Is this Supposed to be Funny? Or Insulting?

Posted on July 25, 2010
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Adil Najam I am as excited about Pakistan’s Test cricket victory against Australia as the next guy. Maybe even more. But this huge (quarter page) advertisement on the front page of today’s (Sunday’s) The News is just plain bad taste. That it is an ad for Pepsi – a major global brand, but also the […]

Three Cheers for an Undependable Pakistan

Posted on July 21, 2010
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Adil Najam Sometimes I wish the Pakistan cricket team was more dependable. But then there are days when I am real glad it is not. Today was such a day. A dependable team would, of course, have folded (again) in front of the mighty Australians. Pakistan is and has been in utter disarray. Much like […]

Rickshaw Wisdom, Again: Better Than Hillary

Posted on July 19, 2010
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Adil Najam I was going to write about the recent media interview of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by the stalwarts of the Pakistani electronic media. But I left that midway because she had nothing new or important to say. Nor did our media have anything new or important to ask. On the other […]

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