White Lies

He likes his cars, the premier does. All through his years in exile, he was a regular at the world’s most prestigious car shows. This...

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A fabulous affair, the Lahore literary festival, which concluded recently. A bit of an embarrassment one of the days, though. Apparently, one of the organisers...

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A one-trick pony. Shireen Mazari’s response to anyone she disagrees with is an allegation of being a foreign agent. She recently did so with...

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It’s a case of the Taliban talking to the Taliban by the looks of it. Other than an odd one or two, the two...

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Well, you can’t deny one thing about the senior Sharif. He has a disarming charm about him. His younger brother isn’t a patch on...

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The AFIC's security was never lax. But with the arrival of its most famous patient ever, the security has been turned up by several...

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Baby Bhutto is expected to be in Lahore in the near future. This has made the provincial government a little nervous. But it has...

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He likes to move around in style, the Khadim-e-Aala does. Yes, luxury vehicles are too mainstream. Our man likes to move around in a...

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A colourful evening, recently, at the Governor’s mansion in Lahore. The textile mills association had thrown its annual dinner there, where the textile barons...

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Well, he’s not a patch on his elder brother as far as the whole charm offensive is concerned, but the Punjab chief minister certainly...

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He was fond of the good life, the now former CJ was. And, like all teenagers, he also had a thing for cars. His...

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Scam artists put in as much time in picking their mark as much as the play itself. Some innocent souls yield greater returns for...

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They didn’t have a handing-over-of-the-baton ceremony in the army earlier. No, this bit of event management was an invention of former Army Chief Pervez...

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Well, kitty parties (or kum-ay-tee parties, as they are known in the country) are a housewife staple throughout the lay of the land, from...

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Every shave might be a close shave in the future. The unshaven lot weren't ever fans of the whole business of scraping hair off...

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Well, the premier did not return from London at the scheduled end of his visit. It appears he's fallen in love with the city....

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Well, everyone and their aunt Zulekha had a thing or two to say about Bilawal's speech from the week ago. It was trashed; it...