Zardari in the crosshairs Print E-mail
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Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:39
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By Faisal Shakeel

I couldn’t help talking to President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar after spotting him in the courtroom the day the Supreme Court was to announce the short order on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).

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Pakistan's courts take aim at easy targets Print E-mail
Pakistan Blog
Monday, 21 December 2009 04:45
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By Faisal Shakeel

I wonder if former President General Pervez Musharraf was upset over the proceedings in the Supreme Court against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) he had promoted. The court has scrapped the ordinance and restored all corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats to the status they had on October 4th, 2007. And there aren’t any against General (retired) Musharraf.

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While I was sleeping... Print E-mail
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 01:05
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By Taapsi Ramchandani

I went to my hometown a few weeks back for a surprise visit to my mother. Three days later, while President Pratibha Patil was probably doing an extra kilometer on the treadmill preparing for her historic flight in the Sukhoi, I was slowly losing my health to my first ever major illness - dengue. Not that I was complaining. It was after all the gravest thing happening to me since common cold four years back.

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The revolving door soap opera Print E-mail
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Monday, 23 November 2009 01:00
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Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Akhtar is bemused by the Pakistani media's ability to rustle up a political crisis whenever it suits powerful interests.

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Message to extremists: don't pee on me and say it's raining Print E-mail
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Monday, 09 November 2009 01:00
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by Taapsi Ramchandani

Destruction of the Babri Mosque, 6 December 1992‘You know why it rains?’ Little Akash is picking his nose. 6 year old Siddharth is keenly watching his friend’s struggle. ‘Because God is crying.’

Siddharth’s eyes open wide. ‘Really?!’

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The loathed of Pakistan Print E-mail
Pakistan Blog
Monday, 09 November 2009 00:00
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by Faisal Shakeel

They can be recognized in a glimpse because of their sharp make-up and colourful clothes. One can spot them at badly-lit corners of cities at night; waiting to serve their ‘clients’ for a paltry sum of money. In English they are called eunuchs and at home ‘khusras’ or khwaja siras’.

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Whose war is this anyway? Print E-mail
Pakistan Blog
Wednesday, 04 November 2009 23:01
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by Faisal Shakeel

Hillary Clinton

A friend of mine calls me up from Lahore and expresses concern about how her father’s business is failing to generate profit. The news on the closure of fifty thousand power looms in Faisalabad flashes across my mind as I nudge her for more.

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The King Khan Age of Bollywood Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 23:42
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by Taapsi Ramchandani



Shah Rukh Khan, one of the greatest actors ever in Bollywood, turned 44 on the 2nd of November. What fun! The man’s lopsided grin, his famous stutter ‘K-k-k-k-kiran’, even his suspiciously built abs have the power of attracting attention equivalent to that of Princess Diana in her heyday. And no, I’m not exaggerating.

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Louder than bombs: Lahore's music rocks on Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 00:20
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by Asif Akhtar

Cultural expression seems to be the ultimate quagmire- even when its very existence is threatened it seems to craft itself anew. While cultural activity has been at a down low in Lahore of late, it seems artistic expression is managing to adapt to this new climate, and evolve.

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