I have been busy with other things lately and didn’t get a chance to either dwell into the politics of Pakistan for some time. But something happened last night which has forced me to write something down here. And the very image burns in my mind and has an unsettling effect on me. The future [...]
Archive for the ‘violence’ Category
10 Sep
Defence Day!
Everyone around Pakistan have been celebrating Defence Day! Friends posting messages on Facebook, and sending smses that we fought like lions and tigers and won the war with a few tanks and fewer fighter jets! True! No one can deny the bravery and the imaan of those soldiers in those days. Today, I don’t know.
The [...]
27 May
There Are Signs
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Last September, a bomb blast rocked the city of Islamabad- the target was Marriot Hotel. There were many stories regarding the whole blast and the most famous were that of American Embassy being invloved in the whole affair. Though the authorities wanted people to think otherwise…
Today, the target was Lahore Rescue building. So many [...]
5 Apr
About the recent footage…
Something that me and my friends have been wondering since the day it happened…
Article by Javed Chaudhry says it all:
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1100595873&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20090405
And the following article exposes the flaws of the video… Listen to it from the expert’s mouth;
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1100596216&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20090406
12 Jan
Down the Memory Lane…
I’ve been trying to upload the documentary “The Iron Wall” here for quite some time now, but am constantly failing. But I figured out another way. Posting a link here of my earlier post which has the whole documentary in three volumes, I think it’s worth the trouble watching it to understand that the jews [...]
30 Dec
320 And Still Counting…
“UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate ceasefire”
Let’s just face it, UN has no control over powerful nations, it is the weaker ones which suffers not only at the hands of these brutal nations but also from the this one good-for-nothing-organization. What power does UN exercise over US, Israel or India? None. [...]
3 Dec
Nisaar Mein Teri Galiyon ke…
The recent violence in Karachi reminded me of this poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz…
Nisar mein teri galiyon ke…
Nisar mein teri galyion ke aye watan ke jahan
chali hai rasm keh koi na sar utha kay chalay
jo koi chahnay wala tawaf ko niklay
nazar chura kay chalay, jism-o-jaan bacha kay chalay
hai ahl-e-dil kay liye ab yeh nazm-e-bast-o-kushaad
ke sang-e-wakhast [...]
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