Turkey – Glorious and Surprising Abroo,
Very well-written and enjoyable description of my beautiful city.

I am so glad that you had a good time. Did youi get a chance to visit Eyup Cami?

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #126 Posted by shankar on September 1, 2009 3:12:22 pm
{“I'm pretty sure the Indian lobby has a hand in this story leaking out...The Indian American lobby is getting stronger & increasingly emulating the Israeli lobby... It helps when American Jews & Indians see eye to eye & can join forces; & its happening increasingly....Americans of Indian origin are increasingly becoming a big voice in American intelligentsia. ..Wake up, world wide alumni...wasting your efforts riling a bunch of armchair laymen on Chowk, while your Indian counterparts are working the hallways of the White House & Capitol Hill."}

Shankar Sahib,

Excellent points regarding the increasing influence of Indian Americans. May I remind you that at one time American Indians had far greater influence on the American landscape than their newly-arrived namesakes?

While gaining influence in the White House and Capitol may be advantageous, something tells me that, the way things look for the future, it's about as significant as having the honor of playing with the orchestra on the Titanic.

Americans are tired of the war in Afghanistan, the economy is still recovering from Bush's misadventures, China is flexing its muscles, and your Israeli allies will dump you like a saloon girl once they reach a peace accord with the Arabs and Muslims.

So, rely on your own merits instead of trying to influence others to do your dirty work for you. Peace.

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #67 Riaz Sahib,
Fantastic account of your trip. I found the references to so many clubs quite a coincidence to what I was talking about in #60. The difference is that you gave us the good and the bad, the advanced and the "not so advanced," and the glitter and the faded. At least you are honest - but then we can never have a Shining Pakistan.

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? Re #52,
I didn't realize that TNITC is not an Indian. My comments still stand.
God bless these confusing multinicks! :)

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #59, Riaz Sahib,
Hollywood has been successfully creating, defining, redefining, and destroying images for almost ninety years. Some really loud music and speeding up boring scenes of effort can result in unmatched and sudden success. Bollywood, after all, is a very successful imitation of the real mirage. LOL

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #59, Riaz Sahib,
Hollywood has been successfully creating, defining, redefining, and destroying images for almost ninety years. Some really loud music and speeding up boring scenes of effort can result in unmatched and sudden success. Bollywood, after all, is a very successful imitation of the real mirage. LOL

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #59 Riaz Sahib,
If Pakistani luminance was to be measured by the footcandleships frequenting the Gymkhana or having their iftars at the Marriott, Pakistan too would be a shining minaar of development and advancement. All we need is some NRPs to put on the short skirts and start waiving the pom poms. :)

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #50 Riaz Sahib,
The problem with Pakistanis and other Muslims is that we don't understand how India really measures its own standards of health, nutrition, and welfare. You see, while Dalits and Muslims do count in bragging about the 1.1 billion population, they have no place in India Shining, which is restricted to the progress and well-being of the high-born. Once you discount the 400 - 500 million of the wretched ones, the statistics for India Shining do indeed look better for the fortunate ones who really count. Have you seen Slumdog?

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #51, Bloomy, how much do you want to bet that the Chinis are going to drop ready to eat beef & broccoli?

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #47 Posted by TNITC on August 31, 2009 7:46:34 pm
Riaz Haq: Reason: Pakistanis consume 25 Kg of sugar per person versus India's 20Kg.

{"Nonsense, crude averages mean nothing especially when a country is so impoverished as Pakistan, the few that consume the most skew the average... "}

TNITC Sahib,
You are a better comedian than I. :)
Indians, saddled with the well-established totem pole culminating in untouchability, with its inherent concept of injustice, inequality, and inhumane treatment, are going to talk about the privileged in Pakistan skewing the average. LOL

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? BTW, Why are Chinese soldiers flying their helicopters over Ladakh and dropping food? I wonder if they have heard about severe malnutrition among Indians?

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? #45 Posted by RiazHaq on August 31, 2009 7:38:40 pm
Re: # 43
{"Coming a week before the US senate takes it up, this NY Times harpoon is aimed at US aid bill to Pakistan, not any marine life."}

Riaz Sahib,
By now, we are all aware and well-prepared for the synchronized "leaks," from well-placed anonymous yet reliable and knowledgable "sources," who always seem to search and find willing "journalists" ready to print such crap as "news." We should all be grateful to Dubya and his brilliant court of neo-cons for this utter degradation in American journalism.

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? While I am not amused by the senseless arms race and the wasted billions BY BOTH SIDES, it gives me a perverted sense of gratification to see little Pakistan's threats become such obvious rusty blemishes in Shining India's blinding facade.

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile? Malick Sahib,
Thank you for presenting this interesting and rather mysterious "leak" about yet another developing "fact" concerning the "progress" made by yet another "Muslim" nation.

As a very young student, I had no confidence in the constant "leaks" concerning Pakistan's evolving nuclear capabilities based on plagiarism and outright theft. But then, everyone, including Americans, Indians, and doubting Pakistanis like me, were all astounded by the results of the earth shattering events of 1998.

As to the matter of harpoons, since when did Pakistan become a whaling nation? I have never heard of Orca kababs.

Qasba Aligarh Massacre – A Forgotten Story #1 Posted by Skeptical on August 21, 2009 12:16:34 am
{"Where were you when 12th may happened?"}

Skeptical,
Another typically Tahmed Batteesi type of remark. The date you mentioned was wel preceded by the date of the event being recounted by Chishti Sahib.

Someone made a reference to Pakistan being another Yugoslavia of the 1990s, with Punjab playing the role of Serbia. To carry this interesting analogy further, I would state that the Pakhtoons are behaving like the Croats with the Mohajirs being the third-place Bosniaks while Bangldesh would be the first to be free Slovenia with Baluchistan rounding out the unfortunate components as Kosova.

So, having been butchered by all, the Mohajirs, since 1986 like the Bosniaks in 1995, have made it a point not to be the main course at a Pakistani cannibal feast ever again.

Qasba Aligarh Massacre – A Forgotten Story #14 Posted by bubba on August 22, 2009 7:39:11 am
{" Hatred was brought into pakiland by the muslim immigrants some 60 years ago."}

Bubba,
Please come clean and admit that you are really Tahmed32 the self-proclaime bigot-e-ajam of Pakistan.