Crow's Nest...

Just played Half life 2 and must say it is one hell of a game.

A great place to study.    Yes this is the name of the article written by the US ambassador in Pakistan and deals with the issue of foreign medical students in the land of the free. The whole article is replete with false claims and assurances that is so characteristic of the US government. At one point in time the honourable writer makes us believe that after the installation of Student and Exchange Visitor System it has become ever so easy for the aspiring students to enter states in peace. The writer talks of foreign medical students and the benefit they bring to the US society both in terms of cultural diversity and monetary inflow. He tells us of new scholarships being given to help students study in states. In the end he ends his essay with the following note, For Pakistanis thinking about your own future, I strongly recommend that you consider higher education in the United States. With more than 3600 fully accredited institutions of higher education, America...

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Most interesting editorial of all times on sunday times .

President of the exiled.    The dictator it seems is nothing more than a president of the self exiled bastards who like to control the country from the cozy comforts of their london homes. The kind of statements that the dictator has made recently about the fate of kashmir are found completely in accord with the statements made by his lord Altaf Hussain in India. Both seem to be of the view that Kashmir is a burden on the nation that should be shunned as soon as possible. There seems to be a hint of the idea that Kashmir issue will be resolved without keeping in view the wishes of the Kashmiri people. Atleast that is what our dictator seems to be doing. I dont know what more is to come from the ugly mouth of the dictator in recent times because already what he has said is more than enough. Pakistan has completely back tracked from its principled stand of self determination solely because of its incompetent leader. We have literally given up to all our principled de...

China Land.    This time around when I came out of the exile from red brick fortress that we call AKU I was stunned by astounding number of Chinese products in the market. Every where I went I could see Chinese characters inscribed on products ranging from needles to washing machines. Infact small cities and towns have conveniently turned into Chinese towns and cities. I am using toothpaste imported from china I am polishing my shoes with shoe polish imported from china I am working on a Chinese computer driving a chinese car. I am using a Chinese phone and listening to Chinese channels on the satellite. I am a Chinese man!

Haven't been able to make any real posts for quite sometime. many reasons could be sighted for the delay or the apparent pause in the posts but I wouldn't indulge into the story telling right now rather get straight to the point. I was going through this old piece of newspaper just today and my eyes caught a news item which told about the apparent misery of muslim lot in the country of Thailand. Have been reading about the insults inflicted upon the resident muslim community in Thailand for some time now and cant resist writing about it. the news item told of arrest of 1300 muslims in the southern Thailand who were part of a peaceful and non violent demonstration.    This is not the first time that the Thai forces have acted like savages rather they have done this before. Thai muslims will remember 28th April 2004 as a dark day in their history. On this fateful day more than 110 helpless muslims were mercilessly slaughtered by the Thai security forces. Some who esc...