Owais Mughal (1) Sher Shah Suri, the Second is here! The following Urdu news appears in Jang local for Faisalabad. A provincial Minister has gone so far ahead in ‘ibn-ul-waqt’ (sycophant) behavior that he is calling his boss, the CM as Sher Shah Suri ‘Sani’ (the second). Sher Shah Suri, the first and the real […]
Owais Mughal I am back with some more Urdu press news which I find very amusing. English translation is also given under each news item. (1) The following news is from Jang . Some of the villages around Multan are under flood waters these days and that is the reference to context here. Translation: Despite […]
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, […]
