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My darling abaya!

Sameen Tahir Khan   Mar 23, 2005   interacts: 237

I never realized how much I love my Abaya until we were separated. I’d gone to Karachi for a short vacation. At the airport my

Lahore ka Jughraphiah

Mohammad Gill   Sep 2, 2004   interacts: 172

..The elders have described the essence of all this research in these curt and expressive words: Lahore is Lahore. If you cannot find Lahore from

Untitled

Nadeem F Paracha   Apr 6, 2004   interacts: 56

Boy, what was that awful sound? A bomb explosion somewhere in Karachi. Phew. Thank God. For a while I thought it was mom exploding because

My darling Dhoti!

Feroz Qutabshahi   Apr 21, 2005   interacts: 45

The customs officers examines my stuff and says “nice table cloth” “is it hand-made?” he asks. Sir, this is not a tablecloth, this is a

The Prophecies of Nosydamanus

Nadeem F Paracha   Apr 29, 2004   interacts: 41

Some say Nosy was the greatest seers since Nosterdamus. Some believe he was even greater than his European counterpart. Some say he was a highly

Interview with the Vamp

Bina Shah   May 24, 2005   interacts: 37

Angelina Jolie recently visited Pakistan for the second time in her capacity as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador...

Happ-E-Birthday

Fizza    Mar 7, 2005   interacts: 15

I signed on to MSN. Some of my contacts were ’Online’. Some were ’Busy’. Some were going to ’Be Right Back’. Most of them were

Girlfriends

Sobia Aslam   Mar 10, 2004   interacts: 40

They will tell you honestly when you’ve gained weight, they’ll help your confidence by reassuring you about your looks, and if they hold your hand,

Illiteracy After Education - Part I

Ayesha H Ahmad   Feb 19, 2004   interacts: 22

A casual chat, between two friends: “I tried to be friends with that new chap in our class but I found that he is much

Bombs and Beards

Muhammad Farhan   Sep 2, 2003   interacts: 24

It traverses my face like a helmet strap, as if trying to keep my lower jaw from falling. What started as an urge to make

When I’m at the Gym

Sameena Iqbal   Mar 13, 2005   interacts: 29

Omigosh Sameena! Push yourself you are almost there...

Arachnophobia Vs. Nyctophobia

shobig sifar   Jun 10, 2005   interacts: 32

Like Archimedes, I once ran naked straight out of the bath into the street; the reason for this though, was not any significant scientific discovery,

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…

The Incurable Bedding Flu!

B Righter   Sep 1, 2004   interacts: 12

The novice would like to believe that this surely accounts for all the items in the bedding. However, don’t make the cardinal sin of forgetting

On Awakening

Shandana Minhas   May 10, 2005   interacts: 14

“Sheep,” I was still fuming when we finally drove up to the hospital and found a handy parking spot right by the gate, “that’s what

Arey Larkay!

Temporal    Feb 22, 2005   interacts: 22

“Arey Larkay, go to the fourth room, third shelf from the right and fourth from the top, bring me the seventh book from the right.”

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