Attack on poilce training academy, Manawa.

In yet another one of the rocky earthquake-like happenings that our sorry country is so famous for, the police training academy at Manawa was stormed yesterday by terrorists (claimed to have links to Baitullah Mehsud), who threw grenades and fired blindly, killing twenty police officers and five civilians. Yet again, it seems that our intelligence service was forewarned but, as usual, they failed to take action. I seriously dunno whats gonna happen next-maybe Sherry Rehman dancing nude in the Parliament??

Of course, the police make themselves a huge target by doing shit like this. I mean, you can't help but want to blow them up when they do this. Have a look:

I mean, wouldn't YOU be a pissed-off Desi if some cop stops in the middle of traffic to talk to his gay police buddy at the 'station. Well, DUH!!!

The policeman on the roof is really asking for it.

China will RULE!!!

I've been thinking about about China and how its been enjoying double digit growth for the last 30 or so years. Recently, they've started expanding into the cell phone market, and from little dip-shit phones, they've gone up to making great phones. Today I saw a blog post on Sense Applied about a "Razor Phone". Now this isnt a copy of the Motorolla Razr, but the phone has a frikkin RAZOR built into it. See the full story here.

Its features include:

Dual sim cards working at the same time
Bluetooth
FM radio
E-book reader
support to extend TF card to 8GB maximally
Language :English/Chinese
2.6 inch Touch Screen – 260k VGA , 240 x 320 Px
0.3 mp Camera ( so you don't get to take a good pic of yourself shaving)
Stereo Loud Speakers
GPRS & WAP – sorry no EDGE it only keeps you on a Razor’s Edge
300 Contacts Directory
and of course a Builtin Razor.

Car capers

This is a post of various stuff that i've seen on the wacky roads of Karachi. It's funny and crazy, and I'll be updating this soon.






You get to see a lot of stuff like this on the roads of Karachi, especially in Ramzan in Karachi when everyone's hungry and suffering under the burning heat. It's like weird stuff like this is an outlet for the Desi Desparados populating our city.

Mission accomplished!!!

In a dramatic wee-hour development, the government agreed to reinstate the deposed chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry who, along with nearly 50 judges, had been unceremoniously sacked by the then president and army chief General Pervez Musharraf almost two years ago.

In a long-awaited development, the PPP government finally bowed to immense pressure by the opposition and the lawyers movement. The announcement by the Prime Minister ordering the reinstatement of judges followed a not-so-veiled warning by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq P Kiyani told the government that they needed to reverse some of their more controversial decisions before the situation spiralled out of control.

The reinstated Chief Justice is likely to continue the work he was doing in office before being deposed in 2007-the finding of the 'missing people' many believe to have been held by the security agencies.

After the announcement restoring the judiciary, scenes of mass celebration and jubiliation were seen in the streets, especially in the cities of the Punjab, and sweets were handed out. Many people also resorted to aerial firing.

The full story can be seen here.

I personally believe that the reinstatement of the CJ, Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhry ought to have positive repercussions. The Constitution in force, that is, the 1973 Constitution provides for an independent judiciary in its' preamble, the Objectives Resolution, by clearly stating ["Wherein the independence of the judiciary shall be fully secured"].

Anyway, lets just be thankful that this crisis is over. Now, Ali Ahmed Kurd and all the other lawyers can finally get back to their real job with this little sojourn over. Hey, maybe Kurd will be able to finally change that ridiculous hairstyle of his.

Supreme Court Bar Association President Ali Ahmed Kurd-with that ridculous hairstyle of his.

And maybe, maybe, this will be enough to wipe that huge smirk off "President" Zardari's face.

"President" Zardari-with that huge smirk of his.

Geo News snuffed. Once again.

