Archive for September, 2008
I decided to give my TOEFL last Sunday, 28th Sept. I registered six days before the test, paid $25 late fees with the actual $150. Printed my admin card and saw that I needed a valid passport to give the test. This passport clause is for Pakistan, India and Bangladesh only. (See what a good [...]
25
Sep
Selling Ramazan
Whenever the month of Ramazan comes, Muslims become hyper-sensitive with respect to their religion. It’s as if all their sins would be washed away in a single month. Don’t get me wrong, Ramazan has it’s ‘more than fair’ share of virtues but the hypocritical nature of Muslims disgusts me! A whole year passes by, with [...]
During Decoration
After Decoration
During Procession
One day a man was traveling on his camel with his possessions and his slave. He stopped at a mosque and went inside to pray, leaving the slave to take care of the goods.
When he was gone, the slave climbed on the camel’s back. When the master returned, the slave declared himself as the master [...]
20
Sep
یہ تیغ چلی کس کے سر پر
یہ تیغ چلی کس کے سر پر
زخمی ہوئے سجدے میں حیدر
کیوں ہلنے لگا ہے عرشِ بریں
حسنین کے سر سے سایا اٹھا
مغموم ہوئی کعبے کی فضا
مرقد میں نبی کو چین نہیں
تر خون میں ہوئی حیدر کی جبیں
یوں روتے ہیں جبرئیلِ امین
یا علی ، یا علی ، یا علی
At ten in the morning, I woke up to see my mother on the phone. She looked at me and said, “Your sister has secured the first position in her ACCA Financial Accounting paper in all of Pakistan.”
I thought: “Again?“
Mom: “I want you to get 90% marks on your TOEFL, do you understand?”
Me: “Huh???”
اوپر والا [...]
President (*sniff*) Zardari’s guestbook entry at the Mausoleum of our Founder.
Notices put up by the administration of my former office building:
Prime Minister Gilani spent U.S. $ 1 million to meet Mr. Bush but had no stomach to protest a foreign attack inside his country that killed innocent civilians. The priorities remain limited to a party leader who was killed more than nine months ago. The Prime Minister’s microscopic vision only allows him to see [...]













