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Principle standpoints in Al-Absurdistan

Principle standpoints in Al Bakistan II

Principle standpoints in Al Bakistan III

Tahirul Qadri says that the present elected government is electoral dictatorship ... but selected interim government set up by stakeholders is true democracy.

Dual nationals have the right to form political parties, demonstrate, hold rallies, and marches to the capital and demand electoral reforms for the next elections … but they can’t be members of parliament.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

We appreciate Anna Hazare of India … but call our very own Anna Hazare as Canadian dollar Hazare.

We learn from Indian activist judiciary and judgments of British and American judges ... but India, Israel and America are our greatest enemies.

The Capitalist-in-Chief of the country with over 30 industries becomes the chief minister of a province … but he calls himself the Servant-in-Chief of the province.

We have political and religious leaders who demanded Fatiha prayers for Abu Musab Zaqawi in the National assembly and offered ghaiban-e-namaz in Pakistan ... but they also condemn the killing of Shias in Quetta.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

Televangelist, lawyers and journalists deliver messianic messages against corruption and looting through newspapers, TV shows and social media … but our banks have blacklisted lawyers, journalists and policemen for any house or car loans.

Quetta mourners demanded that Quetta be handed over to the Army… but the jihadis are the strategic assets of Pakistan.

Hundreds of Hazara Shias are being killed in Quetta and before that Shias were killed in Bamayan … but the Taliban brought the ideal government and peace in Afghanistan.

Israel was a creation of Britain to sow the seed of dissent and fitna in the Middle East for Arab Muslims ... but the rest of the countries created by Britian in the form of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Pakistan are fortresses of Islam.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

Eighty per cent of Pakistanis hate America ... but the longest queues for visas are in front of the American embassy in Islamabad.

Ziaul Haq was a brigadier in Jordan who was responsible for killing of 10,000 Palestinians in Jordan (black September) and Tiger Niazi was responsible for killing Bengalis in East Pakistan … but no Muslim can kill another Muslim.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto initiated the nuclear bomb project under Dr Abdus Salam and Munir Ahmad Khan and later brought Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to Pakistan … but Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is the father of the Pakistani bomb.

Aitzaz Ahsan gave the lists of Sikh separatists to India during Rajiv Gandhi’s visit to Pakistan during the Benazir government ... but we weren’t interfering in East Punjab during the Zia period.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

-Illustration by Sabir Nazar.

Taliban is the plural of talib that means seeker of education … but they are against the education of girls.

Indian soldiers are cowards. One Muslim soldier is equal to 10 Hindu soldiers (Hamid Gul) … but we never won any war against India.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, Al Saud … but Saudi Arabia is the centre of transnational religious movement that rejects tribal, national and ethnic identities.

Hundreds and thousands of young children and young boys of Pakistanis were killed in Afghanistan, Kashmir, India (Ajmal Kasab) … but our religious leaders of the Afghan jihad against Russians, Professor Ghafur and Qazi Hussain Ahmad died natural deaths in their beds.

The majority of the al Qaeda leadership in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq were from Egypt and Saudi Arabia … but the last suicide attack in Egypt was in 1997 (Luxor massacre) and in Saudi Arabia (2003) and they never attacked any government building or bases in either of the two countries.


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Comments (99)

