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Every once in a while a story comes along that makes you... burst out laughing. Here's one from CNN. One has to say, it had to be a Pa...

Just think. That family fleeing Swat, Buner or Dir could be yours darling. Ok I know it would be better, and certainly less heavily, dressed...

Got this in the email, and really felt like sharing. Did Prince Philip Phart? The expressions on the faces, particularly the Queen, are pric...

A headline in today's Daily Times Karachi pages tells us of the shocking loss of centenarian Yousuf from Nazimabad, who shuffled off th...

Following the publication of his sensational autobiography A Stranger To History , an autobiography/experimental work of Science Fiction usi...

After all that brouhaha about Shoaib Akhtar's viral genitalia, The News' Khalid Hussain informs us today that " Shoaib's fi...

So of course EVERYONE is talking about the 'explosive' story about veteran American journalist Seymour 'Sy' Hersh that appe...

So, who says the Pakistani military is not divided? It is very much divided along language, at least as far as those who name military opera...

A case of swine flu?  I knew this was coming... Please check out the following bit from an AP report about Swine Flu: Medical detectives ha...

So, the second bit of news from the weird Twilight Zone we inhabit is this: The US Consul General in Lahore, Brian Hunt will give the "...

Two bits of hilarious news culled from today's The News... I'll deal with the second one in a separate post... The first one tells u...

Omar Khan in the zombie-horror flick Zibahkhana may have been on to something. There must be something in the water in Islamabad... From Da...

Firstly, have a look at the latest from Absurdistan (this is from The News ): Saturday, April 25, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parl...

Barrack Obama gets some batting tips from West Indian legend Brian Lara, or as he was later billed, "the Michael Jordan of cricket...

Once in a while, something comes along to capture the mood of the times perfectly. Here is that thing for these times...

OK, this was crying out to be deconstructed, and if anyone Khan, I must. So, even as Mr. Imran "Find Your Roots and Eat Them" Khan...