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Letter for M.
I have been writing a letter for the last few days, so was away. A letter for M. After failing – inside and outside the court – I tried again to make a way for M but obviously, there are hurdles. There are villains. It’s a family. Pretending to be Corleons but not. One is…
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Won’t Let That Pass
Still. Victim blaming. Not someone ordinary, but the Prime Minister of Pakistan. You know how much we have progressed in the last two decades? Let me elaborate. 4 regimes back, the President (direct military dictator) said that women get raped in Pakistan to settle abroad. He’s settled abroad though. No pun. 4 regimes later, the…
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Abuse in Sacred Halls
Didn’t write on molvi riding a molvi. Behave, he’s a Mufti. He can oust you with a fatwa. It’s a sensitive topic. It isn’t a Christian couple you can kill at will for blasphemy. It’s Maulana and his usual business of arse. They tell you about graves and jinns and hell and volcanoes and snakes…
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Budget 2021-22 – Behind the Scenes
Do you know what is happening with the upcoming budget (particularly the development – taraqqiati – budget)? Do you know what the plan is and how all the MNAs and MPAs (particularly in Punjab and KPK) are being cooled down with the new methodology adopted under “District Development Packages”? Have you noticed that all the…
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Hello from His Highness
There are always disagreements on religion, politics, culture and every other thing. That’s fine. Agree to disagree. But there are things which are oddly amusing. Some of the comments on the posts are, “are you seeing the hidden agenda?” Another one is, “do you know who is behind this page?” Some comment with the knowledge…
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Palestine 2021 – A Perspective from Pakistan
PREAMBLE An agricultural country which has recently accepted Zakat and Fitrana of rice from the Arabian Desert; is asking the Ummah to stand up and fight for the Palestinians. Well, standing up is right. One should always condemn the wrongdoings – at least verbally – if nothing else can be done. Every one of us…
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Crocodile Tears
Crocodile tears. That’s what you all are shedding for Palestinians. You hypocrites. Your Prime Minister goes – every now and then – to embrace the butchers of Yemen in Saudia. With military support. For blood to spill. Around 40 people – mostly young girls – died in a bomb blast in Kabul. You have our…
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Assistant Commissioner, Sialkot & Our Bureaucracy
Neither civil. Nor service. Nehru said that. Churchill also said something to that effect. Firdaus only went a few steps ahead; from literature into theatrics. Establishment is a curse. And we have two establishments: civil and military – who poke their nose into everything they shouldn’t. This is going to be a long one. However,…
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10 Years of Bin Laden
Yesterday was International Labor Day. Today is National Embarrassment Day. Yes. Bin Laden happened today in 2011. Whether we knew about Bin Laden or we didn’t; is equally embarrassing. If we knew about the American operation or we didn’t; it’s the same embarrassing tale to tell. Can US Navy Seals through two Black Hawks come…
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Random Numbness (May 2021)
RANDOM NUMBNESS – May 2021 Happy late Labor Day! Nothing to be happy about being labor or the day. It is what it is. A holiday for the bourgeoisie. Maulana Tariq Jameel has joined the business and is celebrating labor day too. Now he will be selling what he never brought. It happens in business…