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Cuts Both Ways

Nadeem F Paracha June 2, 2004

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#32 Posted by M.B.Z.Isphahani on June 6, 2004 9:51:12 pm
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#31 Posted by khamkhwa. on June 6, 2004 7:03:54 pm
MBZI...
yaar why do i always think of you as the 39th version of 12-head...pliss clarify O wise one...
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#30 Posted by M.B.Z.Isphahani on June 6, 2004 6:57:52 am
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#29 Posted by Goddess on June 5, 2004 9:41:26 am
People are brutally killed in this city and no one cares about their flesh, blood, skin and families being torn apart.

Who`s going to care about wood being cut down?
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#28 Posted by bts on June 4, 2004 6:03:15 pm
I enjoyed the anger + frustration + sarcasm in this piece, and how it connects to our social cosmetics in general.

So true.

``Are there any tree-huggers in our music industry?``

BUT

``Oh, well, my mistake again. Must ... think ... straight. Must ... be ... realistic. Must ... chop ... trees.``
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#27 Posted by omar_r_quraishi on June 4, 2004 7:17:07 am
faiza karachi has seen worse days than this and has come out alive and kicking
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#26 Posted by omar_r_quraishi on June 3, 2004 11:41:14 pm
nfp -- hahaha -- what do u mean -- as in on this site ? well its a bit different from the real world print media -- and a different kind of interaction i suppose -- main reason i think is that my office room has a 24 hour internet connection that doesnt affect my phone line now :) -- whats up with u ? r u freelancing for the news or rejoined them full time?
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#25 Posted by omar_r_quraishi on June 3, 2004 11:41:14 pm
nooralain -- definitely mixed up -- wow, mixing to completely unrelated posts -- what more next time should i expect? -- didnt u tell me on the other board that u werent going to interact with me -- can we plz keep it that way -- huh -- plz -- huh??? -- no on is baiting u nooralain plz get that -- i asked u a simple question and u overreacted -- and no one is forcing u to say anything so stop getting so hyper -- then, again you can choose to ignore what i have said too, which is what you said u would do -- jesus... what`s with some ppl here !
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#24 Posted by faizahussain on June 3, 2004 6:41:36 pm
Hello Paracha Sahib
I emailed your pic to a friend when I first saw it in your ilog; if a pic is worth a thousand words, then your finger can be said to be worth a million:) Now days the finger seems to be our most potent weapon and uncle sam has been getting quite alot of fingers lately.
Anyways, Karachi reminds me of a cancer patient, slowly slowly slowly reaching death:( or is it in remission nowdays?
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#23 Posted by Nadia_Zehra on June 3, 2004 6:41:13 am
Thanks Serena hasnot eaten the trees...
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#22 Posted by baaghiraja on June 3, 2004 6:41:12 am
# 9
Saminasha,
A finger lickin` good observation. But I hope it is only the finger they`re interested in. ;)
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#21 Posted by baaghiraja on June 3, 2004 6:41:12 am
Omer,
Why the sudden DAWNing?
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#20 Posted by nooralain on June 3, 2004 4:34:47 am
quraishi saab,

and just what the hell are you prattling about???!!! oh, are you going to tell me that most of karachi is socially aware and environmentally conscious? i`m always willing to be corrected on misstatements coming from me, but look at this gem from the responses to Murtaza`s article, quoted by you:

-- but if a pakistani were to post something relevant on something about india he or she would get it -- take the case of this interactor asfand on the board on the article about india`s election voting -- HOW MANY PAKISTANIS do u see interacting with the indians -- because they rather not waste their time trying to deal with the THE INDIANS WHO UNFORTUNATELY TURN INTO A MOB WHEN THEY ARE ALL INTERACTING TOGETHER -- IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A PACK MENTALITY -- ALL come together and start acting obnoxious -- and nazar hayat sahib there`s a way to call a spade a spade, without insulting people`s antecedents and without presuming fifty things about them ... -- (emphasis mine)

yes, indeed. to be confused and mixed up in one`s writing is definitely cool these days. methinks it seems that one of the esteemed assistant editors of dawn might also need a PR adviser. : ) or is that being confused and mixed up--and personal??? : )
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#19 Posted by AnimatedRohail on June 3, 2004 2:59:15 am
Thank God someone wrote something about whats being done in Karachi. Did anyone saw what they did to the Karsaz Road? In order to widen the road, they cut down all the trees on one side of it. This used to be such a wonderful sight, a road without any pothole with trees lining the entire length on both sides. Why didn`t someone had the sense to uproot them and then plant them at a new location where the expanded road will end?? Don`t tell me it can`t be done, because if these people can bring trees from Interior Sindh and plant them here, i m sure they can move them a few feet!!! Why can`t someone get that its easy to cut down a tree in a matter of minutes, but that tree has taken YEARS to get to this point!!!!
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#18 Posted by omar_r_quraishi on June 3, 2004 2:59:15 am
post#3 -- noor -- what the hell are you talking about -- or wait a min -- to be confused and mixed up in one`s writing is to be cool these days, isnt it ?? -- yes samina, by the looks of it she is definitely his PR adviser :)
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#17 Posted by M.B.Z.Isphahani on June 3, 2004 2:59:14 am
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    #32 M.B.Z.Isphahani
    #31 khamkhwa.
    #30 M.B.Z.Isphahani
    #29 Goddess
    #28 bts
    #27 omar_r_quraishi
    #26 omar_r_quraishi
    #25 omar_r_quraishi
    #24 faizahussain
    #23 Nadia_Zehra
    #22 baaghiraja
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    #20 nooralain
    #19 AnimatedRohail
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    #17 M.B.Z.Isphahani
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