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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The real import of word ‘rapprochement’

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The real import of word ‘rapprochement’

“The Man, Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless, has reportedly agreed to Gandapur negotiating on his behalf.” “Negotiating really?” “Yes,...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: As the Lady of the House she does wield power

PARTLY FACETIOUS: As the Lady of the House she does wield power

“The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless, during recent meetings with his loyalists, reportedly held his Third Wife’s hand, to tell his...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Balochistan conundrum

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Balochistan conundrum

“Peace through strength.” “Doesn’t always work. We have used strength to bring peace in Balochistan, but decades have come and gone and peace...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Shehbaz did not expand his cabinet without prior approval?

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Shehbaz did not expand his cabinet without prior approval?

“The Brown Pope’s disappearance mirrors that of the Pope.” “The Pope was very ill, sepsis or so it was reported, and this week he left...

29.03.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Inmate visitation: scheduled opportunities for incarcerated IK

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Inmate visitation: scheduled opportunities for incarcerated IK

“So from Nameless to Faceless to now what? Voiceless?” “Technically the voice was also not his for some time now.” “Ah that’s right and...

28.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: In jail, all inmates are equal?

PARTLY FACETIOUS: In jail, all inmates are equal?

“So, what do you reckon is the lesson learned?” “It’s human to err, right?” “I am not sure what kind of errs you are talking of. I mean,...

27.03.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Lahore Historical Heritage Revival

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Lahore Historical Heritage Revival

“One question: why didn’t Nawaz Sharif go to Saudi Arabia for the last ten days of Ramazan, as has been his practice?” “I guess he didn’t...

26.03.2025 10

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Poverty may trump low inflation

Poverty may trump low inflation

Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The question remains: why isn’t there a...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A word that went out of style decades ago

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A word that went out of style decades ago

“How can you tell the man with the power from others?” “Power?” “You know the real decision maker rather than someone who may have the...

22.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: It is difficult if you owe money all round

PARTLY FACETIOUS: It is difficult if you owe money all round

“Trump declared the South African Ambassador persona non grata, with instructions that he leave the country by this Friday.” “The guy...

20.03.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The growing challenge of terrorism

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The growing challenge of terrorism

“There is much criticism about intelligence failures….” “Hey the criticism does not take account of the attacks forestalled but only about...

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Policy rate unchanged

Policy rate unchanged

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), met under the chairmanship of the Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on 10 March 2025, and decided to keep the...

18.03.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The wheels on the bus go round and round…’

“Our political elite has been a trailblazer in so many ways, I think for once they can be the follower of a trailblazer.” “How have the elite...

16.03.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A war of narratives?

“Narrative is not always the same as ground reality, and sadly it is the narrative that prompts actions.” “If you are referring to Jaffar...

14.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A rock is not a boulder; the boulder is in jail

“So what do you reckon? Between a rock and a hard place?” “Well you don’t challenge a much stronger adversary especially when your, shall we...

12.03.2025 30

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Uraan Pakistan

Uraan Pakistan, an initiative by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)-led government, was launched amidst much fanfare in the presence of...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Are the two equal or one is more equal than the other?’

“All are equal, but some are more equal than others.” “Yep that’s a much quoted line from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell but if you...

09.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Trump did follow us in some respects

“Was it a coincidence or did Trump addressed Congress and itemized his achievements since his inauguration on 20 January, the day after Shehbaz...

07.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A revolutionary change is in the air?

“I find it amazing that people just don’t know how much leverage they have.” “Does Muhammad Aurangzeb…” “Oh, that reminds me there have...

05.03.2025 30

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Divide between nominal vs real GDP

The consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations data for fiscal year 2024-25 assumes nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 124,150 million...

04.03.2025 30

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Truth or untruth is in the eyes of the beholder

“So The Rana refused to take responsibility for the conference by opposition leaders…” “Yes”! “There is no need to be sarcastic about...

01.03.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: PTI no longer a threat to status quo?

“So the narrative is…?” “That the party of the Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless has no street power, that it is not a threat to the...

28.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes the national interest?

“Do you think if instead of the Brown Pope the man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless had been at the Dubai stadium to prep up our team…” ...

27.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarar has the squeakiest voice in the cabinet?

“You have to give the Brown Pope credit where it’s due.” “OK so the International Cricket Council (ICC) championship is being held in...

