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The Comic Book Dudes of Kachee Goliyan 14 Mar 2012 | 03:41 am
When I was younger, I was a fan of comic books. My brother and my shelves were often stacked full of beat-up and leathered Archie Comics, X-Men, Asterix & Obelisk, and Calvin & Hobbes editions. Our mo...
Pakistan Goes to the Oscars 26 Feb 2012 | 03:46 pm
Image from the Guardian: Dr. Jawad examines Zakia's Face Tomorrow is Oscar day. If you are anything like me, you watch as many Oscar-nominated films as humanly possible (while still, of course, ...
Maya Khan & the Art of Slacktivism 3 Feb 2012 | 01:47 pm
Slacktivists! Gah! Ah, Slacktivists. You know who I’m talking about. The Facebook users who ‘like’ every page calling for “Da Peaze in da Pakistan” and “We da true Pakis” and then blog angrily about...
The Weekly Pah-kee-stuhn Musings 14 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm
NYT/AP. Gilani: I should just Expecto Patronum all of you! All of you! Kayani: Oh God. The problem with blogging about Pakistan is that there’s no dearth of topics and issues to write about. Turning ...
Imran Khan: Unleash the Figurative Tsunami 29 Dec 2011 | 02:57 am
Photo: Express/Shaheryar Popalzai This past Sunday was Christmas Day, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif‘s birthday, and the 135th birth anniversary of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan. This past ...
Ah, the Rumor Mill. It’s a Churnin’! 7 Dec 2011 | 08:25 pm
Photo Source: The News So by now the madness over Veena Malik (actress, reality show breakout starlet, crazy maulvi fighter extraordinaire), her published nude cover photo, and her subsequent row wit...
Leaked & MemoGated 23 Nov 2011 | 12:12 pm
Zardari: Ah, crap. (Source: 3QuarksDaily) This piece first appeared today in Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, which you can see here. This morning Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Husain H...
Life & Death in Karachi: A Review of Instant City 12 Nov 2011 | 05:35 pm
Growing up in Islamabad, I would sometimes visit relatives in Karachi, but was seldom able to grasp the nuanced chaos that Pakistan’s bustling port city exudes. But last week, while visiting Karachi f...
Not the Only Sher in Punjab – Sahar Khan 1 Nov 2011 | 02:50 am
Source: NYT Yesterday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the political party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, held a rally in Lahore against the ruling coalition. According to the Express Tri...
Who Watches the Watchmen? 19 Oct 2011 | 06:58 pm
Photo: NYT/AP In last week’s Economist, an article delved into the increased use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – also known more colloquially as drones – in present-day warfare. As The Global Po...
