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Mint Margarita
One of the biggest modern day robberies in restaurants is of Mint Margarita. They charge as if they are offering Margaret with the Mint. Prices are like Rs.300 or Rs.400 per glass. Some places offer the same for over Rs.500. All it has is iced water, mint, 7-Up and lemon. Some may add salt. That’s…
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The Need of Validation
Most of the times, you know you are wrong. Guilty. But still, you want a person to tell you that you are right, and that person is all right with you. Friends usually cover this aspect of life for you. You tell them your state – with or without missing pieces of information that makes…
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Sidrah-tul-Muntaha
Through ups and downs Further down to pits From highs and lows Lower to the lowest From the misery of existence From the fear of oblivion From the old-world order to the new From sultanates to McDonaldization The questions are same The issues are same The pains are same The love is same The departure…
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Lists
In the last scene of ‘The Trial of Chicago 7’, Hayden takes out a document in the court and begins reading the names of the 4, 752 U.S. troops killed in the Vietnam War since the beginning of that trial, in front of the Judge. That was outrageous because the Judge asked him to be…
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Off Spin
Every summer, I imagined tilting the earth. Like spinning the earth a little – like you off spin in cricket – shifting the southern countries more towards the equator. Resulting in north and south poles – both – moving closer towards the line of equator. A little more into this and there will be heavenly…
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Windmill of Martyrs
If you take over the entire industry of martyrdom; no one can beat you. Just have a monopoly in this specific industry and you will become indispensable. Those you declare martyrs, are martyrs. Those you failed defending, are martyrs. Those dead in collateral damage, are martyrs.School kids, martyrs. Customers, martyrs. Teachers, martyrs. Blunders, martyrs. Business,…
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Evidences Required in Pakistan
Rape: Four witnesses. Or a video in good print. DNA test is a big no. Forced Conversion: A video message at gun point will dismiss the case instantly. Murder: First of all, a dead body. Then it depends on the murderer. 444 can’t convict. 1 can. Treason: A tweet would be enough. Blasphemy: A blame…
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The Mazaris
Who needs son(s) when they have a daughter like Imaan Mazari? But then, there are some who have neither. When the kids were fleeing the country, she returned from abroad to step into the wild arena. After all, gladiators live, fight, and even perish in the arena. How many differences does she has with her…
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Army Act… Again.
Made during the British Raj. Adopted with some amendments in 1950. Amended over the years and decades. Bestowed with significant powers under 21st Amendment of the Constitution – after the APS incident – and then extended for once. And now, just when the country was morally and financially down to its historic rock bottom, the…
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Road to Resurrection
After this much disgrace and insult, if I would have been the PM – in place of the incumbent Joker – I would have done the following right away, without thinking about my future, which is already dark: 1. The chief boy to be sacked and sent home immediately. 2. Initiation of court martials against…