Running Naked

Shammi (#270) and hamidm (various): No, shammi, hamidm kids you not - in my misspent youth I was the drummer for a band in Karachi and we played various hot locales there, like the Beach Luxury Hotel (!), the Disco at the Hotel Metropole, Askers Snack Pono, Saaz aur Awaz, The Oasis. And at some of these locations there were belly dancers from the MiddleEast as well as European girls. And several times I remember losing track of my timing as the girls stripped. Such were the days ...!

tahmed321#246

``si galph az Bangal``

Aap bahut shareer hain:))))

harimau # 244

``We are the country of Animists, Buddhists, Catholics, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Protestants, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians and anybody else you can think of.``

Hey! what happened to the 150 million muslims

in India:))

Dost-Mittar:

Rejoinder to my previous post to you--Aqil Shah of The Dawn is now beginning to GET IT:

``...What should Pakistan do? For one, the establishment could start by adopting a tough line against the militants. Statements by leaders of jihadi outfits alluding to the government`s hands-off approach not only belie official posturing but clearly harm our already tarnished international credibility. In a re-defined geo-political environment, Pakistan can ill-afford to be seen with its hands in the cookie jar...``

http://www.dawn.com/2001/12/31/op.htm#3

I don`t know how much clout these Op/Ed columnists have with the military junta, but they clearly do a better job (understandably so) in media relations and media management than the 5-star generals with pretty red bands in their hats in GHQ.

The Prime Minister`s New Year`s message to the nation:

http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/31pm.htm

`Bin Laden`s money funds the fight for new Muslim

homeland in Kashmir`

By Peter Popham

01 January 2002

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=112291

re: heera mandi da puttar ali

dude, that was lame...even for you...go find something else, mofo

`ROCKY` TIMES AHEAD FOR PAKISTAN...

Tahmed, knowing the conservationist/environmentalist that you are, here`s an idea for you to make some $$$ and also serve the national cause in times to come.

Company: Rock Recycling Center (Islamabad)

CEO: Tahmed

CTO: Ali1 (`Rocky` to friends)

VC funding: Romair

Company Motto: You can take the Rock out of a Pakistani but you cannot take the Pakistani out of the Rock - but heck, we`ll try.

Distribution: Sold as `Punjabi Patthar` (TM). After several re-cycles distributed locally as Multani Mitti.

re: AAmir the 12-head

{If India govt were to be punished by, a super power like U.S.A. or even CHINA ,for not being able to reign in Terrorist like VERAPPAN,GOWLE,NAIK,BODO land}

hey idiot, there`s a difference between your family member blowing up your house vs. an outsider....get it?....now go back to cyber-stalking girls with 50 cards a day....

Re: Hamidm

``...twenty five years ago they even had bars where you could walk in off the street and get a drink .....and night clubs where naked white women danced on stage to entertain the believers ...``

Hamidm, GETOUTAHERE. You are kidding us, aren`t you?

Ref Eunuch1 #: 256

[Another advantage of my passport is that it can be used as an H1B chick magnet...]

Hey, you were getting no takers even at the gay bars. What makes you think that flashing your green passport will make you more attractive to chicks? Most likely, they will call the INS and DOJ to ensure that you get to one of those ``voluntary`` friendly interviews.

hamidm #252
``remember the parliament! to hell with pakistan! ..... and so what if it doesn`t rhyme``

Maine aisaa tho nahin kahaa tha. You happen to have gotten it wrong again, on three counts.

Firstly, India is not saying to hell with Pakistan (neither am I incidentally). Vajpayee in his New Years address says `` India (would be) willing to walk more than half the distance to work closely with Pakistan to resolve, through dialogue, any issue, including the contentious issue of Jammu and Kashmir if Islamabad’s rulers shed (their) anti-India mentality).`` Rhetoric apart, there is no point in India going to go to war if Musharraf remains sincere in tackling these groups. I donot think India believes that a purely military solution to Indo-Pak conflict will be durable, imposed from either side.

Secondly, its not just the Parliament building of brick and mortar, nor the MPs as human beings at risk, its a question of India`s representative government being the most significant symbol of India. A section of the urban upper classes may be cynical about it, but consistent voting turnouts (higher in rural areas) of 60-70% in a diverse electorate of 650 million show that many have kept faith in the principle of representative government through peaceful means(however flawed in practice) though they lead much tougher lives in more unforgiving circumstances than any Pakistani jihadi (or their sponsors) can claim. Those who target India`s Parliament target all these people from rural landless to farmers to the urban poor to small time businessman. I believe politically disaffected Indians, however violent know this too, Pakistani religious zealots donot, evidently(or donot care). So I`ll definately say, to hell with these ignoramuses, though I would expect better understanding from informed `liberals`.

And thirdly, how can it be ``to hell with Pakistan``, if India is demanding action against LeT and JeM. LeT and JeM donot represent Pakistan. Look at it this way, if LeT and JeM get away with attacking the seat of the Indian government, and the mighty Indian state did nothing, what if LeT and JeM and their sponsors got carried away with their success and began to try their tactics with coercing Pakistani institutions next? Even without holding any brief for Musharraf, god forbid what if he became their next target?

The chances of Pakistan having representative government of its own is not unconnected with the continued good health of the Indian variety next door. Bush was caught in a inescapable blowback of his own rhetoric too. If every 6th person on earth is an Indian, an attack on the Indian Parliament cannot be classified as anything but terrorism with global reach striking at roots of democratic principles. If only jihadis had paid attention in their civics classes :).

hamidm #266

We have to meet someday and talk about that old
Karachi over a shot of Beehive or a glass of California Merlot.
And I will argue the following point with you:
The Nihari is slightly better in Karachi and that one place for Lassi on Monkey Road (Old name) run by Hijras could have have given Lahore some competition. But the Beef Payas in Lahore beat
their counterparts in Karachi hands down.

And since I use my real identity on CHOWK I will stop here before I start discussing other sins.

Write to me sometime at ras@chowk.com

Ras

Dear Chowkies (pakis and indians and Sigalph az Bangal too): Best wishes for the new year to you and your families. Let us hope that 2002 proves to be an year of peace all around the world.

asimkhan #240 arae yaar aap itna ghussa kyooN kartae haiN?

jay

``One good thing about Karachi`s Defence is that unlike the one in Lahore young single men can go to many parks without being asked to wear trousers or track suit bottoms ``

.......laholaywalakuwat! ... karachi always was the sodom and gomorrah of pakistan - it is the reason why the land of the pure has been forsaken by allah and the imf ..... twenty five years ago they even had bars where you could walk in off the street and get a drink .....and night clubs where naked white women danced on stage to entertain the believers ...... ever since they shut down these places and opened up the madrassas, the young and the restless started praying and joining the lashkars for entertainment and martyrdom ......before islam was discovered by zia ul haq even lahore had horse-racing, bars, liquour stores and the red-light area was still the best in the sub-continent ....... pakistanis were normal people and quite unconcerned with the fact that they were headed for hell and damnation ....then things changed, a new god was discovered and we became obsessed with mmortality and the hereafter, forgetting the fact that we were mere mortals who needed to have some fun .........

....... i am glad to see karachi is making a comeback .... who knows - shorts today, bars and strippers tomorrow ....... of course, you will still have to go to lahore for nihari and a decent glass of lassi ......