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Of Embarrassing Presidents and Ministers

By Saleem Sinai • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Our accidental President and his cohorts have been back from Washington for a while now. The drunken lap dancing escapades of one minister, who unfortunately runs about as a federal minister, have reached far and wide. Other members of the delegate ran amok with their own follies. Upon learning his federal minister’s misdeeds, Zardari couldn’t [...]



Thank You Taliban

By Saleem Sinai • May 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

During the five years Taliban held court in Afghanistan, horror stories of the ruthless rule exemplified by the fiercely Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia, spread far and wide. The spiritual kin of Taliban across the border in Pakistan conversely labelled the same horrific tales as inspirational and even necessary. Back then the threat of such a [...]