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War Against Naswar

By Aftab Alam • Jan 27th, 2012 • Category: Features

I will be the first to support Mr. Iftikhar, the KPK Minister resolutely in his War against the dirt of Naswar. Some khwar (poors) consider Naswar as something very sacred to Pakhtoon or Pakhtoon culture which is absolutely absurd and is just an arrogant ignorance. Since some of the ‘ salih arkans’ are also naswar-addicted, [...]



Prank Calls With Karachi Girls

By Amna Gilani • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Features

For boys here in Karachi the best medium to reach a girl is through the cell phone. They adopt every kind of trick in the bag and box to reach out to the girls and try to entice them and to strike friendship with them. For some its just the time pass and they record [...]



What Happened To The Sunnah Way Of Marriage?

By Mohammad Yusha • Jan 17th, 2012 • Category: Features

It seems as though to go along with society’s customs, people are willing to compromise with Islamic teachings, specifically the sunnah way of marriage. Even religious people spend enormous amounts of money on their son’s and daughter’s marriages. In this day and age, the sunnah way of marriage seems non-existent. What happened to the sunnah [...]



Moving Story of Arfa Karim

By Muskan Hina • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: Features

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji‘un
May Allah rest her in eternal peace.
She came, she did and she conquered. When everything was down in the Pakistan, she stood and illuminated the national scene with her brilliance.
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft changed his opinion about Pakistan altogether after meeting with Arfa Karim. Arfa Karim got the [...]



Best Way to Impress and Date Pakistani Girls

By Adnan Arshad Mansoori • Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Features

I think, when it really comes down to it, guys are on here because we Boys/Male want confidence. We want the ABILITY to be able to catch any girl/female. We want more control, more options in life  we’re sick of not understanding “the Game.” All I’m saying is that there are some people on here [...]



Poverty is Blessing: Some times

By A Khokar • Jan 3rd, 2012 • Category: Features

Pakistan and India may be known for the poverty stricken masses deprived of basic civic amentias or equal job opportunities but owing to the current economic disasters and recession engulfing the West; the state of affairs of the masses out there is also not very different especially in US, the land once famously known for [...]



Pakistani Girls and Tattoo

By Sharafat • Jan 2nd, 2012 • Category: Features

Veena Malik has started a new business in Pakistan. Yes overnight, plethora of tattoo artists have sprung up in Karachi and Lahore. They are offering any type of tattoo anywhere on very cheap rates just to kickstart their business. So if you are Veena fan and inspired for tattoo, this is the ideal time to [...]



Nawaz Sharif Ke Khorak - Shocking Facts by His Raiwind Chef

By Umer Toor • Dec 31st, 2011 • Category: Features

Zakir has been a chef for the last 33 years and during most of his life he has serviced the kitchen of Nawaz Sharif in Model Town, Raiwind Farm, and in Prime Minister House Islamabad. He left the job on health grounds last year and is living a quiet life in Lahore, but he never [...]



A Long walk back home

By A Khokar • Dec 29th, 2011 • Category: Features

Like Qaid e Azam M A Jinnah as founding father of Pakistan, in Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk an Ottoman and Turkish army officer is the founding father of modern Turkey. As a revolutionary founder of Republic of Turkey he after defeating the allied forces gained remarkable successes in military campaigns to secure independence for Turkey. [...]



Sonnet to Eulogize Shaheed Benazir Bhutto

By Faiz Al-Najdi • Dec 27th, 2011 • Category: Features

The Bhutto-haters conspired and killed my innocent father – a great leader
I stayed composed and struggled to restore democracy in my Country
They did not stop – then they killed Shahnawaz - my baby-brother
My friends and sympathizers advised me to leave my Country
How could I leave the place where lay buried - my father and my [...]