There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the upcoming release of former First Cat Socks Clinton‘s new memoir, First Cat: A White House Memoir. Chapati Mystery was fortunate enough to be granted an exclusive interview with Socks in which he discussed his book, life after the White House and his views on personal fitness and [...]
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Benazir’s 19 year old son, Bilawal, has been named successor to Pakistan People’s Party – to keep the dynastic aspirations intact. And why not? There is no democracy outside of the party, no reason for it to exist within. One can call this a reflection of the feudal structures left untouched by many a pseudo-revolutions; [...]
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I am still terribly sad – not just for her but for the nation of Pakistan. She was buried, in the mausoleum of her father. It is still unclear how she died but the explanations from the Pakistani government grow ridiculous by the minute. Nawaz Sharif has announced that he will boycott the elections. PPP [...]
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Benazir Bhutto was killed at a PPP rally in Rawalpindi. At least 15 other are being reported dead in the attack. The election rally, with “foolproof security”, was held at Liaqut Bagh – a site which had already seen the assassination of another Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqut Ali Khan. There were earlier reports of [...]
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_______________________________________________________________________ A Happy Eid (and xmas, hannukah, kwanzaa, festivus) to all CM readers – may your bakras look better than Fidel.
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The list of legends in Pakistani art is a short list: Sadequain (1930-1987), A. R. Chughtai (1899–1975), Shakir Ali (1916-1975), Laila Shahzada (1926-1994), and Ismail Gulgee (1926-2007). It was great shock, this morning, to read that Ismail Gulgee was found murdered in Karachi at his home. Once, a long time ago, I attended a gallery [...]
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Two letters in today’s Dawn need your attention. Guilty as Charged: Farhat Haq, a professor of political science in Illinois, tells us how the Emergency came to her. “A warrant has been issued for my arrest, despite the fact that I am thousands of miles away from the trouble. I accept this warrant proudly. In [...]
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A manly public image can take a lot of work. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s image is managed on many levels, including media depiction of his relationships with household pets. It has been widely reported that Putin is frequently photographed with an imposing black lab named Koni, whom he even invites to summits with foreign leaders, [...]
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I am often asked to write up a single post on the broad overview of the history of Pakistan – and I usually say: I am a medievalist. Part of the frustration is, of course, that there isn’t anything notable out there which covers the politics, history and culture in around 200 pages for the [...]
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But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her [...]
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Afghanistanica on sag-e afghani. Also, on khok-i afghani. Ben on Kindle.
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Sir, you make a mistake listening to people who tell you how much our stand alienates black men in this country. I’d guess actually we have the sympathy of 90 percent of the black people. There are 20,000,000 dormant Muslims in America. A Muslim to us is somebody who is for the black man; I [...]
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