US plans for ‘imperial’ presence in Pakistan Pardon the Pakistani news media going gaga over Washington’s plans to beef up, extraordinarily, its diplomatic presence in Pakistan. The plans are staggering and stupendous, for want of more descriptive adjectives. But they are, for the record, just geared to Washington’s diplomatic stake in Pakistan, lest the Pakistanis routinely clobbered in the ‘civilised western world’ for their outbursts of emotions over supposedly petty little things. ‘The Americans are coming, and coming big,’ according to ... Read More

I read about 119 year old Siraj Bibi( in Dawn) and thought we have our lives so complicated. She loves to work and tries to keep others happy. These two simple rules of life have kept her happy for all these years. And we strive for our own comfort and happiness. Can we get back to those simple times again. We can only dream of being 119 years old (Mashallah) and that too with an active life style. I wish ... Read More

Some worrying developments are taking place in our capital. Islamabad has changed so much since this war on terror started. Our residental areas have concrete blockages, our main streets like (Margalla Road at various points, Road in F6 which leads to ICG) are closed for public use. CDA made so much effort in spreading this road network but now "VIP" security has made all these newly made roads UGLY!!! By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The US plans to have a bigger ... Read More

This an intersting piece i read in todays newspaper and thought i should share it with u all. Time for the media to step up Ayesha Ijaz Khan If ever there was a time to shun The New York Times, BBC or other mainstream sources of news, this was it. How were the attacks in Mumbai being covered in other parts of the world? If you live in London and have Sky TV, there are several options for finding out. So I ... Read More