It seems that we are once more returning to the bad old days on Nvember 2007 when emergency was imposed by then President Musharraf and the star of our mushrooming group of TV channels was ordered to shut down. In an ironic twist of events, today, cable operators were threatened and told to shut down Geo TV. This has now taken place in Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad. The full story can be seen here.Ask anyone in Pakistan and they'll tell you one of the reasons that the PPP came into government was because of their promises to restore democracy, the judiciary and to make the media independent. In fact, non of these have taken place. The judiciary is still beholden to the corupt, inefficient government, and yet again, the media has been shut down while the lawyers movement is brutally suppressed and atrocities are committed. At the same time, the economy is so far down the toilet that it probably can't even see the toilet roll and Pakistan's standing in international forums has fallen greatly.

It seems that the government of "President" Zardari IS definitely corrupt, inefficient and self-serving (big surprise there). Anyway, what I really don't get is why that bastard refuses to liberate the judiciary. Hes probably afraid that the BILLIONS of dollars hes embezzled will be discovered.

OK, now only a kind and merciful God with a highly developed sense of irony will save this country from going to the dogs (characterized by Asif Zardari).

The Show Must Go On....And on and on and on....

Our country seems to resemble something like a bad soap opera. The show just keeps dragging on and on and on..
Its like the show goes on whenever theres another "democratically elected" government and then at regular intervals, theres a break, shown by yet another imposition of Martial Law. Like a bad soap, the saga never seems to want to finish, and the same actors keep showing up through the ages playing different roles and characters. It seems that the only thing keeping the country on its feet is the breath of fresh air that (usually) blows in during Martial Law.
It seems that we need a bunch of new, EDUCATED politicians who can actually think for themselves..Otherwise it'll be the same old story all over again, Martial Law, failed ddemocracy, corrupt democracy, Martial Law and so on...
It seems we need another Ayub Khan....Rise from the dead, Ayub!!!

Free girl provided at a beauty parlour...

This is a picture of a signboard that's been going around the 'Net lately.

The translation goes like:

"Husna Beauty Parlor.

Facials - Threading - Plucking - Bleach - Cutting - Party Makeup.

Great and satisfactory work, in your neighborhood.

Get One Girl Free with the Bride."

The signmaker should't have been stingy with the words..LOL

Allegations

Okay, Punjab is really into deep shit now. A few days ago, the Governor of the Punjab, Mr. Salman Taseer, accusedthe former Chief Minister, Mr. Shebaz Sharif, of having upto 144 armoured vehicles accompanying him around. SHIT...People are dying of hunger, disease and stuff, while this bastard has more than a HUNDRED FRIGGIN CARS trailing him around. Damn!!
Anyway, today at a rally in Lahore, Mr. Shebaz Sharif has accused "President" Zardari's crony and advisor, Mr. Rehman Malik of stealing upto Rs. 50 million from public funds. GAWDDAMNIT, will these people never learn??
Those bastards...

Shame..

Shame can come in many forms...But right now its come to visit Pakistan in the form of the horrible terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Right now, our country has been humiliated internationally, tensions with arch enemy India are rising and the stock exchange is down. There remains a threat of another flight of capital like after the Mariott bombings last year. Besides the six police officers, a driver of a vehicle in the convoy was also killed. Seven Sri Lankan players, a Pakistani umpire and a coach from Britain were wounded, none with life-threatening injuries. As usual, our governement has floundered about, trying to blame India, various militant factions and different people within itself.



Now for my opinion:

To the:

Freaks in our government: SCREW YOU!!! Why don't you actually DO something instead of just pointing fingers, arresting people absolutely uninvolved in any crime and talking about "non-state actors" in every media interview [thank you "President" Zardari].

Militant groups: SCREW YOU TOO!!! The majority of the Pakistani population never wanted to be in the war on terror. So, go attack, bomb and rape Musharraf, Bush and all the other gay, crusty old men who dragged us into it. And while you're at it, why don't you try picking up a translation of the Holy Qura'an and try actually following the true principles of Islam. Huh??How 'bout that??

