July is once again here. In late July last year, the Indus river basin in Pakistan saw worst of the floods. The damage to life and property was huge not only due to the natural calamity but also due to the mismanagement and the intentional manipulation by the feudal to save their land and to [...]
One has got to admit that in Pakistan all is not bad. One has to confess this reality that Pakistan is not all about crimes, terrorism, corruption and nepotism. One has to face the truth that Pakistan has got the mettle and there are many many bright examples and precedences.
It is true that in Pakistan [...]
We got rid of a dictator in uniform but became victims of dictators who wear suits. We got rid of the Musharraf Dogar judges, but we got the Chaudhry judges. We got rid of Musharraf but we got the extension-oriented generals, we got rid of the PTV, but we got the breaking-news media.
What has changed? [...]
Last week brought a gruesome news for my family, when my cousin, son of my mother’s brother, got killed by a stray bullet when he was returning from his office. My cousin returned from USA after completing his PhD in Computer Science and was running a software house. The family got devastated, and one more [...]
I do not abhor America, Americans or anything American. And contrary to what media portrays majority of Pakistanis are of the same view as of me. The youth of Pakistan, overwhelming majority of them want Green Card more than they want the ID card of Pakistan. Majority of the Pakistanis won’t even think twice and [...]
I even say farewell to year long dieting when the mangoes come and for the life of me I cannot resist the scent of them, the taste of them, and I just want to sit the whole day and savor the sweet sweet mangoes.
Ah but the prices…
Each year they get costlier than before. I hear [...]
I am glad to report that contrary to the all expectations of the foreign powers, the morale and discipline of the world’s fifth largest army and the region’s top force is intact. Pakistan Army is going about business as usual and there is no disappointment among the ranks of officers and the jawans.
There are some [...]
Despite of all of its problems, Pakistan is still a very important nation among the other nations of this world cluster. Pakistan is 6th largest country with respect to the population and Pakistan’s economy is one of the largest in Asia. Despite of economic hardships and other problems, still Pakistani economy produces more than 175 [...]
One of the IT Company of Pakistan Mindstorm Studios has achieved the rare honour of designing the ‘Official Game’ for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 that will roll into action on Saturday (today).
The ‘Official Game’, unveiled at a local hotel, has been developed by the Mindstorm Studios, a local IT firm that specialises in [...]
One would have thought that with the modern education and modern facilities, people would have focused less on the social evils like black magic and sifli amal, but the horrendous reality is that more and more people are getting involved in this occult and covert and disgusting activity.
On daily basis, one reads the news in [...]
