HATING ZARDARI
Recently whenever people ask me what the funniest Asif Zardari joke I’ve heard, my response is always, “that he is the most successful President in the 63 year history of Pakistan.” I can picture readers cringing, noses wrinkling, and people asking to be passed the sick bag. What makes this nauseating sensation worse for most...
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MICROMANAGING PAKISTAN
Richard Holbrooke is back and this time it’s to look at the refugee crisis as a result of the Swat Operation, meet with the folks he needs to, and generally earn his keep. By the looks of it Mr. Holbrooke spends as much time in Pakistan as President Zardari, and definitely much more time than...
NO THANK YOU, WE’RE PAKISTANI
With Admiral Mullen and Richard Holbrooke meeting President Zardari as I write this article, initial reports quote the President telling the two Pakistan specialists from the Obama Administration, “Pakistan needs unconditional support”. As President Zardari knows very well there is no such thing as a blank check or a free lunch. The dynamic duo are...
Raptus Regaliter
Latin and Punjabi have a lot in common. For starters there are just some choice words in both languages, which simply cannot be found in other languages, nor do they translate well. Yet for someone who can’t speak a word of Latin, it sounds really brilliant and makes you sound quite academic. Raptus Regaliter means...
