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The Third Wave & The Third World
The prime minister – who didn’t follow SOPs during his corona days – is lamenting the nation for not following SOPs. A same counterpart is in the neighborhood. Both the neighbors are prime examples of not only illiteracy and poor health, but also extremism, intolerance, religious violence, mob justice, bigotry and blasphemy. But both have…
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Right
In battle of left and right, you need to stand ‘right’. Corrected, I mean. It’s not a battle of left and right, but some words should be written rightly. The state has a higher responsibility than any mob. It has the responsibility of law and order. And the state is to blame when blood is…
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Pimp Service of Pakistan (PSP)
Imagine the hostility of circumstances that people are saluting the police. Sigh! The police which has been providing pimp services with violence and fear. Sahiwal massacre was a police job. Rao Anwar is a police product. Rape cases of kids in Kasur were protected by police. Kids in madrassahs got raped and remained unnoticed…
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Opium
Have you ever wondered why people have to come out and save the religion every once in a while? Why is the religion in danger? Like the state? Security state, actually. Why do the saviors and defenders of this religion promote it in two ways? One day, they tell us that this religion will remain…
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Walli – In the Name of M. (Part-II)
It is about the pain which gave his words meaning. It is about Walli who writes in red ink. He writes and bleeds. He humanizes his pain, to decorate your bookshelves, which you put in the history section. It is about the pain which kills your organs gradually inside you, like cancer, but cancer is…
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Walli – An Old Conversation
“I will kill you,” said the voice on the phone. “I will kill your whole family. I don’t care about a single fucking thing. I will fucking kill you all.” “Okay. But talk to me with respect,” Walli replied calmly. “You don’t know me. I have abused lots of people in my time. I was…
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Random Numbness (April 2021)
Welcome. It’s been a while since numbness; so this will be a long one. Fasten your seatbelts and brace for impact. The PM was on TV a few days ago. Uttering crap and bickering like usual. Selling religion, as it sells. But then he went farther and talked about rape, parda, fahashi, and stuff. Don’t…
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Official Soliloquy
PM: Who told you to open trade with India? FM: ‘High’ness! you asked me to do so 2 weeks back. PM: [looks upward] [Background track: Tasbeeh phiri te dil na phirya] PM: Is this real? FM: No sir, it’s the matrix. PM: And this all is illusion? FM: Yes sir. PM: Who are you? FM:…
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Local Dramas & Our Script Writers
What can you watch on TV while having dinner or breakfast? Morning shows? Dramas and soap operas? News? I prefer BBC or Aljazeera. Or Animal Planet. But what actually do we have locally? I had an opportunity to witness the disaster for quite some days. While the world is in the 21st century, we are…
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Blasphemy & Aurat March
Hence blasphemy. When there is nothing left, there is blasphemy. Always. You can play a little trick and then mock and kill anyone. Mob justice prevails too in certain cases. But connecting the two – #AuratMarch and Blasphemy – is actually herd-creativity at its best. Low though. But sure. First of all, ladies, you should…