Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Permanent Membership for Permanent Nuisance
New Delhi is currently on cloud 9 and there is a good reason for this aswell. Team Manmohan has got the backing of President Obama for its quest to join the permenant member squad in UN Security Council. Although the aspiration is not new but its timing as well as its future implications have raised…
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Rehmani Hajj Flight: Rehman Malik exploiting Holy Pilgrimage to benefit Friends and Family
Apparently, Senator Rehman Malik is a friend of friends, and love to make new friends. Every year he sends a special charter flight full of Hajjis, including family and friends. The good Senator believes in doing good deeds without publicity therefore the VIP Hajj package is totally hush-hush. However, news of his “Rehmani Hajj Flight”…
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Ajman Super Dad, Father of 88, marrying a 18 year old in India
Wow. Another starrer from shining India. On one hand the slum dogs of Mumbai become millionaire by selling their kids or renting their wombs for foreigners, rich men from abroad chose India to build their harem. According to a report in UAE newspaper, 64-year-old Daad Murad Abdul Rahman of Ajman, father of 88 children, will…
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Deepening Political Crises in Pakistan
Pakistan’s politics on national and international echelon is marked by nepotism, floor crossing, horse trading, leg pulling, character assassination, corruption, bad governance, military coup and what not. Strategically Pakistan holds a very important position in the region of Asia with oil rich Iran on south west, land locked Afghanistan on north west, emerging super power…
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Flood Tax on Private Schools of Karachi, Sindh
Under the rule of democratically elected PPP government, Pakistani society is evolving rapidly towards a point where soon Charles Darwin’s theory has to be rephrased as “Survival of the richest not the fittestâ€. Even Finance minister Mr. Abdul Hafeez Shiekh cannot manage the budget of a family within basic salary limit approved by government of…
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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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Muttahida Muslim League: The Need of Alliance of A United Muslim League
The original successor of Pakistan is Muslim league which is founded in 1906 then as the time passed this party splits into various Muslim Sub-Muslim Leagues like PMLN, PMLQ, PMLZ, PLMJ, PMLF, Awami Muslim League and some others in the result of some controversies, military dictatorships and some other “hidden†reasons. Today most of people…
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Pakistan: The Land of Unlimited corruption
The prime minister (Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani) said his government is not corrupt. And the very next day, Transparency International announced that Pakistan has jumped to place no. 34 from 42 in the list of corrupt nations. I wonder why it happens that whenever this government announces something, the opposite happens. Immediately after PEPCO announced…
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Zardari Out for Fishing!!!!!!
So finally PPP under President Zardari has taken the strategic decision feared by so many within their ranks. The recent meeting between Law Minister Babar Awan and PML-Q Chief Pervez Elahi and the followed session in front of media made it crystal clear that PPP under Zardari has rolled out its plan for the completion…
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Lauren Booth: Sister-in-law of Tony Blair converts to Islam
Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, has converted to Islam. She had decided to become a Muslim after her visit to the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom, Iran. She converted immediately on her return to Britain. On the Daily Mail, she is quoted saying, “I sat down and felt this shot of…
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