Posted on November 3, 2007, 9:29 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Pakistan.
I just got news from a reliable army guy that we are all set for martial law. The cable news channels (including PTV – "Baakhabar Pakistan") are going off after every few minutes, so I'll wait till 11PM before checking again. The President of Pakistan address is scheduled at 2300 – probably so that people […]
Posted on November 3, 2007, 8:27 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Pakistan.
Despite my aversion to political commentary, I couldn't help checking out the couple of remaining news channels that are still online. One of those channels has a news ticker saying: "Chief of the Army Staff Pervaiz Musharraf has imposed a state of emergency…" and immediately afterwards: "President of Pakistan Pervaiz Musharraf will address the nation […]
Robert J. Sawyer, winner (and multiple times nominee) of Hugo and Nebula awards, has become one of my favorite science fiction authors recently. I was reading one of his novels "Flashback" last week, and noticed a small mistake where it said: "Islamabad, Pakistan (autotranslated from the original Arabic): In my vision, I have two arms-but […]
Posted on November 1, 2007, 12:02 PM, by ReallyVirtual, under Uncategorized.
I have started to dislike Yahoo!, and it is only a matter of time before this disliking turns into hate. Here’s why…