Did you feel a bit strange reading this title? I felt strange even as I wrote it. I was watching television as it documented festivities gaining momentum on the approach of twelfth of Rabi-ul-Awwal. Rabi-ul-Awwal, the twelfth, is supposedly Prophet Muhammed SAW’s birthday. The television narrated that there was a bit boost in sales of [...]

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I was completely relaxed about Musharraf’s return to Pakistan and Pakistani politics. I felt sure he did not have a future here anymore. In fact, I even felt cynical at times to his quotes regarding returning. However, to my great shock, I heard a person speaking of some favorable chances for Musharraf in the Pakistani [...]

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I have been a resident of Islamabad since 1986. That makes about twenty-five years to date. I remember some electricity load-shedding, while there used to be no gas load-shedding. And the electricity load-shedding would not exceed a limit that would cause our daily routines to disrupt. Rather, in the summers, that one hour load-shedding at [...]

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