Archive for November, 2010

Public Transport Messages in Pakistan

Here’s a collection of messages that have been adorned on various public transport in Pakistan (mostly rickshaws).

Balochistan Gold Mines Scandal – Updates

A lot has been going on since The News reopened the story of Gold Mines Scandal in Balochistan. A petition was filed in the Supreme Court by Advocate Tariq Asad and a separate petition was filed by Hashim Shaukat Khan of Watan Party. These petitions ask the Supreme Court to order both Federal and Provincial [...]

Amazon Kindle 3 in Pakistan

I finally bought Amazon’s Kindle 3. When I initially got interested in it, I thought I’d search for other Pakistanis who have bought this device to see how they went about doing it. However, I couldn’t find any help over the net on it. Therefore I decided to do this post in order to help [...]

WTF Pic of the day – Nov 03, 2010

Can someone please tell me how the heck did they managed to load up those cars on top of these buses?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!?

Balochistan Gold Mine Scandal worth US$260 billion unearthed!!

The main headline on the front page of today’s The News, unearthed a scandal which will go on to be the biggest scandal in the history of Pakistan, if true. The numbers involved are enough to make your head spin, especially considering the backdrop through which Pakistan is going through what with the devastation caused [...]

How to become James Bond, all thanks to China

Anyone who is a fan of James Bond movies will agree that one of the best parts in each movies, besides the Bond girl coming out of the water in a bikini, was the briefing Bond gets to all the cool gadgets that are going to be at his disposal. I know I used to [...]

WTF Pic of the day – Nov 02, 2010

You have to appreciate the creativity of these girls. While most girls go to the thousands of beauty parlors but what would you do if you don’t have access to such parlors. Well, you just take out the iron and ask your friend to do it for you. Mind you if you don’t have a [...]