Fashion under fire

“Fashion industry.” Bhai, kaan pukh gaye hain, yeh term sun, sun kay. Or as Jugnu Mohsin would say, my ears have cooked listening to this, this. Really, what on earth is this “fashion industry” in Pakistan? There is this weekend edition of one particular English newspaper that has gone on and on and on about [...]

I am smoking my Bensons straight, sitting in front of my laptop, listening to my wife complaining about my usual laziness. She’s like George Fulton (of the George Ka Pakistan fame, and now the producer of Aaj TV’s News, Views & Confused). George reminds me of my wife because in so many ways we are [...]

Of Beards & Butter

Last year 21-year-old Wasif Qureshi graduated from a local college in Karachi. He is a budding musician, has a band, a recently acquired day job (in an advertising agency) and dreams of traveling abroad to do his masters degree. In what, I asked him? Advertising, Marketing, Economics, Music …? “Islamic Studies,” said he. I was [...]

One of my favorite cousins who studies at the Lahore University of Managerial Sciences (LUMS), called me on the evening of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudary’s “historic” procession in Lahore. She said she was joining many of her colleagues from LUMS who were already at the event and asked me what I thought about it? Knowing [...]

Month of the gun

I am 22 years old and it is hot across the country. I am on my way to Lahore.  Just missed giving my exams at the Karachi University where I study at the University’s Political Science Department. I am 22 years old with a history of being a staunch member of the leftist National Students [...]