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Category Archives: Pakistan

Tolerate This

Our enemies have a scheme for a new order in our region, which is maintained by a secret police, and we on our side talk about rebuilding our Pakistan. The architects can sharpen their pencils, contractors can get their estimates ready and statesmen can mark out their spheres of influence; which is all very well. [...]

If we all celebrate Basant…

What will happen if a large part of Lahore starts celebrating Basant simultaneously? How many of us will the police be able to arrest? With the already over-flowing jails and lock-ups, I reckon, not many. It is a small price to pay for an event that we miss so much. There is also a more [...]

Geo Super – Pakistan’s only sports channel?

But Geo is no more a Pakistani channel. It is well clear from the pro-India programs and the way they’re ‘leading’ the media towards. Because they have the money.

Infidel

Thanks to Mind Your Language and Jeff Dunham’s Achmed the Dead Terrorist, calling a non-Muslim an infidel is now only a joke. I’m only guessing that it used to be a serious comment when we, Muslims, were first introduced to the word ‘infidel’. I’m guessing because I haven’t been around forever. Who really is the [...]

The case of Muhammad Aamer

Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer were the three names that no matter how badly Pakistan performed still gave us some hope. Butt – the stylish left-handed batsmen. We were constantly reminded of the legendary left-handed openers we’ve had in that past. All of us secretly, if not openly, hoped that Butt will go [...]

If India Nukes Pakistan…

Special Short: Sitting at home with a friend, Omer Bashir Chaudary, talking about totally random stuff and in reply to something I said, he uttered (translated in English): “Even if India nukes us and I’m dying, I would say ‘لن پہ چڑھو، تم نے پھر بھی سبزیاں ہی کھانی ہیں ‘.” (Translation: Up yours, you’re [...]