Deadpan Thoughts

Opinion flaws

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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Dr Shamshad Akhtar’s joke

Dr Shamshad Akhtar,, Governor of State Bank of Pakistan is living in a fool’s paradise. She thinks that the Central Bank has been addressing monetary policy issues of Pakistan rather efficiently and working round the clock. If working round the clock means screwing up the economy further, they have done a great job. The Rupee has [...]

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Defeat again

Pakistan’s loss in the twenty twenty cup in canada yesterday displays the myopic policies of the Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB). One must commend the PCB for its consistency in making stupid decisions. They have, however, outdone themselves by declaring Shoiab Akhtar fully fit and raring to have a go at the other competing teams. With all [...]

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The Table of Existence

I harbor a desire I solicit the soul of yesteryears I bend over the glory of the past I instill inside me a sense of survival I seek to fulfill my luxurious wants I crib under the pressure of success I look straight into the ray of joy I want yet my expression is sparse I am what I live for, yet I [...]

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Country Gone to the Dogs??

There are people who repeatedly say that, “this country has gone to the dogs.” I, for one never agree with them because I feel that there is still light at the end of the long and dark tunnel. Yet yesterday, while roaming around the streets of Karachi at around 2 in the night, I saw [...]

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Economic Woes

Pakistan has of late been a hotbed for discussion on all forms of political matters, ranging from Restoration of judges to the impeachment/ resignation of the president to breakup of the coalition to finally the election of a new Democratic President. Amidst all this hullabaloo and fiery discussions in current affair programs on television and [...]

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Barbaric Act

Five women have been buried alive in Balochistan merely because they married as per their own choice instead of following age old tribal law and traditions. This barbaric act has surfaced only after intense media reporting and for once there is wide scale condemnation of a tradition which has existed for decades but intrinsically reeks [...]

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