THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IMPORTANT
It may not be a purely Pakistani obsession, but we are terribly good at at the whole VIP thing. Pakistani citizens face the wrath of VIP movements almost as often as bowel movements in their daily lives depending on how much roughage they consume, and the latter being far less productive than the former. Yet...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IMPORTANT
It may not be a purely Pakistani obsession, but we are terribly good at at the whole VIP thing. Pakistani citizens face the wrath of VIP movements almost as often as bowel movements in their daily lives depending on how much roughage they consume, and the latter being far less productive than the former. Yet...
RE-ENTRY BLUES
Finally I’ve figured out why our elected representatives love being away on free foreign junkets rather than stay in the Motherland serving their constituencies. Unfortunately, I didn’t have access to the public exchequer to pay for the one month vacation but getting away from it all for a month reset mind and the soul. Getting...
THREE INCHES OF INCOMPETENCE
The last rains Karachi received on Thursday afternoon measured a total of 91 mm at the highest point which roughly translates into 3.5 inches. This is roughly one fourth of a foot, and I think everyone will agree that this is not a whole lot of rain. Alas these 3.5 inches was the straw which...
RUN GOAT RUN
As readers are going through this piece on Wednesday morning, the doorbell will be ringing almost continuously with neighbors and family sending blood-dripping trays of freshly dead choice meats. I hope readers take a moment from the meat orgy to actually ponder the whole concept of sacrifice in Islam and the principle behind sacrificing animals...
THE TWO NATION THEORY
Even though Pakistan has been independent for half a century, the two nation theory on which is was founded on still persists. Like Pakistan itself, the two nation theory that I’m talking about has nothing to do with the original vision of the statesmen and visionaries who executed the daunting task of an independent nation...
