Are They Qualified?

Posted by anas on Jan 12, 2009 in Pakistan | 18 comments Talk about a PhD doctor performing brain surgery. This is precisely what is happening in Pakistan. Unfortunately the condition is worse, the surgeon in question here isn’t even a PhD doctor. Perhaps, the doctor is totally uneducated and illiterate. When any of us apply for a job, the first question to consider is whether the job is suitable for us or not. Obviously holding a degree in...
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Daughter's Rap Tribute To Benazir Bhutto!!

Posted by anas on Jan 6, 2009 in Pakistan | 11 comments The elder daughter of Pakistan’s assassinated former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has written a rap song expressing grief over her death. The song by Bakhtawar Bhutto, 18, comes a year after the assassination and is entitled “I would take the pain away”. It pays tribute to her mother’s “crazy courage” and describes her as “the epitome of...
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One Year Old!

Posted by anas on Dec 27, 2008 in Life | 22 comments Shuffling through my previous posts to find when exactly I started blogging on this platform, I found to my utter surprise, that my first post is dated 27th December 2007. I’d like to thank the government of Pakistan for having a national holiday for my blog’s birthday celebrations I had been blogging on and off on other platforms earlier, but serious blogging began on this historic...
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Story Of THAT Car!

Posted by anas on Dec 23, 2008 in Life | 19 comments CAUTION: This is a long story written out of extreme boredom AND I suck at story-telling. It was a Thursday night and time was not on our side, so wasn’t luck. Things were getting tougher as the deadline drew near. As I recall with my bad memory, only a week was left to finish off the task before flying out. There was uncertainty about the end but the determination was rock-solid. We...
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The curse of Rawalpindi?

Posted by anas on Dec 29, 2007 in Pakistan | 0 comments Pakistan’s first PM, Liquat Ali Khan, was shot dead in a public meeting at the Municipal Park, Rawalpindi. He was shot twice in his chest by a man sitting in the audience. Municipal Park, where he was assassinated, was renamed Liaquat Bagh Park in his honor. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, fromer President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, was executed by hanging in Rawalpindi (his trial remains...
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