, we have "Hum sum umeed sey hain.". It is along those lines. Please do not get offended. It is not meant to be disparaging. It is about realizing things that are awfully serious, but laced in [...]

This scribe's opinion about this "deal" is very well known. President Zardari's move to save his party's crumbling popularity, by going to bed with his staunchest critics, may be a major gamble. Whether this gamble pays off or not, remains to be seen. The Q Leaguers have played their cards fairly well and negotiated a fairly good bargain. [...]

Like many when the news alert of Osama's death popped on my Blackberry, I said, "Good Riddance." The snippets of news started to trickle in. Initially CNN said in its alert, it was in Afghanistan. I sighed and said, thank GOD, it was not Pakistan. My relief was fairly short lived. The subsequent news items and Reuters confirmation, that it was in [...]

As usual our former President Musharraf was throwing pies in the sky. In a recent interview to a popular daily, he made a tall claim. He was going to be back in the country before the year end. He was not afraid of any threats. Whether those threats emanated from his rivals or the plethora of cases. He was a fighter, willing to put up a good [...]

Is it me or has someone else read this thing with amazement, where GCC headed by Saudi Arabia, wants to broker a deal to get the Yemeni President Saleh ousted? Come to think of it, it looks quite hypocritical of the Saudi regime to take a lead in such an initiative, because it sounds ludicrous. By all means, I am in favor of freedom, democracy [...]

I have very clear memories of the day. Our class teacher was a bit shocked, a bit disturbed. But she held herself well. She was Christian and her voice had  deep regret. All she did was without giving any reason, dismissed the school early. She said it was being done as a precautionary measure as, there was fear of violence around Karachi. Per [...]

It is no secret that March 30, World Cup Semi Final Cricket match, between India and Pakistan will be a nail biter. Fans are completely charged and ecstatic. The traditional rivals facing each other at Mohali, will literally bring both countries, and millions of fan at a stand still. It is heart warming to see the Pakistani team all set and [...]

Looks like there is no end to the comic relief in the last couple of days, from the Pakistani political scene. If Altaf Bhai and his pact with Imran Khan was not enough, the Lota League of Q, have decided to boycott the NA sessions. Reason is their dismay over the release of Raymond Davis and the infamous drone strikes. One of their Senator, [...]

In Politics, as always there is no final word. Yesterday’s adversaries can potentially emerge as allies, when push comes to shove. It seems like due to the bickering and fighting with PML-N and the constant tug of war with MQM, Zardari Sahib has chosen to woo the Musharraf's sidekicks (who have also incidentally said goodbye to their former [...]

Related articles: Altaf Hussain’s revolution archive As expected the confrontational politics is back in vogue, in our mother land. The divorce of PPP and PML-N in Punjab is not a good sign. Each of them trading accusation and counter accusations at one another everyday like school children. Both of them are providing the hungry media more to [...]

The tell tale signs are not comforting. We are back again to the same old rhetorical and very historical political confrontation. The same old PPP and PML-N acting like two naïve school children and the war of words is heating up, day by day. Add some other actors to this mix and you have a full scale upheaval on the horizon. The usual [...]

Our "saviour and moderately enlightened leader", none other than former President and General Musharraf is facing a shoe in London. Some disgruntled person at the meeting of newly originated party, "All Pakistan Muslim League, dislodged the footwear. It never made it to the intended target and there was no harm no foul. Last checked, it was not [...]

At another of my hang out, I wrote about this developing though fairly critical situation in Egypt, a couple of days ago. Within a matter of a couple of days, the toll on human life has increased. Almost 100 people are no more, hundreds are wounded and the situation seems to be worsening day by day. When these lines are being written, a "million [...]

Our PM Sahib reiterated at the Cleric Conference that no changes would be brought to the infamous Blasphemy Law. In the same breath, like a true politician, he stated that "no one would be allowed to misuse it either." May be PM Sahib was under duress or really scared around so many clerics, that he totally missed the boat, on the issue. The [...]

MQM's senior leader, Dr. Farooq Sattar, in the wake of recent Karachi killings, made an appeal to the masses. He wants to evaluate current laws on the books and introduce some new ones, to essentially de-weaponise Pakistan. The statement makes a very good sound bite and great headlines, but in essence sounds quite hollow. The issue is not the [...]

We take positions based on our views and our perceptions of the world. Mostly our views are guided by our domestic and external education, religion and morals, personal experiences and above all our environment. We are a bitterly divided nation, like many other countries around the world. There is this constant tug of war that you witness [...]

From an unknown Elite Policeman to a Ghazi, Qadri Sahib has been declared the new super hero of our  nation by some misguided clergy. Any sane person can deduce that Qadri Sahib's action is considered a "Gunah e Kabeera" (great sin) in our faith. But all this commotion on the streets leaves you speechless. People are gathering at Qadri Sahib's [...]

The insane murder of late Salman Taseer was not enough of a shameful surprise this week. There was more in store for all of us. The blood of the slain leader had barely dried and there came an edict from 500 or so clerics advising people not to show remorse or sorrow for the departed soul. People were advised not to attend the funeral of Mr. [...]