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ANNOINTED High Priest of the CHURCH OF MAJ.

in addition to serving as (depending on who you ask):

Member of the Pakistani Elite.

Member of the Muslim Elite.

Member of the Mirzai Elite.

Honorary Member of the Colonial Elite.

Bhutto-loyalist and Jiyala PPP wallah

Bhutto-hater and Bhutto-opponent (on count of being from the multiple elites above)

and

Humble Peon and Servant to the US Elite.

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Random Thoughts: "Luke, you`re going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."
- OBV Kenobi, from The Return of the Jedi


No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of their houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable conditions in which our women have to live. You should take your women along with you as comrades in every sphere of life."


-- Mahomed Ali Jinnah (Founder of Pakistan)



Long Live a Modern Democratic Liberal Progressive Pakistan, where everyone has equal rights regardless of religion, caste, creed, gender... That Pakistan has not come yet... but it will one day... or I`ll die trying.

I think this should be enough to tell you what I am about... I have no other defining characteristics, hobbies, and sorry to disappoint you ... I don`t have the time to quote some obscure nonsense from some irrelevant philosopher to prove how big of an intellectual I am... that is a reserved monopoly of those who are full of themselves.
Favorite Reading: Partition of India: Legend and Reality, Sole Spokesman : Jinnah, Muslim League and demand for Pakistan, Best of Isaac Asimov 1939-1955, Shame
Favorite Writers: Aisha Sarwari, George Orwell, H M Seervai, Ayesha Jalal, Isaac Asimov, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Bapsi Sidhwa, Tariq Ali, Adil Najam

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