‘No Admission without Permission’

Posted on September 8, 2006
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Owais Mughal ATP has been talking about Pinglish in its various varieties (here, here, here and here). This is not about Pinglish, but about something quite close to it. Last time I was in Pakistan, I noticed a few public notices which made me smile. Even though I’ve grown up seeing these all my life, […]

Hot off the Urdu Press – 2

Posted on September 1, 2006
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Owais Mughal Following news items have been taken from today’s Urdu press viz.,Jang and Nawaiwaqt. You don’t have to find these news funny but they may cause some smiles and some amusement. Take a Look. Click on images below to see their larger and readable text. (1) First news appears in Nawaiwaqt. Here our famous […]

Picture of the Day: Somebody stole this train!!!

Posted on August 29, 2006
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Bilal Zuberi How can somebody steal a whole damn train? Well, they can, and did! Supposedly the ‘thief’ was a crazy person from a town near Karachi, who stole the train, drove it down the track for 20 miles and almost caused a serious accident as he was only yards away from colliding with a […]

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