Posted on April 13, 2010, 10:19 PM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Life,
Pakistan.
It has been a while since I have posted here – but only because the dozen post drafts lying on my desktop have been fighting for attention at the same time – and have created a deadlock. A lot needs to be said, but before I resume writing, here are 17000 words (in picture format) […]
Posted on March 29, 2008, 2:44 AM, by ReallyVirtual, under
Pakistan,
Smoking.
So the Marlboro Man is finally taking over the Pakistani tobacco market. Too bad they are a few years too late. Had they come to us a couple of decades earlier, they would have found a perfect fit in the form of the ready-to-go localized model for the Marlboro Man role – one that is […]
Posted on March 15, 2008, 7:00 PM, by ReallyVirtual, under
Pakistan.
The Pakistani Flag is Unislamic! Before I can explain why, I must mention that our Government of Pakistan thinks that the flag was designed by Jinnah, while other sources say it was Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii. We need to get our facts right so that we can blame whoever designed it. According to Wikipedia: In the […]
Posted on March 10, 2008, 5:30 PM, by ReallyVirtual, under
Life.
Last month, my son told us, “There was a bomb in our class”. There wasn’t, of course, just some kids in his class (who probably watch too much TV) acting out what they saw using their imaginations. I certainly didn’t want him to know what a fucked up world we live in so soon in […]
Posted on March 7, 2008, 2:50 PM, by ReallyVirtual, under
Life,
Pakistan.
Stumbled upon this “high-contrast” image – though it seems to be somewhere in Latin America, but it reminded me of Pakistan.