Bradistan Calling
The recent cricket victory in the T20 World Cup brought out the green in all of us. Including us in Bradistan. I too left my intellectual hat at home and donned the green flag to go on the street and celebrate with the Bradistan boyz and girlz, even though I would not consider myself [...]
Bradistan Calling
I first saw Bashir Ahmed on UK’s Pakistani channel (Pakistani channel was a result of the split between Pakistani TV Asia and Zee TV Europe). Second time I saw Bashir Ahmed was on BBC Parliament channel giving a speech to Scottish Parliament about Pakistan and its economy. A few days ago, I saw his [...]
Bradistan Calling
Answers are revealed below the photos:
ANSWERS:
From L to R and top to bottom are
1. Muslim Female Comedian/Media personality Shazia Mirza
2. Novelist / play Wright/ Film Writer- Hanif Kureishi
3. Human Rights Lawyer UK/Europre –Imran Khan
4. Member of Parliament Denmark Dr. Kamal Qureshi
5. British Rock Musician Propa-gandi also known as Aki Nawaz
6. Hollywood-British Pakistani Actor [...]
Bradistan Calling
Published memoirs by political figures while they are still politically active can be a risky strategy. In case of now U.S. President Obama it paid huge dividends financially and politically. In the case of Gen. Pervez Musharraf it caused embarrassment and innuendoes. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani’s book, Cha-e-Yousuf Say Sada, was written [...]
Bradistan Calling
Here are the answers to the photos below going row by row and Left to Right:
1. Mohammed Sarwar MP (1997 First Pakistani elected member parliament in UK)
2. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (First Pakistami Muslim Female Lord-shadow minister for community cohesion for Conservative Party)
3. Sadiq Khan MP 2005 (First Pakistani MP in Greater London)
4. Khalid Mehmood [...]
Bradistan Calling
A nation’s power and might is not in its tanks and missiles but is known by its intellectual capability, knowledge, innovation, creativity and through its respect of human rights and freedom of expression.
The talk of doom and gloom in Pakistan, after a flurry of bad news on economic front the terrorist attacks, has created [...]
