I hate it when: People drive slow in the fast lane and hinder my speed… Don’t get the heck out of my way when I honk at them… Park in the middle of the road… Don’t have the decency to move their car to the side when it breaks down… Mend punctures in the middle of the road… Have their fog [...]

Written on the metal bumper of a Suzuki carrier I saw at Lasbela, Karachi: فاصلہ رکھیں ۔۔۔ ورنہ پیار ہو جائیگا What the heck???

On the 6th of July, 2000, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s son was arrested for drinking when he was found drunk and incapable near Leicester Square, London. When asked about it, Tony Blair remarked: “Being a prime minister can be a tough job and being a parent is probably tougher!” It is apparent from the above statement that [...]

One of my friends got married yesterday. His wedding was held at the Kashmir Lawns, P.E.C.H.S. Society, Karachi. There were three lawns, A,B and C. His wedding was in A and B combined, while lawn C was occupied by another wedding ceremony. We could hear music playing in Lawn C but the volume was low and [...]

Readers of this blog will vouch for the fact that I tend to stay away from religious debate, as we seem to have different interpretations and after all, everyone is entitled to their opinions and beliefs. But this time, Dr. Israr has really crossed the line for me. His comments, aired on June 12th on [...]

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What is unfolding now both in Pakistan’s domestic politics and on our border with Afghanistan is ‘creative chaos’. If you have superiority in intelligence gathering and multiple means of buying out loyalties, like the U.S. does, then the fog of chaos is a good way of confusing the enemy and achieving the objective. Pakistan right [...]

By Sana Saleem No matter how strongly one believes in something, it is not morally correct to impose it on someone . As we have moved along 60 years in history, we have attained and set milestones for each one of us. Time changes everything and it has changed a lot between us too. The weightage [...]

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