Sliding
JUNE 2003 - When was the last time someone said ‘Sorry,’ to you? When was the last time – or in this case, the first time, the person...
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The Prospects of Peace
JUNE 2003 - We walk a very thin line, we the ordinary people of India and Pakistan, when it comes to the idea of peaceful coexistence....
Square Pegs & Round Holes
JUNE 2003 - Is there a parallel between what has been happening in Okara, Cricket, Hockey and Squash or is it just a figment of one’s...
Free for all
JUNE 2003 - We are all into piracy of one kind or another. True we don’t have a parrot, a crutch and a game leg and also true that Long...
Adding Insult to Injury
MAY 2003 - What is the ‘Giddar Singhi’ or Rabbit’s Foot that Shoaib Akhtar has, that continuously lets him off the hook every few weeks?...
SMD – Serious Mental Disorder
MAY 2003 - It is no exaggeration to say that the men folk in Pakistan are disgustingly obsessed with sex. The bane of their lives seem to...
The Mirage of Peace
MAY 2003 - Immigration was a breeze. We were out of New Delhi airport in no time at all, drinking in the scenery and wondering that while...
Mr. Jamali’s 737
MAY 2003 - Obviously those who surround the Prime Minister – and it would be a large circle things being what they are, make sure he gets...
Shock & Awe Indeed
APRIL 2003 - “For almost a thousand years, Baghdad was the cultural capital of the Arab world, the most literate population in the Middle...
Sting Operation
APRIL 2003 - I don’t know about the level of frustration friend George Bush must be undergoing having found no WMDs so far in downtown or...
The Moral Brigade Is Back
APRIL 2003 - A recent circular from the Ministry of Information & Media Development is making the rounds, which carries the crusade...
The War Within
APRIL 2003 - Welcome to the 21st century where black is no longer black. The ghostly eerie images like a telecast from another galaxy...
Not the Real Thing
MARCH 2003 - I picked up my first Rolex on the roadside in Hayatabad, Peshawar last month. The wily old Pathan, straight out of the Torah...
Across the Divide
MARCH 2003 - There has been some criticism of Adnan Sami Khan here regarding his work that appears regularly on the Indian channels, his...
Fall From Grace
MARCH 2003 - On a balmy spring afternoon just as the regulars were about to tee off across the lush greens that the Peshawar Golf Club is...
The buck has stopped
MARCH 2003 - Three times semi finalists and one time world champions, Pakistan were predictably thrown out like common garbage from the...
Collective Apathy
MARCH 2003 - In a sense, everything is hopeless in Pakistan. In a sense, the problems of this country are so monstrous that nothing less...
Iqbal’s Story
FEBRUARY 2003 - The thing about Mohammad Iqbal was the clear and straight look in his eyes. There was an integrity in that look that made...
Wandering At The Wanderers
FEBRUARY 2003 - Where does one begin with Pakistan cricket? It is now regarded as almost sedition should one remotely criticize the...
Watching Me, Watching You
FEBRUARY 2003 - I must confess a sudden feeling of excitement looking at the ‘Indians’ on the other side at Lahore’s Wagha border one...
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