Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Ok, don't ask me where I am because to quote Jimmy Gilmer of The Fireballs, "I ain’t gonna tell". The only thing I can tell you is that I ain’t here and that makes me very sad. Sad because it’s election time in Pakistan, the most ...

Sunday, March 31, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Two weeks ago I got an SMS from Peshawar. "O no. Not again." It said. "You promised you won't write about the PTI for at least a month. You broke your promise. Now you must sacrifice a black goat." “Can’t I sacrifice something ...

Sunday, March 24, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks ago, in this very space, we hosted an event called ‘Revolution Awards’. Although there is nothing original about this idea, yet our audience feedback tells us that it made us quite popular. So riding ...

Thursday, March 21, 2013
Adiah Afraz
As PTI prepares for a historic public gathering at the Minar-e-Pakistan, this coming 23rd of March; I want to recall the day I first wrote a PTI column. It was called “Let’s try Imran Khan”, and was published in this very ...

Sunday, March 17, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Has anyone read PPP’s election manifesto? “Roti, kapra aur makaan. Ilm, sehat dab ko kaam, dehshat say mehfooz awam, ooncha ho jamhoor ka naam”. Roughly translated this means bread, clothing and housing for the poor; education, ...

Sunday, March 10, 2013
Adiah Afraz
A few days ago I drove to a bakery in pouring rain to buy myself some sour cream. Just as I parked, a security guard stopped me. “Madam Jee, please reverse a little bit and park again.” Like a good citizen I did as he said. Lo and ...

Sunday, March 03, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Let’s leave politics aside for a while and let’s give credit where credit is due. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf successfully holds its intra-party elections. Around 70 million party members vote to elect 80 thousand office bearers, ...

Sunday, February 24, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Until a week ago I did not know Murtaza. A child who was somebody’s twelve-year-old, living a life away from mine. There was no need for me to know him, because Murtaza hadn’t died yet. Shaheed Syed Murtaza Ali Haider – son of ...

Sunday, February 10, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Has it ever happened to you that one fine day you get up in the morning only to discover that there are no U-turns left in your life? Yes, the sun is still shining just the same, the wind is still blowing in the same direction, and ...

Sunday, February 03, 2013
Adiah Afraz
Say hello to me. I am a liberal fascist and I am not amused. First of all, Imran Khan is back and he is back with a bang. Did you see his new haircut on Najam Sethi’s show? This man is up to something, I tell you, and it doesn’t look ...