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What’s The Latin For ‘panga Lena’?

What’s the Latin for ‘panga lena’?

Of our current prime minister the wicked Husain Haqqani used to say that if an arrow was flying five metres above the ground, there was no stopping him from leaping…

The Higher Command

The higher command

We need services’ integration, and we need it now. We also need to remove some anomalies that tend to slur the army’s image unnecessary. Current military minds than mine can…

The Party’s Over In Uttar Pradesh

The party’s over in Uttar Pradesh

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. How else does one explain the antics of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav, the Uttar…

The Talking Club

The talking club

What does the UN stand for? It stands for sustainable global peace and order through conflict management and resolution as well as a shared quest for human development. What does…

Strategic Misconception

Strategic misconception

I must refer to Sheikh Rashid’s rather blunt enunciation of his philosophy of politics: ‘line and length’, and ‘timing’. Make whatever you can of it, and I don’t know if…

Relationship Drift

Relationship drift

IT almost makes you long for the bad ol` days. A Pakistani prime minister is about to meet the US president and yawn. Where`s the anger, the bitterness? The accusations…

Ironies That Escape Us

Ironies that escape us

Musharraf’s trials and tribulations are of little concern to most of us. Indeed his name now evokes a sense of boredom…what, him again? He had a great time of it…

Behind The Veil

Behind the veil

When Saima, my late mother’s maid, first joined our staff, she used to wear the full burqa. But after a bit, when she saw that neither my mother, nor her…

Islamists Under Fire

Islamists under fire

How time flies! Ramazan is nearly gone and Eid is here before one could really celebrate the blessed month. This has been another Ramazan spent away from home and loved…

Which Planet Does Pakistan Inhabit?

Which planet does Pakistan inhabit?

Massacre in Cairo, blood in the streets, hundreds dead. But you would suspect nothing of this from TV channels here. Rains, yes, and coverage of that necessary. But endless talk-shows…