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Feeling really sorry for her. I wonder when this savage, brutal fanaticism will end.

India: I love how you've become the 3rd largest economy in the world, the world's largest democracy and a (mostly) free, secular state. :cheers:

An Indian newspaper reported the "royal baby" thing. So what? It's being reported around the world. No need to view it as a sort of reflection of India's colonial past. As for the news itself, it's pretty annoying. I've personally never been quite fond of "royalty". Words like "royal" and...

In my opinion, Urdu is getting increasingly influential in Pakistan at the cost of regional languages. I'm not sure, but from what I've seen most schools in the Punjab don't even teach Punjabi nowadays. An exponentially increasing percentage of the younger demographic of the population is being...

If this works out and everything, will the government be able to sufficiently reduce load-shedding?

But then again, load-shedding and chronic debt has been a problem for quite some time now. If our government can't solve that anytime soon, how in the world will it tackle the water crisis? Things seem scary. :what:

Guess Najam Sethi Sahab's chirya was right this time as well. I guess whether you love the guy or hate him, you can't deny the accuracy of his analysis.

I see. Guess I need to write a few more posts then.

Excellent leftist / sufi poetry. Quite frankly, I am not that good at Urdu, hence I understood a part of the phrases through the English translation, but it seems very profound and inspiring. Mori araj suno, dastagir pir O my Lord, pay heed to my appeal (repeat) Mairee kahun kaa say mein...

Although I am new here, I seem to find quotes more stimulating than thanks. A thank is somewhat like a real-life pat on the back, it reassures one but that's pretty much it. A quote can either agree, disagree or append to your original post. Hence, it can be reassuring, disagreeable (perhaps...

lol. That almost makes me wish we had played an active role in WW2

Strange, I thought only us Pakistanis (well, some of us, anyway) were paranoid and over-expectant of invasions. Guess the mind-set is pretty much the same in India.

Sir, I am terribly sorry if I caused you any inconvenience. Just to clarify a few things. When I wrote that post mentioning PTI, I only meant it to be a neutral question as to the influence created by the party on the country. I was thoroughly satisfied by your well-reasoned reply and I left the...

Thanks, fellow Saganite. Hope both our countries succeed in this endeavour. :cheers:

You made excellent points, Sir. I have one question, though, about point 4). It is true that feudals have played, and are playing a major part in Pakistani politics. But don't you think after the advent of PTI, this problem is gradually decreasing?

Is the analysis provided by this article accurate? And to what degree? link: globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/13/surprising-pakistan/ Surprising Pakistan By Global Public Square staff Many of the countries we were so hopeful about only a couple of years ago are in turmoil...

I remember an uncle of mine tried to join the Pakistan navy a bunch of years ago. He got rejected because he was colour-blind. Is that still a requirement?

Good to see people putting aside their differences and promoting tolerance.

The article does seem to be a little logical, but the major part of it seems to be paranoid rhetoric, in my opinion.

Best of luck, hope the mission succeeds. Actually, I'm a bit jealous. Compared to the ridiculously low literacy rate, catastrophically high population growth rate, and economic decline in my own country, Sri-Lanka seems like some rich Nordic utopia. I wonder when, if ever, poverty in Pakistan...