Pakistan Cricket Suffers Another Blow By BCCI

Posted by anas on Dec 20, 2008 in Sports | 15 comments As expected, the BCCI has refused to send its team to Pakistan citing the current so-called Pakistan-sponsored attacks in Mumbai as the reason, and not safety of its players. On one hand, the Indian government seemingly agrees that the government of Pakistan (GOP) was not involved but the terrorists came from Pakistan. If they really mean it, then not sending the team means doing what the...
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Operation Cleanup, etc.

Posted by anas on Dec 18, 2008 in London Diary | 48 comments This post is an agglomeration of thoughts and stories of the day. There was something unsual about today. It began differently and stimulated different regions of my brain that were dormant (huh!). I woke up late today, around 11 a.m. (near Zuhr time). This was a usual time of waking up in Karachi but probably my first here and that too because I ended up scratching my head over a snippet of code...
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Army-Government Confrontation

Posted by anas on Dec 16, 2008 in Pakistan | 15 comments The armed forces of Pakistan and the democratic government spearheaded by Zardari may be on the same ground visibly but their actions reflect a completely contrasting and horrifying picture. With the international pressure mounting and extreme threats on most of Pakistan’s border, the need of the hour is a show of unity. Instead the differences are now out, open in air. Gilani and Kiyani...
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Another TAG!

Posted by anas on Dec 15, 2008 in Uncategorized | 12 comments (Copy-paste starts here!) Rules: * IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! * TAG 10 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SENT THIS TO YOU. * USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. * THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES,THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP! * TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL. * YOU CAN’T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME...
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Weekend Nights

Posted by anas on Dec 14, 2008 in London Diary | 15 comments A weekend night is something we all yearn for over the whole week and the plans for such nights can be numerous varying from person to person but nothing trumps the fun of sitting late in the night with nice background music, sipping coffee/coke/red bull and eating doritos while trying to figure out a way to reduce 20ns latency in my program!! Any programmer (software and hardware) can testify...
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