26.02.2025 10

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SOEs burden on taxpayers no surprise

Conventional economic theory argues that pursuit of privatisation is to enhance service quality, attract private investment, reduce government...

25.02.2025 20

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Partly Facetious: Now a new war of narratives

“I reckon the war of the narrative is over.” “How come?” “Well the Zelenskyy narrative is being fully and unconditionally supported by...

23.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The world is drawing lessons from us

“A journalist from a Western media outlet sanctimoniously asked the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia,...

22.02.2025 20

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Partly Facetious: Discussions on amendments to the amendment to the act

“Such chatter on our airwaves!” “Well let me assure you that abusive chatter will end after the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes...

21.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The gathering of the do-nothings in Paris

“I love the new world order.” “Yeah it’s better to have more than one superpower – if you have just the one then the mantra is do more but...

20.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: In the fitness of things

“It was in the fitness of things…” “Not happening.” “It’s already happened…wait…what were you thinking I meant!” “I thought,...

19.02.2025 10

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The LSM sector

Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has been a major recipient of subsidies - utilities (electricity tariff) including misuse of captive power plants, and...

18.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Chips will fall wherever they are meant to fall

“What is the difference between a provincial head and a federal head?” “The provincial head hosts the wife and the federal head hosts the man...

16.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our stakeholders know everything about everything

“I want to educate our stakeholders…” “Are you out of your mind? I will have you know; our stakeholders know everything about everything...

15.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘He has taken to letter writing like a duck to water’

“I don’t understand our parliamentarians - when the rate of inflation was high they didn’t vote for a raise in their own salaries and when it,...

14.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Jail teaches you a lot’

“Jail teaches you a lot.” “Well, it depends on what crime you are in for.” “OK, but political prisoners are in a class unto themselves.” ...

13.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Silence of the Lambs?

“Monday saw all roads to Blue Area choked yet again…” “The lawyers are protesting the…the…” “Well left.” “Excuse me?” “Well...

12.02.2025 20

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Goods and peoples: Trump’s opposition to free movement

Free movement of goods and peoples benefits all countries as it allows scarcity of products and skills to be met at the cheapest possible price - a...

11.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: An ailing Maulana visited by PM, others

“The Maulana was visited by the Prime Minister, ostensibly to ask after his health.” “He went with flowers and…and…did he take any...

09.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The quest for rapid dominance

“So shock and awe.” “Shock yes awe, not quite.” “But…but…” “Don’t splutter – history teaches us that shock and awe doesn’t go...

08.02.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Wasn’t Netanyahu pulled out of Sabbath?

“So how did the letter get out of jail.” “Are you shallow or are you shallow.” “You seem to me to be a work-dayer.” “Excuse me?”...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: PML-N doesn’t work on weekends?

“My question: did someone tell the IMF that globalisation is on the out-and-out?” “That sounds like what we in the Land of the Pure have...

05.02.2025 10

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The unraveling of power sector

Power sector is by far the most poorly performing sector of the economy – a sector that compromises the competitiveness of our industries, those...

04.02.2025 40

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Is it the time to turn the page and start partying again?

The air waves are full of Zardari sahib bashing, he pledged to the Maulana that he will not sign on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA)...

02.02.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS

How many of the so-called convicted elite have actually served their entire sentence? “The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act is an attempt…” ...

01.02.2025 30

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: They’ve decided with one voice

“The parliament spoke with one voice.” “Hmmm yes I agree it is kinda not usual.” “The understatement of the year. So the Prevention of...

31.01.2025 20

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Is Irfan Siddiqui Wednesday’s child or is it Saturday’s child?’

“And so the merry go round begins again.” “I don’t understand the cynicism! I mean don’t we refer to the cycle of life…” “Or is it...

30.01.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS Difference between loyalty and competence

“I would like to point out that loyalty is not always equivalent to competence…” “Especially when expertise is required. See if you want to...

29.01.2025 20

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Trump’s first week orders and Pakistan

On Donald Trump’s inauguration day Western media was left struggling for headlines. His supporters focused on his anti-immigration executive orders,...

28.01.2025 40

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What was the criterion used for the selection of the three men?

“Speaking of the negotiating team…” “Which one - the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf one which is now redundant or the...

26.01.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes misinformation?

“So misinformation will be punishable…” “Just one question: what constitutes misinformation?” “Misinformation is fake news, I guess.” ...

25.01.2025 30

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