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I was going to post my outrage over the depths of tabloid-y sleazebaggery that The News sunk to today but blogger Tazeen has already said...

More than one commentator has ascribed the relative dearth of recent posts on this blog to our having taken the easy way out (as others befo...

First things first: apologies to all for the disappearing act. (For those who actually noticed, a silent note of appreciation.) Had been awa...

Just when you think Pakistani political discourse cannot sink any lower, your delusions are undermined with even more sleaze. Our SleazeMa...

We had internally decided to steer clear of commenting on the rumours circulating on the internet - apparently for a few months now though t...

I had been contemplating writing an update on Geo for over a week but the latest news has forced my hand. According to our very credible in...

Reading through the top story in today's The News and Jang , my eyes grew progressively wider and wider. Not so much from the latest Wi...

Oh wow. We've all become so used to the hyperbole of the Western and local language English press around Pakistan Fashion Weeks , that i...

Guess who was spotted on November 9 in Washington D.C. at a reception for American and Pakistani media personnel thrown by US AfPak ambassad...

It's getting so that even reporting on people changing jobs in the media has become risky business. As in, risky for one's credibili...

The Jang Group has become so obsessed with quickly seeing the back of the government and is probably salivating so much over the prospects ...

Even as Geo has hired some new faces, such as Dr Shahista Wahidi - at a salary well in excess of Rs. 20 million lakhs a month - and rehir...

I'm no supporter of Pervez Musharraf the politician but the reaction to his announcement to formally re-enter politics is really border...