Something of Everything..
While media is busy in covering our political guru's and Quaid's visits to fire burnt factories and meetings with their families in Karachi, this 6 year old kid asked me a very simple question, why all these big-guns visit these places only after an incident? why don't they visit such places proactively to prevent losses. After... Continue Reading →
Published at:http://pakteahouse.net/2011/08/24/red-relationship-enhancement-drive/ To start with, I must quote Iqbal’s verses from “Shikwa” to make the basis of my idea. Kyun ziyan kaar banoo, sood faramosh rahun Fiqr-e-farda na karun, mehve ghum-e-dosh rahun Naaley bulbul ke sunoo. Aur hama tan gosh rahun Hamnawa mein bhi koi gul hun k khamosh rahun Iqbal said why I should... Continue Reading →
Originally Published at: http://pakteahouse.net/2011/10/30/an-open-letter-to-every-pakistani/ While PTI and PML (N) are preparing for dharnas and jalsas, which they refer to as a turning point. I am a bit confused, turning point for what? And whom? Apparently it is to tell a bald man that he is bald. We all know he is bald, so what? Is... Continue Reading →
A man asked his servant to set the curtains on window, for he wants controlled sunlight for an indoor plant. Servant being over-efficient built a wall outside window, blocking sunlight completely, what happened to that plant is a separate story. I don’t know why and how, my mind relates this story to PTA banned list;... Continue Reading →
Today I woke up with a new energy, vision and passion. Woke up with no burden on my head, not any pending national issues, peace all around, everything under control and weather just being super nice, to my amusement when I turned on the heater the flame was as low as it could (due to... Continue Reading →
So the much talked about tsunami finally hit the ground. As expected there were a huge crowd boys, girls, old people, families groups and what not. The zest and conviction was worth-watching. I wasn’t there; I watched it all over television. But it felt like some kind of remaking of that Manto Park rally in... Continue Reading →
originally published on 20th Feb 2012 on http://abrarkureshy.blogspot.com/2012/02/bitter-truth.html Baluchistan is burning with hate; love care and respect are only extinguishers I couldn’t resist to these lyrics from Goo Goo Dolls Dolls IRISin pretext of contemptible condition in Baluchistan, the largest province of Pakistan. And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of... Continue Reading →
It was a normal day, full of political activities. PPP and PML-N had their rallies. Political temperature of the federal capital was at its peak when suddenly a news channel broke the news about suicide attack in PPP’s jalsa in Liaqat Bagh hurting Benzir Bhutto seriously. Later the news of her demise appeared on television... Continue Reading →