A few years ago, when General Musharraf took over in a counter-coup, many of the intelligensia breathed sighs of relief and hoped that he was not ct from the same cloth as the previous militiary dictators like General Yahya Khan [stupid drunk who fell to the hims of Bhutto and gave away East Pakistan], General Zia-ul-Haq [had a penchant for actresses and a ludicrous mustache]. Musharraf quickly settled the economy, set the country moving forward and liberalized it. (He also had a curious habitt of shutting away people in secret jails). Anyway, he was a progressive dude.

Meanwhile, the present government has bungled up the economy, gave away Swat to the militants and has started to turn Punjab into a battlefield. Thank you, Zardari.

Anyway, we really need some rulers who actually know how to run the country and havn't flunked their classes at the Naval Cadet College of Petaro like "President" Zardari.

Cricket goes byee-byee in Pakistan...

In a surprising development, today the bus of the visiting Sri lankan cricket team was shot at by militants using RPGs, automatic weapons and hand grenade. The Sri Lankan team was swiftly evacuated using militiary helicopters. It is reported that the governemnt had prior information of this attack from a report which was apparently handed to them as early as 22 January 2009 accusing agents of RAW, the intellgience agency attacking the Sri Lankan team at this very place and time.

The Government of the Punjab was apparently too busy changing the IG, six SPs and several other high police officials in Punjab as well as changing chief ministers and what not. With the imposition of Governor Rule in Punjab, all executive authority rests with Governor Salman Taseer and he is in charge of the government. As usual, "President" Asif A. Zardari has 'regretted" the incident.
News stories related to the incident can be found at Dawn[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/punjab/sri-lankan-cricket-team-convoy-attacked-eight-players-injured-ha] and Yahoo [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_cricketers_attacked]

The attack has been described by a senior journalist as "remarkably well planned" and it is said to bear a lot of similarity to the mumbai attacks.

With an attack like this the standard of sports is likely to fall even more in Pakistan, not that it was that high anyway. Foreign teams' visits to Pakistan will likely lessen (not that they were that high anyway) and sports activity in pakistan would probably slow to a halt. I remember that as early as 2007, when I was participating in the 1st South Asian Swimming Championship, at least two teams-including Bangladesh-refused to attend. I don't think that Pakistan's sports teams will be able to go for foeign tours. DAMN!!!! And i wanted to be at Dhaka at the 2010
SAF Games representing Pakistan.

God, what a clusterf**k!!!!Get your act together people!!!

P.S:Shahid Afridi just said that cricket would become more "difficult" in Pakistan.

The ICC has also cancelled the Pakistani part of the World Cup unless there is a "dramatic change". Gee, that seems unlikely.

Younis Khan has also stomped out of a press conference in anger and disgust. Dunno why yet.

Following are pictures of the attack:

Electricity woes-Part 2

It seems that with the advent of the Islamic month of Rabiul Awal, everyone seems to have forgotten the shortfall of electricity affecting Pakistan and is happy celebrating the Prophet's(PBUH) birthday with lights garishly decorating the streets and naats blaring out like its the religious version of Dubai Desert Rock, or Desert rock or whatever the hell its' called. I took some pictures with my cameraphone of these giddy scenes on the streets and here they are:

One can only hope that God actually gives the people celebrating these "Islamic celebrations" so they can realise that saving some electricity would actually be better.

Electricity woes...

Karachi gives you the benefit of being able to fit in any society at all, with or without electricity.

Aaj kal both my generator and UPS is dead. I’ve been dropped to ‘normal’ non- elitist, non burger level. Now it's my house in perpetual darkness while the entire street is aglow. And being a burger and an 'elite', I can't take that.

I have no qualms with the KESC. We use up more electricity then we produce, half the city steals, the other half fix the meters, and the few that pay the bill curse them so much they probably have booked seats in hell. What I can't stand is myself being so dependent on electricity that 5 minutes without a fan drives me insane. And nothing pisses me off more than seeing the barabar wala house radiating more light than uranium. It's all I can do to keep from putting sugar in their generator's engine. In my defense, they have their meter 'fixed' as well.

I miss the days before generators and UPS’s where everyone became equal whenever the KESCwale or WAPDA (let’s not limit this to Karachi) felt like giving society a sermon.