Category: Pakistan
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Random Numbness (November 2020)
I was waiting for so long. For a miracle to come. Hush. Now. I see a light in the sky. Oh it’s almost blinding me. I can’t believe I’ve been touched by an angel. With love. These are some lines from Celine Dion’s song. No jazbaat intended. Since yesterday – a new day – there…
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Trump & Dumbs
Some dumbs were supporting Trump with the stance that no new war was initiated in the last 4 years. Those are the same dumbs who never have questioned the same at home. Like who were the Presidents here in 1965, 1971, 1980s, and during War on Terror?
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Zood-e-Pashemaan
Haye! Us zood-e-pashemaan ka pashemaan hona! Such a sad day for all those who were thinking that IG story was a bluff. Or a fake story. Or a comedy. Well, it was comedy of errors. The puppet laughed and had no clue what to call it. All the warriors were busy burying the story as…
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Tom & Jerry
Nawaz Sharif took 2 names. In return, Imran Khan took 3. Wasn’t that the whole point? Thanks! It’s nothing more than Tom & Jerry fighting to rule the same house. Remember Tom & Jerry? We never saw the lady who actually owned the house. We only saw her boots. What coincidence. Looney Tunes… continues.
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Random Numbness II (October 2020)
What would have been a whistleblowing scandal in the West, is a usual news in Pakistan. There never has been a Watergate kinda scandal here. Bashir Memon’s (former DG FIA) episode could have been a swift blow to the government in a conscience country. At least it would have caused serious investigation. But here, it…
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Random Numbness (October 2020)
11 Pakistani Hindus died in India. They were Hindus after all. No hue and cry. That’s why. Imagine if they would have been Muslims… Sunni Muslims… Punjabi Sunni Muslims? This would have caused an uproar. But just uproar. We get emotional after a couple of days for a couple of days. Like we got emotional…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…