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Hazards of Communication

By Mahtab Bashir • Dec 15th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Mobile phone is a personal machine, which is carried anytime all the time. Since being a personal gadget it could be considered as a blessing but it is a sure-fire recipe for social trouble as it turned into a nuisance for many most of the time. 
“Anonymous wrong caller has made my life hell, person [...]



Strength To Love: Mehboob Sada

By Mahtab Bashir • Feb 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics

He was the pioneer among few of those who stood firm without losing ground to advocate rights of Christians in Pakistan, a prolific writer, an enthusiastic rights activist, and an incredibly down to earth creature in a hostile milieu of Pakistan who with his inexorable belief in interfaith harmony resisted for the rights of religious [...]



Profile of Tanveer Zamani

By Mahtab Bashir • Feb 3rd, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Tanveer Zamani is a Mediterranean descent American resident, and she lives in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York. Zamani is a practicing physician and known to be a Bhutto party loyalist.

Tanveer Zamani earned PhD degree in International Politics from UK. Tanveer Zamani owns estates in London, Dubai, Islamabad and Manhattan. Zamani is a known Democrat and [...]



Asif Ali Zardari Marriage to Tanveer Zamani ?

By Mahtab Bashir • Feb 3rd, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari (widower of Benazir Bhutto) just updated his status to ‘JUST MARRIED’. According to Muslim Shiyat Bylaws, Asif Ali Zardari tied the knot to Tanveer Zamani in Dubai recently. However, there was no official ceremony or announcement for this marriage, so far.

The weeding took place in Dubai last week. [...]



Every Weather is Crooked Here

By Mahtab Bashir • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

“The trouble with weather forecasting in Pakistan is that it’s right too often for us - to ignore it and wrong too often for us - to rely on it.”
I woke up early on Saturday morning (10: am to meet few of multiple tasks including my visit to a bank. The weather was cloudy, [...]



Seige Mentality

By Mahtab Bashir • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Where people once roamed free, the markets were crowded, businesses thrived and life seemed untroubled – Islamabad may never be the same again, so believe the residents. Such are the security concerns that police, paramilitary Rangers, guns and pickets are now the significant features of a town that was known for its peace and quiet.
Gone [...]



We Make Our Fortunes and We Call Them Fate

By Mahtab Bashir • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

How many apples were eaten at the Garden of Eden? ‘Eleven’ came the reply with this breakdown: Eve ATE and Adam TOO, and Satan WON.

Adam ate the fruit of the forbidden tree and was taken to task by Allah, the Almighty. He excused himself by shifting the blame from his own shoulder to that of [...]



Intellectual Lunacy

By Mahtab Bashir • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

People call me insane. They may be right because a person who tries to cling to the virtues of good and detests evil is not welcome in any society especially in ours. People call me moron may be because I cannot speak anything but the truth. I don’t feel twinge. I don’t feel isolated as [...]



Poor By Birth, Rich By Nature

By Mahtab Bashir • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Misc

One day a father of a well-heeled family took his son on a trip to the country-side with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. Both father and son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor and underprivileged family.
On [...]



This is Where I Belong

By Mahtab Bashir • Jul 26th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Just over two and half decade past, I came into this world in capital city of Islamabad. Since many years after I took my senses, greenery, cleanliness and serenity were the pet words used to describe my birthplace. Unfortunately, I have lost these complimentary words and my childhood simultaneously. With the restructuring of the roads [...]