A heartbreak

I had planned to celebrate an anticipated win with a post here but I was jolted to the reality that wishes aren’t horses and that it takes the nerves of steal, discipline on the field and a Captain who leads by an example to prevail in tough matches like the Champions Trophy Semifinal.
There were a [...]

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Mother Of A Missing Son

The post 9/11 Musharraf era in Pakistan saw an unprecedented rise in hand overs of Pakistani citizens to US investigative agencies by our own government on the pretext of cooperating with the world against terrorism, which to many, in fact, was a move to earn monitory gains on part of the government at the expense [...]

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What I Like About Myself ..

Responsive Post For You’ve been tagged
‘Self praise is no recommendation’ they say, but analyzing one’s positive traits does help one inject confidence in oneself especially when one is feeling down in morals. What if one finds one bereft of anything positive? But since I’ve been asked to state things that I like in myself, I [...]

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Reflections

Those who know me well in my real life often blame me for my less-progressive and more-reflective nature which to them is the real cause of the stagnancy I always whine about. They might be true but reflection often leads me to the clues of my conundrums. My sister nadia tagged me for an excellent [...]

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Bulleted, Blown And Bulldozed..

Isn’t it a shame, the criminal silence of the Muslim leaders in general and those heading the Arab states in particular, over the merciless massacre of the Palestinians by the Israeli goons?
Whats the role of the sterile Arab League or that of the sheepish O.I.C?
What does the UN security Council do apart from scanning the [...]

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Scattergories

Ayesha tagged me for the game detailed as under;
Rules: IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!
TAG 10 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SENT THIS TO YOU.
- USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
- THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES,THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP!
- TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE [...]

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The New WordPress Dashboard ..

…with a home like icon is pretty much cool. Links of all the available options are displayed on a single page and the most amazing feature is the instant posting QuickPress option with this tiny content box where I’m writing these lines write now. WordPress indeed is getting better and better for its usability and [...]

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The Vulture Whispered: By Yusuf Abbasi

Though written some twenty years ago by the talented Yusuf Abbasi the poem below is an apt presentation of the state of humanity today. Indeed, man kills in a thousand ways and yet we call ourselves as ‘The grand creatures’.
The vulture whispered
To the wind
Heavy with stench
An evil spirit
Hovering
Over the dead animal,
Remains of a tiger’s kill
Visited [...]

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Remembering November The 3rd, 2007…

The Context: The credibility of General Pervez Musharraf had been rendered to an all time low by the decision of a larger bench of the Superme Court to reinstate the sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohamma Chaudhry. Cases were filed in the Supereme Court against the holidng of dual offices on part of Mr. Musharraf, the [...]

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Things I want to happen …

I know realistically they aren’t going to materialize through mere wishes but there is no harm reminding them. Things I wanna happen soon are;
1) A change of job. (The present one is killing me for its monotony. There’s nothing new to learn and nothing much to earn for that matter ,)
2) A change [...]

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