Author: amernazir

  • My internal conflicts

    Guest Blog by Amer Nazir I hurried towards the train station to catch the 7:51. I was dressed well – in my Canali suit and my Hugo Boss overcoat. At the entrance to the station, I saw two people handing out leaflets. The one on the right was Susan Krammer, the local Liberal Democrat MP.…

  • Musharraf and Me

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir I have written many articles on chowk.com and teeth.com.pk – many of them satires aimed at Pervez Musharraf, making fun of him, despising him, humiliating him, hating him – and today, reading Cowasjee’s column in the Dawn (17 Aug)… I almost feel guilty! But then the emphasis is on almost……

  • The rat may come out of the bag…

    You get different versions here in London… some very interesting, no matter how sad they are in nature… A few month back, before the elections, a textile tycoon, a friend, a very ‘educated’ man from Lahore, sat with me at Leister Square’s ‘All Bar One’ and cursed both Benazir and Nawaz. ‘They should both be…

  • Open Letter to ‘Maj-Gen’ ‘Retd’ Rashid Quraishi – NAB Diaries

    Rashid Quraishi, This is with reference to my application to my Local MP regarding assistance for justice and the subsequent communication between you and a representative of the British Parliament. My case has been projected by the independent media on several platforms and the entire facts are also available under ‘The NAB Diaries’ at www.teeth.com.pk…

  • Treason

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Living in exile, in my loneliness, I often wonder. I wonder about my homeland. I wonder about patriotism. What exactly is my country, to whom shall I give my loyalty – the land, the people or the regime? It is difficult to decide when all three are in conflict with…

  • The nation will not forgive…

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir And why should it… The present change has not been brought about by the politicians alone too many unsung heroes have lost their lives… they did not have a distinguished name or title, they just died on the streets… only to figure in a grand total, to add on to…

  • The NAB Diaries – The Aftermath

    Guest Blog by Amer Nazir I read about that in Introduction to Psychology; that, and the chapter on caged rats whod give themselves electric shocks for something to do. And the ones on the pigeons, trained to peck a button that made a grain of corn appear. Three groups of them: the first one got…

  • ‘l’etat, c’est moi’ – the state is me.

    Guest Blog by Amer Nazir The first time that I heard of him, was the day when I met him. It was at a ghazal party at the Defence Club. I noticed his penetrating eyes which seemed to be sizing a person on an already decided scale, his had shake was extremely firm and direct,…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Four

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here “Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Three

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here It is with a heavy heart that I write today. My condolence to her immediate family and to all who looked up at her and I fear for…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Two

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part One has already been published by Teeth Maestro last week and which was subsequent to a letter written by me to the Chairman NAB requesting for either…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part One

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here My name is Amer Nazir. I live in exile in London. It is a forced exile. I left Pakistan as soon as NAB took my name off the…

  • Request for the resignation of the Chairman NAB

    Open Letter by Amer Nazir Mr Naveed Ahsan Chairman, National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan Subject: Request for your resignation. It is with astonishment that I have today read your speech given on the Anti-corruption day. The entire world is now finally coming to grips with the fact that the statements given by the Pakistan government are…