Sammad Khurram

Back in 2002, I was returning from Friday prayers when I saw an unusual gathering of singing and quasi-dancing Mullahs. Unusual because I had always assumed Mullahs to be against all types of art. The amused crowd were listening to chants of “Taliban aa gayay, Taliban aa gayay.”

I smirked. As if!

Pakistan is a nuclear country with the seventh largest army. We’re safe.

The Mullahs’ songs have been answered – the Taliban indeed are coming. And with them the cowards are bringing a lifestyle that destroys everything Pakistan and Islam.

Adil Najam

I know nearly nothing about guitars and absolutely nothing about the technicalities of how to judge one guitarist from another. But I think this video of Faraz Anwar on his guitar is worth posting because: (a) I do find the music here intriguingly enchanting, and (b) because the news behind it is also interesting.

A reader sent me this link with the news that Pakistani guitarist Faraz Anwar has made it to the Final Heat of the ‘Guitar Idol 2009’ competition – for which public voting is now in progress.

Adil Najam

Our contributor Shahran Asim sent me this really funny TV blooper clip.