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Yasir Hussain

Yasir lives in Lahore where he runs his handmade rugs export business and drinks kehwa in free time. Before coming to Lahore, he’s been busy teaching himself some manners and survival training to come to terms with the rest of the humanity.
Yasir Hussain has written 19 posts for Rug Pundits

[Satire] Geo-Politicaly Theatre

Kalakawa (Black Crow in Urdu) blog has an interesting view of the countries and celebrities. Who who’d have thought that Paris Hilton is actually an acronym for Afghanistan..

Fowl play: alleged spy pigeon held in India

An alleged spy pigeon has been held in Indian Punjab. Excuse me, what?

Declan Walsh on Afghanistan war logs leak

Declan Walsh on Afghanistan war logs leak and the credibility of its accusations on the role of ISI.

Politically correct statements

Here this BBC news headline reads: Pakistan drone attack ‘kills 16 militants’
A US drone attack on Pakistani soil which kills 16 ‘civilians’ is labelled as Pakistan drone attack. (Mind you that only 2 militants were killed on 24th July, 2010 twin drone attacks with 24 civilian deaths) It doesn’t look like a US drone attack [...]

Why West fears theft of Pakistan’s nuclear assets

Why West fears theft of Pakistan’s nuclear assets..

Does India deserve MF Husain?

Does India deserve MF Husain? Soutik Biswas questions here.

The capture of Jundullah leader Abdolmalek Rigi

Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Jundallah militant group, was nabbed in Iran on 23rd Feb in a dramatic fashion. His post-arrest statement and a photo allegedly showing him at a US base in Afghanistan just 24 hours before his arrest has sparked an interest debate on US role with Jundallah under Obama’s administration.

Although Pentagon spokesman [...]

Pakistan’s role in current scenario

Mushahid Hussaind Syed and Gen. (r) Hameed Gul (former DG ISI) analyse Pakistan’s role in current changing scenario in the wake of US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Watch here [Urdu].

Imam Hatip school’s model of Islamic education

Imam Hatip is a secondary level school in Turkey which teaches Arabic and Quran, and a wide array of literature including Stefanie Meyer’s Eclipse! A far cry from a stereotype madrassah model, it opens a door of opportunity for moderate model of education. DAWN shows small gallery from the school here and school’s website can [...]

[Satire] Change history, we don’t ride camels!

“People in the West think we live on some barren land and ride camels. We never traveled on camels. We had horses. Our history is not properly represented.”
A young lady designer, apparently Feeha Noor Jamshed, has announced that we never traveled on camels.  This we included all her designer friends, and staff of family-owned brand [...]