Category: Pakistan
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In-law-Faiz vs. Above-law-Faiz
Geo won and Ary didn’t lose. Right? With over 1.8 million pending cases and the likes of Rao Anwar and Ehsan Ullah Ehsan free, SC did win yesterday. It did. It won against Musharraf too, but then it got scared of boys. All the way, it was between the two Faizes. In-law-Faiz took notice of…
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Punjab’s Budget 2020
Budget is a little technical thing. Media usually is unable to understand it, and hence misguides the public. Even the bureaucrats, who give nods to the financial decisions, don’t get it. They have to be taught every time. Every single time. And as soon as they get any ‘out-of-the-box’ question, the subordinates are fucked.…
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Budget 2020
Dear herd! Budget 2020 is simply like this:Education: Rs.4 billionsHealth: Rs.20 billionsDefence: Rs.1402 billions I know. Education and Health are mainly under provinces (18th Amendment) and will get allocations through provincial budgets as well. But dear Vawda-kinda! This Rs.1402 billion doesn’t include military pensions (Rs.369 billion which is 79% of federal government’s total pension bill).…
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Random Numbness (June 2020)
Mere Pakistanio! We don’t have a simple plan. We have business plan. Plans. Locust is business too. Boys are on it and I trust them. At least with revenues. I came to know that Ehsan Ullah is not in Turkey but in Islamabad. You don’t need to worry. He’s in safe hands. Like Rao…
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George Floyd
Malcolm X is as relevant today as he was back in the 60s. His brutally honest words took him to his grave. He knew he would be assassinated. There were attempts and phone taps and followings. But he didn’t bow down. Not to the FBI. Not to the US Government. Not to Elijah Mohammad. Not…
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Letter
Dear Taya Abu, Glad to know you are doing so well in Ladakh. We are going mad with happiness. We are already trolling Phupho on Twitter. Proud of you. But Taya Abu! While you are doing so good, do come forward for our little cousins in Srinagar. This is a request. End their misery once…
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8303
Behind every flight is a story. Some are going for a family gathering. Some to attend a marriage. Some to grieve. Some are with money and gifts. Some empty handed. There are incomplete goodbyes on departure and awaited welcomes on arrivals. Goodbyes are always incomplete. There is always that last handshake, hug or kiss which…
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Colonel Virus
Corona virus is new. Colonel virus is not. Just imagine, if she did this with policemen, what would she do to civilians.Then Imagine wives of higher hierarchy.And then Imagine the higher hierarchy itself. Try to get an idea of what the people of tribal areas and Balochistan must be going through. Remember PTM? Their demands?…
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Random Numbness (May 2020)
As the number of confirmed cases are growing exponentially on a daily basis, we are here with eased-locked. Or smart lockdown. Or whatever. The official binary debate was: save jobs vs. save lives. And it’s ‘save jobs’. [Why do I feel like writing ‘Steve Jobs’ instead of ‘save jobs’?]. Well, with 5 million kids coming…
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You need to be Dumb to be that Numb
Asim replaces Firdaus. So? Nothing. You need to be dumb to be that numb. Once upon a time, Vawda brought a boot on a live TV show. To make a point. He did. Boot was the point. But you didn’t get it. Anyway, Shit happens. Security lapses. Bombs blasts. People die. Collateral damage. For the…