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Zardari Can Have Musharraf’s Head with 1 Billion and Immunity

By Shayan Khan • Jan 20th, 2012 • Category: Politics

We all know about the bounty offered by Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP) President Talal Akbar Bugti, the son of assassinated Akbar Khan Bugti, has offered and for what.
You will be surprised to know that there are some people who don’t really hate Musharraf in Pakistan. Yes that’s true, but even then they want that [...]



Pakistan Housing Market in 2012

By Shayan Khan • Jan 6th, 2012 • Category: Politics

The property boom all across the globe ended long ago. Market not only corrected itself but also threw the whole global and regional economies in disarray, so much so that the superpower like America went into recession and there still are dangers of double dip there.
Europe as a whole plummeted. Ireland and Italy are the [...]



Veena Malik Marriage With Bal Thackeray

By Shayan Khan • Dec 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In the larger national interests both India and Pakistan in greater interest of the region, I propose that Pakistani butterfly and region’s acclaimed massager Veena Malik should be locked in wedlock with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray as soon as possible.
In old sub-continent poetry, whenever a person has to show extreme affectionate love towards his [...]



SMS Obscenity Banned in Pakistan by PTA

By Shayan Khan • Nov 22nd, 2011 • Category: Technology

Constitution of Pakistan guarantees free speech, but who cares about the constitution here. But not every thing is free speech too. Yes two somewhat contradictory statements, but that is what the global controversy is and Pakistan is no exception.
The news is that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has compiled a list of more than thousands words which [...]



SHOCKING!!! If Railways taken, I would Quit

By Shayan Khan • Nov 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

When we all are demanding that the man should be hanged and publicly humiliated for his rampant corruption and mismanagement and incompetency for destroying the most profitable institution in the Pakistan, the man is threatening the whole nation.
Can you believe this?
According to the media reports, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has warned if Railways was taken from [...]



How Not to Look at This War

By Shayan Khan • Oct 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I am amazed at the stubborn of the attacking forces in Afghanistan that they are even pushing Pakistan to do more, when there is nothing to do here anymore. But not only the tongue lashing has grown stronger, the recent sabre-rattling on the Pak-Afghan border is also without any merit.
In order to defeat the terrorism, [...]



Zaka Ashraf Chairman PCB Profile

By Shayan Khan • Oct 11th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Zaka Ashraf has become the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board replacing the Ijaz Butt. The similarity between both of them is that both are the fast friends of President Asif Ali Zardari.
President Asif Ali Zardari is known for blessing his friends, and now he has blessed one more of his friend. Zaka Ashraf is the [...]



Google Pakistan and Rehman Malik

By Shayan Khan • Sep 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I was totally at loss and in utter disbelief when somebody told me that the interior minister of Pakistan, whose family is barber by profession has said that just because militants were using the Internet to carry out their nefarious activities, so he was going to take action regarding this and he named the Google [...]



No Need to Panic from Dengue

By Shayan Khan • Sep 19th, 2011 • Category: Politics

With full responsibility and thorough research with the experts of the fields, I can assure my fellow Pakistanis that there is no need at all to be terrorized from the outbreak of the Dengue Virus. The population of the world is 6 billion and almost 3 billion people across the globe always remain in the [...]



Dengue Terror

By Shayan Khan • Sep 17th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story

If you happen to go to Lahore this time of year and you have gone there previously you would at once sense the different atmosphere this time. There is no rush at the restaurants and hotels and eating places. The food streets are empty and the roads are deserted at dusk and the at the [...]