Category: Pakistan
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Bring out the Vote
As they say every vote counts, be it a national election or the Local bodies, I think its our duty to ensure that the right people are elected into office who can better serve our city is for you to decide. I assure you this post is not a plug for any party but comes…
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A Tribute to Pakistan
14th August 2005 is another important date for Pakistan, it is the 58th Independence day of our beloved nation. A date important enough to deserve a public holiday with celebrations around the country, people roaming the streets in jubilation, motorcycles, cars, buildings and houses all glittering proudly with the national colours. Each and every soul…
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Wanted: Altaf Hussain
I would strongly recommend you to read this post on KO’s Blog. The western world is at present running chicken-shit scared of terrorist all over the world but sadly they continue to turn a blind eye to a terrorist living right under their nose. Altaf Hussain the founder leader of the MQM has ruled Karachi…
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Learn how to drive Pakistani style
Have a look at this hilarious flash animation – I hear it is an old flash animation but was completely new to me. The animation is an exact replica of our unique chaotic traffic system. Where else but in Pakistan do you see a car going the worng way on the highway as if he…
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Shaukat to quit as PM
Well rumors have been circulating quite seriously for the past few months of a pending resignation of Shaukat Aziz from the corridors of Islamabad and soon to move into Washington as the Managing Director World Bank. It would indeed be sad day for Pakistan to loose such a brilliant economist another casualty to our power…
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Cricket in the UK
Firstly I am again saddened by another series of attacks in London, despite all the preventive measure taken by the UK police a few days back. I am simply stunned at the gutts of these terrorist who are adamant at creating unrest. I again condemn this sad event and offer moral support hoping that the…
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TWiT
Technology Junkies!!! Tune into the weekly podcast of This Week in Tech, an amazing hour long broadcast which is available for download. The hosts are (ex-TechTV Screensavers hosts), Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton and Kevin Rose, if you have ever watched TechTV you must already miss them and their amazing ScreenSavers show on TechTV. As…
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Knocked Out
We have heard of electrical outages and have often heard of no water supply, but this week we add another item to the list, NO INTERNET ACCESS. On Monday afternoon the SMW-2 cable suffered a critical power loss about 30 odd miles from Karachi, to make matters worse PTCL sadly tried to save up money…
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Jahil Online beaten up
For those who wanted to extract aome sort of sweet revenge on His Fraudulent-Majesty Prince Aamir Liaquat Hussain – you (including me) have sadly missed the golden opportunity, when he was mobbed and severely beaten up while going to attend Mufti Atiq’s funeral. The official verison is that his cars windscreens were smashed by the…
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A Miandad Googly
A few visitors wanted to hear my reaction on the proposed marriage of Mahrukh binte Dawood Ibrahim and Junaid bin Javed Miandad. Initially I had nothing significant to report other then what was widely reported in the Print media. A week has passed and I now bring you my twist into this affair. In the…
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Human testing in Pakistan
Before I begin, this post can very well be a simple rumor but I feel it is important enough to bring to your attention. It has come to my attention that US & UK based pharmaceutical companies are sending experimental drugs to be tested on human subjects in Pakistan, they have hired services of certain…
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Gov. Ibad gets UK benefits
This case was brougt to my attention first by Shobz and a day later was followed by an email from my friend Omar Qureshi. It must not be too embarassing for our Gov Ishrat ul Ibad to take medical and housing benefits while he languishes in luxury in Pakistan, but it is indeed very embarassing…
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An Aalim-like Encounter
People ask me, why are you so dead set against Aamir Liaquat Hussain who commonly referred to as Aalim Online by his stage name. Reasons are innumerable, starting off with his set of fake degrees, his outlandish dress code, his fake humble attitude and the biggest reason of my animosity against him is that he…
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This is Pakistan
In the ever expanding blogsphere, I have seen blogs of every subject from cats to kites from technology to mythology and from romance to withering congugal life. But G 3 a famous Pakistani tech blogger has come up with Wallpapers Suite — a rich collection of walpapers he has previously been offering at [G3]-TechNews. Go…
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Customer Service in Pakistan
I write this post in anger, I write this post in pure frustration at being repeatedly mistreated at the hands of customer service representatives. Before I begin, I actually do not owe them a dime and have always paid my bills on time, but this unlucky soul whenever has a problem, I dread making the…