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What do the following people have in common? From top: former US President George W. Bush, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Mun...

Most Pakistanis with an interest in the foreign press have heard of The Guardian but not The Telegraph . The Telegraph , a British publicat...

Pakistanis, in general, have little tolerance for satire about themselves. That is why political humour programmes on television usually hav...

You know I've been missing our periodic Bizarre Newspaper Headline Contest . Is it just my feeling or have newspapers become really stin...

I had hoped to put up this image which one of our Twitter friends (don't remember which one) had pointed us to, after a Pakistan win in ...

It's usually at times like these that I heave a sigh of relief that one does not have easy access to Indian news television channels in ...

I would have written this in February but I’ve been stuck in traffic outside a lawn exhibition since. If you live in the open in Karachi, ...

So yeah, I think we're all pretty psyched now for the Mother Of All Battles to take place in Mohali next Wednesday (March 30). An India ...

I have to admit I'm not particularly fond of PPP Senator Faisal Raza Abidi 's appearances on television. But that's just because...

Just in case you thought the Pakistani electronic media was unique in its bittter, on-screen, infighting , you might want to check out yeste...

OMG. I don't think anyone could have done a better parody even if they had tried. I laughed so hard I almost cried. A Pakistan Tehrik-e...

By the way, just in case you would like to see copies of the court documents from the ' Raymond Davis ' case, attesting to the relat...

If you thought Pakistani society was polarized, take a look at the open warfare going on under the same media house roof. The issue being ...

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

I had vowed at some point in Pakistan's dismal recent cricketing history not to write on cricket again. Actually I had probably vowed no...