THE FLYING CIRCUS
As a child I remember being taken to the Lucky Rani Circus, and I remember being entertained by their performers, the elephant, and the lions. As the years have gone by the famous Lucky Rani Circus is no longer what it used to be, and like everything else in Pakistan the old is being replaced...
SHOULD WE LAUGH OR SHOULD WE CRY
Over the weekend the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the usual circus went across to neighboring Afghanistan for a usual “building brotherly relations” visit. What was unusual was PM Aziz pledging USD 100 million to our brothers across the border for various “reconstruction” projects. I might add that this money is going from the National...
“SOFT” IMAGE SUICIDE
For the millions of rupees the Government of Pakistan spends on projecting a “softer” image for the country, the returns have been slim of late. And for all the various “advisors” and allegedly parha likha Ministers and such, as a Pakistani I am ashamed of the way my Government has handled Mukhtar Bibi’s case. The...
