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Fashion Or Lack Thereof

Urooj Janjua   Aug 15, 2008   interacts: 35

You either want to cover your legs or you don’t; it is either too hot to wear a pair of cotton pants or it is

What's In a Name?

Aziz Akhmad   Jul 20, 2008   interacts: 8

The name, Blue Area, has for some reason stuck in the collective memory of people of Islamabad, but not Jinnah Avenue. I never understood why?

I Fell Among (the APPNA) Doctors

Aziz Akhmad   Jul 10, 2008   interacts: 41

Like the conductor of a choir, with one hand raised, she piped up with a full-throated ‘Paaak sar zameeen shadbaad … The children simply stared

Hitched Hikers Guide

Ibrahim M Khalil   May 24, 2008   interacts: 4

I never aspired for such superficial goals. Being mature beyond my age, I always dreamt of being a Groom (Dulha).

Interviewing Ayman

Faisal Kapadia   Jan 7, 2008   interacts: 13

I came across the “hilarious news” that Al Qaeda would be now conducting an open interview. Yes my friends.. good

I thick therefore I am

Ibrahim M Khalil   Dec 3, 2007   interacts: 23

I wanted to show off my intellect by writing a piece on current situation of Pakistan but decided against it.

Short

Raj Mor   Nov 7, 2007   interacts: 1

The day had gone well. Dow was up. NASDAQ was up. Sensex was up. But he was thinking about his Indian IT stocks

Hisab Barabar

Manpreet S   Nov 5, 2007   interacts: 9

She is a regular in the gym. She walks with a lazy step, does halfhearted aerobics, and barely moves on the bike. On the treadmill,

Jeenay Do BB

Raheel Lakhani   Oct 20, 2007   interacts: 12

A piece of satire targeted on Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan.

National Reconciliation goes truly National

Talha Muhammad   Oct 11, 2007   interacts: 0

The National Association of Street and Petty Crimes, Karachi Chapter has announced that in the spirit of the newly presented proposal by Pervaiz Musharraf, all

Spit Syndrome

maryam ahmed   Sep 28, 2007   interacts: 8

One cannot even go for an uneventful stroll in the park without our spit sensors on high alert, getting the warning “SPIT ALERT!” now and

Terminator 2

nabendu debsharma   Aug 21, 2007   interacts: 1

Episodes from my life with T2, my Boss - the General Manager of a bank in the Middle East.

Al-Qaeda In My House

Mujeeb Rehman   Jul 27, 2007   interacts: 4

After two days of intense negotiations more like US-India nuclear talks that failed, our negotiations bore fruit. We decided that we will bomb the place.

Shopping with Perveen

Christopher Cork   Jun 13, 2007   interacts: 58

You bandit. Too much money. We go.
Toilet brushes, Perveen, they’re only toilet brushes…
Too much…he want too much…

Those Pesky Little Creatures

Nauman Afzal   Mar 1, 2007   interacts: 2

My personal best score is an astounding 20, of what? If you may ask, I am not talking about basketball or cricket.

Take-Two ... News

Fakhra Hassan   Aug 31, 2006   interacts: 8

“I knew it!”
“Knew what?”
“That Pluto is a dog. Didn’t I tell you Pluto is a dog?”

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