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I began blogging in 2000/1. Ha ha, yeah right, pops! You'd probably say. Well, it is sadly true because the original blog from Karachi really sucked and is now stored securely at the US National Archives under Lincoln Memorial, and it won't be made public until the year 2055. Even Dan Brown acknowledged its existence in his famous book 'The Mai Kolachi Code.' I highly recommend that book. The plot revolves around a controversial religious theory and suggests that I am a direct living descendant of Gautama the Buddha. Go read it!
Anyhoo, to most of my readers (er, one really) who weren't even born then, it was a time of great economic depression, political turmoil and immense human suffering. Yes I'm talking about when we had, like, no Facebook or Flickr, YouTube, Digg or TV or the Internet or even mobile phones! We were such n00bs. It sucked to be us, really.
I was also single-handedly responsible for the demise of a fine journal called Bandbaja when I published an investigative report on Pakistan's nuclear programme. Bandbaja's editor, publisher, reporters, writers and other young staffers were imprisoned by the Martial Law administration of the time and later sentenced to a lifetime psychiatric treatment through listening of Hadiqa Kiyani. I was, however, allowed to leave the country in mysterious circumstances -- in self-imposed exile to Canada.
And for the record, the news reports of my Supreme Court testimony implicating Vladimir Putin in Bob Woolmer's murder are simply not true. We all know that Woolmer is hiding with Andy Kaufman in South Waziristan.
Yes, as Britney Spears said, "It was the best of, you know, groovy times, and it was the worst, like, sometimes."
This takes care of another great blog post, dear reader(s).
So long, and thanks for all the sushi.
Anyhoo, to most of my readers (er, one really) who weren't even born then, it was a time of great economic depression, political turmoil and immense human suffering. Yes I'm talking about when we had, like, no Facebook or Flickr, YouTube, Digg or TV or the Internet or even mobile phones! We were such n00bs. It sucked to be us, really.
I was also single-handedly responsible for the demise of a fine journal called Bandbaja when I published an investigative report on Pakistan's nuclear programme. Bandbaja's editor, publisher, reporters, writers and other young staffers were imprisoned by the Martial Law administration of the time and later sentenced to a lifetime psychiatric treatment through listening of Hadiqa Kiyani. I was, however, allowed to leave the country in mysterious circumstances -- in self-imposed exile to Canada.
And for the record, the news reports of my Supreme Court testimony implicating Vladimir Putin in Bob Woolmer's murder are simply not true. We all know that Woolmer is hiding with Andy Kaufman in South Waziristan.
Yes, as Britney Spears said, "It was the best of, you know, groovy times, and it was the worst, like, sometimes."
This takes care of another great blog post, dear reader(s).
So long, and thanks for all the sushi.
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The End of Year Post
The readership demanded an end-of-year post. And what a year it has been! Well, here it is with all due apologies and respect to freedom, liberty and the civil society's democratic struggle in my homeland.
Special apologies to the original photographer whose photo I, er, enhanced, and those who appear in it.
Special apologies to the original photographer whose photo I, er, enhanced, and those who appear in it.
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