The sidelined rebels on June 12, 2013Never a dull moment in the Promised Land. The Prime Minister took his oath and among many people who went to congratulate him was one dubbed as the ‘Rebel’. For old time’s sake, the rebel said a few words of respect towards his former leader and the madness ensued as usual. May God bless Habib […]
The lucky third timer on June 5, 2013The third time may work out as a charm for him. The new Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, would definitely make history in the Promised Land. It is unprecedented and huge to see a prime minister make a comeback after almost 14 years. Many gifted writers and analysts have chalked out plans, strategies and predictions […]
The egotistical saviourss on May 29, 2013May God Almighty be with the people of our ‘Land of the Pure’, as the poor folks are in for a big surprise. True to its core, diehard fans of the melodramatic Bollywood pot boilers and musicals are getting their own demi gods in a new and improved fashion. The season of electioneering has been […]
The urban jungle on May 22, 2013 I have very clear memories of 1990, though it has been almost quarter of a century. The city once known as ‘City of Lights”’ was mostly in darkness as violence was at its peak. I was on a visit back home, and in a constant state of shock, because of the wave of terror that […]
The dwarfed tsunami on May 15, 2013The so-called uneducated, illiterate, backward and not so affluent people of Pakistan chose their destiny on May 11, 2013. Like it or not, barring a few irregularities (which are expected for the most part in such a contest), the ‘Lion’ swallowed the ‘Bat’ and the ‘Arrow’. The newly indoctrinated youthful crowd received their wretched and […]
Elections and ill actions on May 8, 2013Here we go again; promises, promises and more promises. All the stakeholders are out there, selling dreams that of course are a hard sell, but nevertheless being sold. The ‘lion’ without a tail is roaring about all the good times he had delivered in his previous two stints. The top on the list is of […]
The edifice of a so-called state on May 1, 2013En vogue are Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the ‘Poet of the East’ again. After all, it is the election season. Though it is still really unclear what Jinnah wanted or what he had envisioned, but it sure is a good boost to act patriotic and high with his portrait in the backdrop. With utmost respect […]
The egotistical saviours on March 29, 2013May God Almighty be with the people of our ‘Land of the Pure’, as the poor folks are in for a big surprise. True to its core, diehard fans of the melodramatic Bollywood pot boilers and musicals are getting their own demi gods in a new and improved fashion. The season of electioneering has been […]
A death trap in Rawalpindi on December 28, 2011My birthplace, Rawalpindi, has a strange notoriety: it has been extremely unlucky for the prime ministers of Pakistan. Liaquat Ali Khan became a victim of Syed Akbar’s bullet back in 1951, in what was then known as Company Bagh. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was murdered in 1979, at Rawalpindi Central Jail. I use the term ‘murdered’, […]
Fall of Dhaka and a fall guy on December 20, 2011If hypocrisy was a sport, undoubtedly we Pakistanis would be the world champions. True to the core, till this day we are unmoved by the atrocities we unleashed on our eastern wing and dub it all as a conspiracy. Heck, we do not even want to accept our own mistakes and apologise to the millions […]