Today’s White Lies

Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif might have nothing in common. But they both are in the "three commas" club. That's right, they're both billionaires,...

Today’s White Lies

It was a bit of an irony that the Panama JIT has asked the prime minister and his sons to fill out a set...

Today’s White Lies

Whereas the other chief ministers complied with the formal dress code that was expected at the official meetings regarding CPEC over in China, his...

Today’s White Lies

The PPP really has to up its game. Its leaders aren’t doing much by way of research when they speak at events. Recently, at...

Today’s White Lies

The Lahore American School, where the progeny of the rich go to learn how to be obscenely rich. Well, recently there was a fight...

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From one queen to the next one. The British High Commissioner celebrated the birthday of the Queen in Lahore recently, who is the longest serving...

Today’s White Lies

Perhaps we need quantum physicists from MIT to come over and study how PTI and PML-N are BOTH claiming victory in the Panama verdict. The...

Today’s White Lies

One of Pakistan’s leading business tycoons has built his daughter a 20-kanal house. Don’t judge; it might be large, but it’s still not something...

What’s a little white lie?

A Lahore-based property man who is a “paragon” of virtue (get it?) recently arranged his daughter’s wedding. Though Malik Riaz has already established how the...

Today’s White Lies

Pakistan Day was celebrated with much fanfare this year round. Not only were there well-attended functions at our different embassies, but some were a...

Today’s White Lies

Death, in certain cases, is not the great leveller. Forget what your local maulana Saheb has told you. We might have heard a lot about...

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Now that former army chief Pervez Musharraf has a show called "Pakistan First", someone suggested that perhaps Hussain Haqqani should also get a show...

Today’s White Lies

As the city of Lahore goes on lockdown for today's PSL final, we must acknowledge the considerable security risk the government is weathering for...

White Lies

The former president must be doing something right. A slew of politicians are rejoining Zardari’s party. There is Nadir Akmal Leghari, who jumped from Q...

Today’s White Lies

The recent spate of terror has, amongst other things, also put a spanner in the works for Lahore's cultural activities. Basant, the provincial government...

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His Khadimness has been seen about town of late, wearing a particular attire. A hat, a safari jacket, a checkered shirt. Insiders reveal that...

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Elections at Pakistan's elite social clubs are taken more seriously than their poor cousins, the polls for the national and provincial assemblies. The elections over...