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[Satire] Geo-Politicaly Theatre

Yasir Hussain — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:07:28 +0000

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

Yasir Hussain — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:07:13 +0000

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

Declan Walsh on Afghanistan war logs leak

Yasir Hussain — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:51:18 +0000

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

Politically correct statements

Yasir Hussain — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:53 +0000

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 to a naive eye (say, someone who’s sitting in Latin America, not sure what’s happening in this part of the world) but instead a Pakistan drone attack. Fabulous and ridiculous at the same time, depending on which side of the fence you’re sitting!

Why West fears theft of Pakistan’s nuclear assets

Yasir Hussain — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:49:13 +0000

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

Does India deserve MF Husain?

Yasir Hussain — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:16:41 +0000

Does India deserve MF Husain? Soutik Biswas questions here.

The capture of Jundullah leader Abdolmalek Rigi

Yasir Hussain — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:41:09 +0000

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 Geoff Morrell rejected that the US has been supporting the terrorist group, Abdolmalek Rigi did appear on Voice of America’s Persian service in 2007. Some analysts, including Seymour Hersh, attribute the capture of Rigi to Pakistan that it is a counter to US/NATO’s push in Helmand and Marjah region to drive out militants into Pakistani Baluchistan and then eventually gaining control of Gawadar port from Chinese in the guise of taking out these militants (from Russia Today, see below).

Pakistan’s role in current scenario

Yasir Hussain — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:54:16 +0000

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

Yasir Hussain — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:29:04 +0000

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 be accessed here (English translation). Reuters also did a piece recently.

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

Yasir Hussain — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:46:38 +0000

“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 TeeJays, perhaps. Staff, I’m no so sure of, sorry. But if this we means Pakistanis then sorry to disappoint you lady, we’ve been riding camels since millennia and are not going to give away the experience of riding this wonderful animal. Not until, they start designing clothes!