Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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…
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The Terror Wave of Karachi!!
Like many other issues, it seems that peace in Karachi has become a dream for the current regime. Meetings, pledges and ultimatums have all gone in vain as the death toll keep on rising every day and night. This is nothing new, and nearly every quarter has shown its distress on this issue, but in…
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Kill all women!
Three recent incidents prove that as far as women are concerned, we’re still living in the Stone Age. The first, about a woman being gang-raped, should not shock us anymore. This is the kind of incident that happens regularly, so much so that it would be shocking if it didn’t occur on any given day.…
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Pak-Afghan Trade Agreement: a Diplomatic Nightmare
Living in a capitalist world with an emphasis on trade without barriers, the recently signed trade agreement between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan shouldn’t have raised any eye brows, but thanks to our diplomatic machinery it has ended once again with the masses pointing fingers toward the intentions of those holding “power corridorsâ€. The timing was…
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State Terrorism!
Till now I have limited this terminology to the actions different states execute against their adversaries, who are either across the border or some rebel group operating inside the borders. Keeping this in mind, the Israeli siege of Gaza for the last 3 years and the creation of biggest “human cage†is the best example…
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Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks.
The recently published National Corruption Perception Survey 2010 by the Transparency International- Pakistan graced the headlines and remained talk of the town for a few days but then went on the backburner as a usual practice of what happens in our country. However In a developed country such high perceived numbers of corruption would have…
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Pakistan Khappay!
On July 26, 1955 a baby boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The boy had a privileged childhood. At that time no one knew that this kid would some day become the president of Pakistan and would chant the slogan of Pakistan Khappay! Yes! The boy was none other than Asif…
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Why is Pakistan in the Top 10 FSI list again?
Once again, for the fourth time in the last five years, Pakistan has figured in the list of the TOP 10 FAILED STATES amongst 177 countries in the world. The rankings achieved by Pakistan over the past half a decade in the Failed States Index (FSI) are as follows: 2006 – Rank 9 2007 –…
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Afro-Asian Nations defeat Howard by 6 wickets
I read about it yesterday and smiled, but the headlines in today’s ‘The AGE’ (one of Australia’s most popular newspaper) made me beam from ear to ear. Cricket World HUMILIATES former PM Yup, the emphasis on ‘Humiliates’ is intentional. Because that is exactly what it was, UTTER HUMILIATION. And rightly so. And it also was…
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Habit of Blaming Leaders
Murder, rape, robbery, theft, fraud, dowry, honor killings, alcohol consumption, prostitution, destruction, molestation, abduction, fornication, oppression, exploitation, corruption, you name it. Major problems and not one has to do with leaders. Of course, the list includes poverty too, which is also blamed on leaders. Poor people have a lot of children and due to poverty,…
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