Things categorized as 'Fasi Zaka'
September 10th by Fasi Zaka.
Terry O'Reilly's CBC radio programme 'The age of persuasion' is about the effect of advertising on our lives. One nugget from it, which has subsequently become one of my favourite ...
August 13th by Fasi Zaka.
Many years ago I remember reading that the future of fixing people's heart disease would be heart transplants from pigs. It struck me as particularly unfortunate for us Muslims, even ...
July 9th by Fasi Zaka.
Breath (bad) Nullah heads the Taliban in Waziristan. Fuzz Gandah Nallah is his compatriot in Swat.
Breath (bad) Nullah: Welcome my friend. Please have some sherbet.
Fuzz Gandah Nallah: Thanks, vintage Rooh ...
June 26th by Fasi Zaka.
A label is a powerful tool, pushed on to you by someone else, condemning one to argue, defending oneself rather than explaining personal motivations without prejudice. Labels create the parameters ...
June 18th by Fasi Zaka.
Mal-Icky heads security in a troubled nation. Gill-Lonely is the isolated premier.
Mal-Icky: I have solved the problem of the lethal drones.
Gill-Lonely: Good, no more needless deaths.
Mal-Icky: Yes, both Sher Afghan ...
June 9th by Fasi Zaka.
Norman Tebbit, the conservative English politician, inadvertently caused controversy when he suggested the Tebbit, or "Cricket" Test. He thought one could gauge an immigrant population's loyalty by checking which side ...
June 4th by Fasi Zaka.
The ostrich is an awkward bird. It has a massive body, powerful legs to run away when it feels danger and a small brain for its size. When it feels ...
May 21st by Fasi Zaka.
George Orwell's classic book, 1984, is a tour de force of big ideas and good writing. The thought that went in to the book is surprisingly contradicted by the whimsical ...
March 21st by Fasi Zaka.
Imran Khan's recent address at the Rawalpindi District Bar Association demonstrates how far he has come as an orator. Had he chosen to participate in these elections, which were not ...
March 5th by Fasi Zaka.
It’s hard to make sense of things anymore. The Sri Lankan team gets paid back for their goodwill of touring Pakistan by having their blood spilled. Just days before this, ...
February 20th by Fasi Zaka.
A week ago I went to Peshawar to deliver a seminar at a business school. By the parking lot I had an undergraduate student waiting for me. He stopped me ...
February 12th by Fasi Zaka.
I think it would be absolutely inhuman not to care about the massacre in Gaza, the flagrant violation and cruelty demonstrated by the Israelis. But after talking to an old ...
February 5th by Fasi Zaka.
I was recently offloaded from a flight to the US by the FIA at the Islamabad airport. Being prevented from leaving the country on a short trip seemed like a ...
November 20th by Fasi Zaka.
I am no expert in FATA or the tribal areas, and speaking Pashto at home hasn't made me one. But whenever I talk to the custodians of the troubled areas, ...
October 30th by Fasi Zaka.
When I was a lecturer in a public institution of higher education, the HEC under Dr Ata-ur-Rehman was just beginning to flex its muscles. At the time I had an ...
October 24th by Fasi Zaka.
The "Friends of Pakistan" initiative is quite original in the face of the utter lack of direction the government has demonstrated in dealing with the economic crisis. But are we ...
October 16th by Fasi Zaka.
It's interesting that the Pakistani media needed to invoke an American misfortune (9/11) to describe the Marriott bombing in Islamabad this September. But calling the Marriott bombing Pakistan's 9/11 probably ...
September 25th by Fasi Zaka.
My previous article focused on the free reign of hate speech in some Pakistani media outlets that made liberal use of a mix of unsubstantiated conspiracy theory, faulty facts, racial ...
September 18th by Fasi Zaka.
This August 14 I was bored out of my mind late at night, and started scanning TV channels for fodder to feed my idleness. I came across a programme where ...
September 4th by Fasi Zaka.
Q: Why will Asif Ali Zardari be taking his oath as president during Ramazan? Ans. Because he wants the whole nation to be ready to fast for the next ...
August 28th by Fasi Zaka.
Asif Ali Zardari's ascendency to the candidacy of president of Pakistan has been nothing less than a masterstroke of Machiavellian genius. But, if he does become president, it will be ...
August 21st by Fasi Zaka.
Schadenfreude, a German loanword in English, means "taking guilty pleasure in someone else's misfortune." Ever since Musharraf resigned just a couple of days ago that's all I see on television, ...
August 14th by Fasi Zaka.
Politics in Pakistan can be so surreal, who would have ever thought it would be Zardari charge-sheeting someone for embezzlement, or that foreign governments would be more concerned for Musharraf's ...
August 7th by Fasi Zaka.
The leader of the PML-N tries his hand at penning poetry once again by explaining his plans for Pakistan.
Now that I cannot be an MNA,
I know what it is ...
July 23rd by Fasi Zaka.
There are some other ideas that I wish to comment upon briefly. One economist suggests we let inflation run rampant because it cannot be controlled. Instead we should concentrate on ...
