OBL’s death and the mystery around it

Author: FK  //  Category: Current Affairs, News Views

The day the twin towers fell on 9/11 in New york the world changed for the worse. From then on started the largest man hunt in history for a man known as “OBL” or Osama bin Ladin, the leader of Alqaeda, a terrorist organization hell bent on destroying life as we knew it . Two

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Who’s perception is this?

Author: FK  //  Category: News Views

This is a map presented by Transparency International  based on according to them the “perception corruption index” The more corrupt countries are in shades of red while the less corrupt ones are in lighter colors of yellow and so on. Although I have no qualms with the International in TIP’s name as most of their

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Practical optimism

Author: Rumaisa  //  Category: Karachi, News Views

Recently, I had been going through the  website of Youth Parliament Of Pakistan which focuses on Youth in the country and Youth’s awareness education and training in the norms of politics and democracy in the country. Several initiatives relating to the education and training of the youth of Pakistan have been launched and are running successfully, in

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The urge to ban

Author: R.Zaib  //  Category: Current Affairs, News Views

Thou shalt not watch foreign media. A notion supported by many Pakistanis who foster a misconception that placement of such a ban would increase revenue for Pakistani media industry, halt Pakistanis from preferring to watch other channels, and also would indirectly cease Pakistani artists from heading over to the neighboring country. Why and how, one

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Shame on Cricket & Pakistan

Author: FK  //  Category: Cricket, News Views

Cricket these days is not how it used to be. This is the understatement of the year as cricket is actually transformed ala 20 20 into something many of us cannot even understand anymore. Oh sure its hit and giggle and seemed fun in the start but the whole ambiance seems to be eroding the

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Chaos in Karachi

Author: FK  //  Category: Current Affairs, F.K's Life, Karachi, News Views

Its been two days since the explosion which took place in the procession taken out by the shia community on the 10th of moharram.  43 people have been declared dead up till now, this is despite the fact that the suicide bomber was stopped by a scout and a ranger both of whom lost their

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Opinion flaws

Author: Tayyab  //  Category: News Views, Politics in pakistan

The talk of the town these days is suicide bombings being undertaken by what the media claims are Islamic Zealots and Fanatics. What is perhaps very interesting to note is that the garb of Islamism over the past few decades of our country’s existence has been worn by all sorts of people ranging from fundos

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The Laidback Show Episode 3

Author: FK  //  Category: Humor, Laidback Show, News Views

The third edition of The Laidback Show – UpShorts, by Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi. Enjoy the discussion but would love some feedback on how we can improve this casual discussion podcast Show Notes after the jump Cricket debacle, Champions trophy ‘09, Pak vs New zeland semi final, India’s badua Meeting FQ, his down to

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U.K visa farce

Author: FK  //  Category: News Views

Its not that we have a problem with standing in queue or waiting for a few days to get any sort of visa on our “green passports” since we are used to being humiliated for a short while anyways. That much is to be expected from our old Masters. However even we the great brown

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Unilever reality show claims the life of my friend Saad Khan

Author: Guest Post  //  Category: News Views

By Farrukh Ahmed A little over a week ago, I got one of the most shocking news of my life. An ex-colleague and a good friend Saad Khan passed away during the shoot of a reality show being shot in Thailand. The show was organized by Unilever as part of their ad campaign for Clear

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