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“The Man, Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless, has reportedly agreed to Gandapur negotiating on his behalf.” “Negotiating really?” “Yes,...
“The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless, during recent meetings with his loyalists, reportedly held his Third Wife’s hand, to tell his...
“Peace through strength.” “Doesn’t always work. We have used strength to bring peace in Balochistan, but decades have come and gone and peace...
“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...
“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...
“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,...
“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...
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...
“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...
“Trump declared the South African Ambassador persona non grata, with instructions that he leave the country by this Friday.” “The guy...
“There is much criticism about intelligence failures….” “Hey the criticism does not take account of the attacks forestalled but only about...
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...
“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...
“Narrative is not always the same as ground reality, and sadly it is the narrative that prompts actions.” “If you are referring to Jaffar...
“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...
Uraan Pakistan, an initiative by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)-led government, was launched amidst much fanfare in the presence of...
“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...
“Was it a coincidence or did Trump addressed Congress and itemized his achievements since his inauguration on 20 January, the day after Shehbaz...
“I find it amazing that people just don’t know how much leverage they have.” “Does Muhammad Aurangzeb…” “Oh, that reminds me there have...
The consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations data for fiscal year 2024-25 assumes nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 124,150 million...
“So The Rana refused to take responsibility for the conference by opposition leaders…” “Yes”! “There is no need to be sarcastic about...
“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...
“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…” ...
“You have to give the Brown Pope credit where it’s due.” “OK so the International Cricket Council (ICC) championship is being held in...
Conventional economic theory argues that pursuit of privatisation is to enhance service quality, attract private investment, reduce government...
“I reckon the war of the narrative is over.” “How come?” “Well the Zelenskyy narrative is being fully and unconditionally supported by...
“A journalist from a Western media outlet sanctimoniously asked the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia,...
“Such chatter on our airwaves!” “Well let me assure you that abusive chatter will end after the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes...
“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...
“It was in the fitness of things…” “Not happening.” “It’s already happened…wait…what were you thinking I meant!” “I thought,...
Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has been a major recipient of subsidies - utilities (electricity tariff) including misuse of captive power plants, and...
“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...
“I want to educate our stakeholders…” “Are you out of your mind? I will have you know; our stakeholders know everything about everything...
“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,...
“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.” ...
“Monday saw all roads to Blue Area choked yet again…” “The lawyers are protesting the…the…” “Well left.” “Excuse me?” “Well...
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...
“The Maulana was visited by the Prime Minister, ostensibly to ask after his health.” “He went with flowers and…and…did he take any...
“So shock and awe.” “Shock yes awe, not quite.” “But…but…” “Don’t splutter – history teaches us that shock and awe doesn’t go...
“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?”...
“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...
Power sector is by far the most poorly performing sector of the economy – a sector that compromises the competitiveness of our industries, those...
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)...
How many of the so-called convicted elite have actually served their entire sentence? “The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act is an attempt…” ...
“The parliament spoke with one voice.” “Hmmm yes I agree it is kinda not usual.” “The understatement of the year. So the Prevention of...
“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...
“I would like to point out that loyalty is not always equivalent to competence…” “Especially when expertise is required. See if you want to...
On Donald Trump’s inauguration day Western media was left struggling for headlines. His supporters focused on his anti-immigration executive orders,...
“Speaking of the negotiating team…” “Which one - the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf one which is now redundant or the...
“So misinformation will be punishable…” “Just one question: what constitutes misinformation?” “Misinformation is fake news, I guess.” ...