The Pakistani Spectator

The Dictator’s Wife returns to Karachi, an original play by Mohammed Hanif, critically acclaimed author of ‘A Case of Exploding Mangoes’.

It reminds me of a Science Fiction thriller where two parallel universes exist side by side, one reality and the other illusionary or imaginary, in the end the reality and illusion gets mingled up, people are unable to tell what is real and what is illusion.

Israel state terrorism, Bush’s war on terror, Trade barriers and [...]

The Story: If Billo Halwai Lived in Pakistan

You Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs and our nation- though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy or punctuality- does have entrepreneurs. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of them, especially [...]

James Caan published his autobiography, The Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to Dragons’ Den, in November, 2008.
The title received generally positive reviews and subsequently became a British bestseller. In early 2009 Caan released an cheaper paperback version of his book. This coincided with the relaunch of his new official website, which received rave [...]

On the morning of 8th October, 2005 an earthquake of an intensity of 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the whole country, specifically northern districts of NWFP, Federal Capital and Azad Kashmir. The devastation was also caused on the other side of the border in Kashmir valley. The most affected districts reportedly are Abbotabad, Mensehra, [...]

Certain brands define the love-hate relationship that Pakistan has had with the United States of America over the past 60 years. America has been the biggest and most advanced ‘Superpower’ of the world. American technology, capital markets and economy is the biggest in the world. Pakistan as a third world country needs investment and technology [...]

The latest cultural trend is the sensational rise of televangelist channels in U.K, using tactics which can only be described as ‘emotional and religious blackmail’ and premium rate phone charges to raise funds from devotees, most of these are Nigerian Pentecostal ‘Witchdoctor’  (faith healer potions and exorcisms) TV channels operating from London. Generally the term [...]

Bradistan Calling
When Pakistan came into existence in 1947, Russia was known as the Godless Empire of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. This inherent difference in ideologies resulted in tensions from the very start, but the refusal of the first prime minister of Pakistan to accept the cordial invitation of the [...]

When Islamic Republic of Pakistan came into existence in 1947, Russia was known as the Godless Empire of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. This inherent difference in ideologies resulted in tensions from the very start, but the refusal of the first prime minister of Pakistan to accept the cordial invitation [...]

Dil Nawaz talks to British Asian novelist Tariq Mehmood.
DN: What are the future plans for Kashmir Broadcasting Corporation?
TM: I will be restarting “The Point” talk show in the coming days for KBC.  I am developing a series of talk shows on question of religion and the state, from the view that the state has to [...]