Tag: Lahore
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To the Guardians of our Security
This event is a remake of what my friend narrated to me today. The incident and the underlying message was so strong that I felt the need of highlighting it. My friend “x†was on his way from Rawalpindi to Lahore via train. I wish instead of what I write, I should have written the…
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Paint My Face Black “Raymondâ€â€¦ I am a Pakistani
Thank you Mr Raymond Davis … thanks a lot for reminding the blind folded, deaf and dumb 180 million herd of cattles called Pakistanis………that we are worms, the real pesticides of this globe, you can play with us, you can go on a rampage shooting people, your “friends†can play real version of “Need for…
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Ethnic Cards: The New Political Time Bomb
The political scenario of Pakistan has never been a segment, one can be proud of. From 63 years, a mixture of greed for power and wealth, self centric goals and motivations have rattled the very foundation of this nation. One shouldn’t solely put the blame on our political pundits and king makers. Over all, we…
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Raymond Davis: A secret Agent?
The shoot out incident which took place in busy streets of Lahore on Thursday 27 January has taken a lot of twists and turns. Raymond Alan Davis a US national killed two Pakistani citizens at crowded Mazang chowk in Lahore. Raymond Davis claims that the two men were robbers and he killed them in self…
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Raymond Davis and The Bandits of America
Last few weeks have proved to be quite dynamic in terms if international political spectrum. From Tunisia till Yemen masses have converged to the streets. The videos flashing around the media screen have reminded many of scenes usually witnessed after nations win glory in some sporting event. But this time it’s not the same. The…
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The curious case of Cartons: From New York to Pakistan President House
Media today is abuzz with news of mysterious cartons dispatched from New York to Lahore, whose consignee is the “most-important” personality in President House. Incidentally, the cartons traveled through PIA PK 722 which was also boarded by Defense minister Ahmed Mukhtar after attending the strategic dialog in USA. According to a news item in Daily…
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The Road Tragedy: A Commuter’s Dilemma of Traveling Between Rawalpindi and Islamabad
I felt like blowing myself up along with the check post in front of me. I tried hard to control this strong desire but found myself failing terribly. I thought of the ways I can accomplish the goal easily and quickly. Each moment was like eternity. I looked at time on my cell phone every…
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Triple Blasts in Lahore during procession
Pakistan has been hit by the Tsunami of crisis these days, a chain that seems to have no end unfortunately. Yesterday evening just after iftar three blasts ripped through the Yaum-e-Ali (RA) procession in Lahore, a city of eight million near Pakistan’s border with India. The procession was to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Hazarat…
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Massacre in Balochistan …
Media all over Pakistan is flashing with the news of floods, and keeping the magnitude of its destruction in mind one feels that even more resources should be employed to highlight this issue. Having said this, I must say that within this somewhere a news item got disappeared which shouldn’t have been the case. As…
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Government to award legal status to SMS and MMS in Pakistan
Current government of Pakistan is quite successful in addressing non issues rather than dealing with core issues like target killings in Karachi, suicide blasts in Lahore, fake degrees of parliamentarians, price hike, load shedding etc. To keep the gossip going around the corner and to provide some material for talk shows every now and than…