White Lies
Other leaders could paint their hair purple and TV audiences won’t notice. Things are different when it comes to Imran Khan. Everything about him...
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The boy-king Bilawal Bhutto (Zardari) was in Lahore recently. Basically to call on the Taseers and congratulate them on the return of Shahbaz Taseer....
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The much talked about, much married leader of the PTI had some time off recently. He was off to the beautiful, sunny Maldives, where...
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OK, so Asif Ali Zardari's statement regarding the army chief's early announcement not to seek extension has caused quite a kerfuffle in the country....
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The Sharifs have always been partial to the Turks.
Erdogan is their man and they like having him and his guys around. Recently, when a...
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The prime minister, in his visit to Qatar, called on the chief of the Arab nation's airline, Akbar Al Baker.
The gentleman in question turned...
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A fortunate abundance of festivals in the country. There is the Karachi Literary Festival, to be followed by the Lahore Literary Festival. The latter...
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Ah, Nisar, the League’s enfant terrible, has dug himself a hole this time as well, and not just the muk-muka statement.
It appears that our...
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How's this for a stereotype of the Pakistani elite: a function was held recently at the Polo Lounge where the theme was “Harrod's”.
It was...
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Keeping up with the Kayanis
The brothers of former Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani are in the news of late, for all the wrong reasons.
One...
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The US consul general in Lahore made a visit to the shrine of Lahore' patron saint Data Darbar recently.
The diplomat was geared out in...
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Imran Khan is always on the lookout for pirs, it seems. Recently, a friend of his, Aoun Chaudhry, has introduced him to a mystic...
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The prime minister took three days off from work to host the wedding of his grandchild, the daughter of his heir-apparent Maryam Nawaz.
Credit where...
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Speaking on the first programme of her new show, former national bhabi Reham Khan took to task all the journalists who had spoken about...
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Imran Khan has his Hindustan-dost face on in India, where he is attending a conference.
At one of the events, he expressed hope for the...
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There has been a fashion since quite some time in some of the well-to-do particularly, to have one's offspring born abroad.
One of the reasons...
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They will have Vietnam-like flashbacks, the way US veterans have. Charlie was everywhere...
Yes, dear readers, there was a war in Lahore this week. A...
