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Where is Honor?
Is it on the honorable seat of the honorable judge where they sell justice? Is it beneath the table of clerks who take bribe before doing legal work of poor citizens? Is it in the barracks where soldiers plan to takeover the country rather than to serve it? Is it in the national anthem which…
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The Conversation
Why not is the answer to every single why. Why not? It was cold, dark, somewhat secluded and odd too. And they chose to meet. Yes, Why not? She was seeking a voice. He was seeking some validation. Or vice versa. On the outside, she was an independent woman with a job, a home, kids…
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Biden’s Day 1
Day 1 of Biden: Inauguration. Office. Issuance of promised presidential orders. 17 executive orders. Muslim ban: abolished. Mexico wall: halted. Student debt collection: freezed. Paris climate accords: re-joined. Discrimination against LGBT employees: banned. and so on… This is how you prove that homework was done prior to oath. This is how you show dignity of…
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Hazara Bleeds… Again
Jam Kamal, the incumbent-incompetent Chief Minister of Balochistan, expressed his grievance on murder of 11 coal miners in Splinji. The clueless CM didn’t even know that the butchering happened in Mach area and not Splinji. But I guess, even he knows, who cares. It’s bleeding so consistently in the region that it’s hard to track…
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Police Brutality & State Terrorism
Police brutality and Rangers’ violence in Karachi: Ignored. State brutality and killing of students and young men in Balochistan: Ignored. FC brutality in the whole western belt: Ignored. State criminals of Sahiwal incident: Pardoned. 444 encounters in Sindh: Hushed. Now police brutality in Federal. Islamabad. A young man killed mercilessly. Because system allowed this. State…
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Happy Old Year Marla!
It was tough to find bank details and transactions of 1990s regarding Asghar Khan case. But it was easy to find details of money laundering, corruption, transport rent, breakfast bills and movie tickets from 1970s and 1980s. It was easier to get humiliated, defeated and dissected than to talk and accept the East. It was…
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Questions?
If Karima Baloch was a traitor and was killed by Indians; then why didn’t the news channels cover it? You know when news channels don’t cover a story? I know you know. Do you know when people look abroad for their local issues? According to your definition of treason, why do people become…
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We Didn’t
The kids were taken brutally. One by one for hours. Till 144. Or 145. Or 146. We are not sure. The blood was telecasted. On TV Channels. On social media. An alarming security situation was created. A narrative was set: We are at war and we are at the losing end. Constitution amended. Budget enhanced.…
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EU DisinfoLab
While we – not we – were abducting people, silencing dissent, composing songs, producing movies, fighting on Twitter, and lecturing about 5th generation warfare; the neighbor has actually been fooling the whole world successfully since 2005. For 15 years, the neighbor has been manipulating the UN and the EU. Even with dead participants. We –…
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Random Numbness (December 2020)
Not long ago, a ‘boy’ was asked about his million dollar pizzas in a TV show, very politely. He left hanging. Literally ran away. He was not even grilled till then. And that interview was in Urdu. But – for federal reasons – Ishaq Dar became the only achievement for the government this year. So…