Saki Nama

Author: Saki Nama

  • Random Numbness (September 2020)

    Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A kid is raped. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A woman is raped. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A journalist is missing. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A kid is murdered. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Kafir. Kafir. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Hit-and-run killer in an open-and-shut case is acquitted. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Terrorist…

  • Consent

    Consent. The big argument. Yet, we are thrown in this world without consent. To suffer without consent. Emotionally. Physically. Psychologically. Financially. Socially. Suffer. Till last breath. Without consent. And then there are threats after death. Threats of eternal suffering. But where is the consent? Would you have consented to born in this world, if asked?…

  • Motorway, CCPO & the Hierarchy of Bastards

    After thousands of years of evolution, came his gene. He was finally born. Then after usual upbringing and education, he made a decision. He rote-learned. Essays, general knowledge, Islamiat, science, poetry and poetic history. Then he appeared in the competitive examination. Then he proved to be the ‘top cream’. The gem. Selected in the Police…

  • Hierarchy of Bastards

    When Gora Sahibs were settling in India, they needed the Indian blood to assist. For this purpose, a specific mindset was nurtured. A colonial mindset. Jobs were given. Lands were allotted. Bureaucracy was strengthened.   And within some time, a generation was raised. A generation of bastards. Who rose as nawabs and landlords and pretty…

  • Bajwa Leaks

    “Ask Agriculture Department”. That’s where it ended when Shahzad Akbar had nothing else to say. Well, that was precise and accurate. Like Faisal Vawda with a boot on the table. Demonstrating political history – and present – of Pakistan. How did Sharif go abroad? Why is that even a question? Yes, PTI’s government in Punjab…

  • Rashid Minhas & Matiur Rehman

    This patriotism and nationalism is a business of the elite. It is embedded in you with curriculum, songs, movies and slogans. So that you can die and your family be proud of it. Take this example: Rashid Minhas took the plane down and crashed it because an agent was trying to take it to other…

  • Hayat Baloch

    Anger isn’t blind. It’s pretty intelligent. It seldom goes out on the powerful and rarely unleashes itself on the higher ups. Face-spitting and insults always travel from top to bottom. Hierarchical. Same is the case in informal social life. You will divert your gaze from an angry stare from someone you think can hurt you.…

  • Our Saudi. Not Our Saudi.

    EPISODE 1 MBS arrives. PM drives. Nation derives. Petrol on credit. MoUs and MoUs. Brotherhood. Unity. Herd: Charismatic. History is made. EPISODE 2 PM pulls out from Malaysia’s visit. Pakistan sidelines Turkey, Iran and Malaysia. Herd: Strategic foresight. Bold. History is made. EPISODE 3 Dirilis Ertugrul. Must watch. Haga Sophia. Must follow. Praises. Herd: Tectonic…

  • Single National Curriculum

    Whenever someone has talked rationally against theological or social or cultural beliefs, s/he has been mocked. Be it… anyone. Such is the fate of Dr. Hoodbhoy at the moment. For exposing the Single National Curriculum (SNC). And using a word: “fasaad”. First, the word ‘fasaad’. Well, it was not directed at a single person. It…

  • From Curiosity to Curse

    Kids are not safe. Kittens are not safe. Kittens from kids are not safe. Books are not safe. And this is all connected. Since Zia, chapters on ‘reproduction’ in biology books became a national threat to the moral upbringing of the kids. The moral brigade never allowed education about sex and reproduction. So here we…