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Posts Tagged ‘SUV’

Legislators don’t need education in Pakistan

By Ibrahim Mahmood • Aug 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday to do away with the condition of bachelor’s degree for candidates for the Senate and the national and provincial assemblies, in line with the Supreme Court judgment of April 21 last year. Briefing reporters after a cabinet meeting, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said Pakistan was [...]



Sanctity of Beard

By Ibrahim Mahmood • Jun 20th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

It pains me when I see very respectable Muslim brothers with long flowing beards, park their huge shining SUV’s right in the middle of the road because they are in a hurry to offer Juma prayers. It pains me when I see such people breaking traffic signals in Ramazan because they are in a hurry [...]



State Of Our Collective Mind!

By Faisal.k • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

In recent reports more than half of us involved in the daily grind of some sorts are facing much depression and anxiety related illnesses here in Pakistan. The reason for this huge problem is quite simple to me. We as a nation are utterly naive and totally overconfident in anything we can imagine. We deal [...]