Yasir Hussain
A curious case of Raymond Davis – 2
So much is coming out, on what he was doing in Pakistan, after NYT’s statement that the so-called US diplomat is indeed a CIA contracted spy in Pakistan. One media report links it to drone attacks and other with supplying Al-Qaeda with nuclear fissiles. Now the Punjab government has finally seeks him to be investigated [...]
Paleejo’s ‘prehistoric’ aeroplane
If Sindh’s culture minister Sassi Paleejo is to be believed, an aeroplane dating two centuries back has been discovered at Jharak (Thatta) in Sindh. Apparently, this aeroplane or ‘jahaz’ to be exact is actually a British ship that sunk in Indus about 150 years back. So much for the competency of Sindh government and its [...]
A curious case of Raymond Davis
David Lindorff tries to debunk mystery behind Raymond Davis’s identity who shot and killed two Pakistan youngsters in Lahore. Here is a look at the possessions of the person US is so keen to get released under diplomatic immunity. But ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Ministry’s stance has over the issue has made things difficult [...]
Of boots, horses and lands
If ever there was a doubt about President Asif Ali Zardari’s love for horses over his people, he established another stable in President house with horses supplied by Pak Army – raised on taxpayers’ money. This time, though, Army gave a hush call to political parties and popular media to neglect the incident. And like [...]
[Satire] ‘Tumhara dil nahi chahiye yar!’
I just saw this small interview of Imran Khan where he talks about recent incident in Lahore where a US diplomat(?) shot two people dead. Khan’s statement that ‘US has lost battle for our hearts’ reminds me of this funny scene from an Indian movie; a sultry heroin warns the villain who is about to [...]
Creation of new provinces in Pakistan
While surfing through facebook, I found this interesting write-up by Ayub Khattak where he proposes to divide Pakistan into 18 administrative units or provinces. I am not aware of any other concrete proposal but this one looks an interesting starting point.
Why North Waziristan is a bad idea for Pakistan
Ejaz Haider in his Friday Times article explain the Pakistani perspective ‘Why North Waziristan is a bad idea‘.
A curious case of Pakistani agencies
During the ongoing missing persons case in Pakistan’s Supreme Court, the agencies have admitted that they abducted 11 missing persons from Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. These are the same agencies that denied having any information, on disappearance of these 11 jailed persons, for 7 months. And there are hundreds of others who face the same fate. [...]
Pot, Kettle, Black.
US urges Pakistan to investigate extra-judicial killings of terror suspects in Swat valley; the video surfaced on internet a few weeks back. A classic example of pot calling the kettle black.
[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..
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