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A soap opera on repeat
While the old General seems to have made his way back in to the headlines, it often occurs to me how the Pakistani political set-up (read: circus) is run a lot like a badly-made soap-opera that’s been...
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Smokers Cornered
One of Pakistan's most famous columnists, NFP, recently wondered aloud on these pages, 'how its no surprise Pakistan's current generation is so "conservative and intransigent."' NFP, if I am correct,...
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Dr. Q T Khan’s concise history of Pakistan – I
8th-19th century Pakistan came into being on the 14th of August 712 AD. Gallant Arab leader, conqueror, poet, and expert javelin thrower, Muhammad Bin Qasim, is believed to have founded the country....
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The President is a cat killer …
How dare he? This, this, this monster called Asif Ali Zardari. How dare he shave when millions of Pakistani men are struggling to afford decent razors, blades, shaving foam and aftershave? If he is not...
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Demise of a nation
I was recently exposed to the wonders of the legend known as Saadat Hassan Manto. Everything about him, from his acerbic wit and remarkable ability to detach himself from emotion while commenting on...
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Ten predictions for 2011
1. Pervez Musharraf’s decision to enter politics will be vindicated when he is elected to parliament. From the safe seat of Birmingham to the House of Commons. 2. The year’s worst natural disaster...
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You say you want a revolution?
There are few things as drearily predictable as Pakistani hacks watching revolutions in progress in other countries and wistfully wishing we could have one ourselves. The overthrow of the Tunisian...
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As seen on TV
In a terrific set of documentaries called “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and “South of the Border,” directors Kim Bartley and Oliver Stone convincingly push forward the idea that the...
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A history of anti-Americanism in Pakistan
In 2009 the monthly Herald published the results of an elaborate survey that it undertook to determine the extent of anti-Americanism in Pakistan. The findings suggest nothing that we do not already...
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Aphasia-istan
When Shahbaz Bhatti was murdered, it brought lot of us back to the despairing reality which seems to be life in Pakistan. On countless Facebook statuses, Tweets and blogposts, Pakistanis mused about...
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