Haroon Rashid
January 18, 2013 5:12 am
I think from a single person stand point all of the above points are correct but in my opinion when you start thinking from a mass point of view some of these points shows lack of knowledge and understanging. Hope to find some patriotic and capable leader for Pakistan..... and more importantly people start knowing what voting does do for them
Rizwan ul hasan khan
January 17, 2013 9:44 pm
Speechless article.........I wish he must be forced to write daily.........
SBB
January 17, 2013 6:53 pm
Black September was very well documented by many historians.
Arjun
January 17, 2013 5:47 pm
An absolutely wonderfull article salute to u sir. Its because of liberals like you Pakistan still has a future.
Asif Kahsmiri
January 17, 2013 2:39 pm
That day is not far away, when the whole nation will wake up, In Sha ALLAH
A Bhalla
January 17, 2013 12:51 pm
So can you explain which of his viewpoints are not correct about Pakistan. Or are you just too embarassed at being exposed ?
AHA
January 17, 2013 12:13 pm
You guys need to open you eyes, only a bit.
AHA
January 17, 2013 12:11 pm
Do you know how Kashmir became part of India. A single person decided that Kashmir should join India, against the desires of an overwhelming majority, and more, of its people. A single person deciding the fate on an entire people, now this is slavery, isn’t it. You guys fail to realize, but through your stand on Kashmir, you are actually supporting slavery. Go figure
julius
January 17, 2013 12:10 pm
I am pleasantly surprised that Pakistanis too laugh at themselves and the sarcasm is also directed to their India policy. Hypocrisy exists in all societies and politicians everywhere use double standards and they need to be exposed.
AHA
January 17, 2013 12:05 pm
I must admit that my only exposure to Indian journalism is the occasional viewing of Zee News, so I may be totally off-side here. Zee manages news more like a soap show. That is not even journalism.
Raoul Ciao
January 17, 2013 11:44 am
wow ! hitting the nail SQUARELY on the head is an art you have done very well at !!!
AHA
January 17, 2013 11:40 am
Please do not insult Sabir.
Gagandeep_Indian
January 17, 2013 11:29 am
Well he is the true patriot for he is cuddling his land of pure by exposing the impure.He unravels the hypocrisy, preach-practice divide and the follies nay blunders of the gullible generation whose sins are being atoned by the future generations.
Abdul Waheed
January 17, 2013 11:23 am
Excellent piece to highlight hypocrises of our society especially religious people.. Our religious leader pose us as warriors like those of ancient warriors of Central Asia but forget that we are agragarian people of Indus Civilization.
vasist
January 17, 2013 10:43 am
Sir, Can you become president of education in pakistan because you people's need to be presented to teach about the same there.
george
January 17, 2013 10:16 am
All religious books were written by man, and this includes Quran as well.
Faraz
January 17, 2013 9:15 am
Not even for the sake of it
george
January 17, 2013 9:12 am
Criticising your nation and its people does not make you less patriotic. People in the west are doing it everyday.
Indian
January 17, 2013 8:46 am
Aap jaise log pakistan ko aage le jaoge.
Alexander
January 17, 2013 8:35 am
It cannot get better than this!! Pakistan seems to be waking up.....yes the misinformed US hatred, Indo-Pak wars... but the best is the religious leaders dying a natural death whereas young boys in teens dying in violence. Can there be any greater sad story!! Time to think if religion is worth the human life!!!! Remove religious curtain...all madness and hypocrisy is laid bare!! This is the best I have read at Dawn thus far.
Shahryar Shirazi
January 17, 2013 8:27 am
Nice! You are moving away from NFP style. This is good. I started off thinking this will be a sarcastic piece, but its actually not. Its based on reality. Good job. BTW, death to Zia ul Haq. Shahryar
Intesar
January 17, 2013 8:15 am
Please read a bit of history before commenting :-)
Ikram
January 17, 2013 8:00 am
Sir: leave these things as a "jack of all" may not understand the depth of these points :p
Nitin Pandey
January 17, 2013 7:32 am
Amazing ! Very well written !!
I.A. Siddiqui
January 17, 2013 7:13 am
100% correct
I.A. Siddiqui
January 17, 2013 7:12 am
Because we have abundance of Mir Jaffar(s) & Mir Sadiq(s)
C Sakthivel
January 17, 2013 7:10 am
An excellant humor filled with centpercent truths.
NKT
January 17, 2013 6:40 am
Than prove him wrong
nam
January 17, 2013 6:38 am
well written
Shankar
January 17, 2013 6:18 am
Without a doubt. The mainstream english media in India cannot match up to Dawn.
Virkaul
January 17, 2013 6:03 am
It is great to laugh at oneself. Only then one realizes where one needs to correct. Sabir, your sketches are excellent and bring smile on my face.
khoso
January 17, 2013 5:56 am
gud
Nana
January 17, 2013 5:24 am
Superb analysis & presentation!!!
HNY2013
January 17, 2013 5:11 am
I nominate you for the next President.
R. Mahmud
January 17, 2013 4:57 am
brilliant!
GhostRider
January 17, 2013 4:34 am
Dude atleast we acknowledge it...wats up with your misplaced sense of self-righteousness
Sreejith Gopakumar
January 17, 2013 4:34 am
Not sure about the other print media about Pakistan, as I have never followed them much. But I would agree to your comment about Dawn on any day!!
rana
January 17, 2013 4:00 am
sir you hit the nail on the head.......specially liked the part whereby 80%pakistanis hate America while the longest que at the foreign embassies in pakistan is at the American embassy!
Ahmed
January 17, 2013 2:12 am
Sad but true.
Dhanraj kotian
January 17, 2013 1:46 am
So True, Anant.
GLY Mendon
January 17, 2013 1:30 am
You have guts to call a spade a spade. With people like you around, Pakistan has still has one more innings to go, not all is lost. Try hard you will win against these terrorists and also thier political backers. I am an Indian staying in USA. I wish one day Pakistan can become at the least like India, may be better. But now I hate what Pakistan is doing to this globe.
Akil Akhtar
January 16, 2013 10:34 pm
Another self hater....we need people who love this country at this moment not those who love anyone but Pakistan
The Hindu
January 16, 2013 9:39 pm
Bravo,Superb,excellent.....
Danish
January 16, 2013 9:37 pm
Hilarious, at the same time heartbreaking reality.
Wallis
January 16, 2013 9:33 pm
How does this author know that Zia Ul Haq was responsible for killing of 10,000 palestinians in Jordan? If this was the case then Jordan would not had such good relations with Pakistan. I don't agree with this author.
Masood Ali
January 16, 2013 9:28 pm
saudi arabia is against tribalism because the god of the muslims forbids it in the holy book the quran. it is only allowed in pakistan,because baladrilism ,,tribalism,is another form of the hindu caste system.any one who sticks to it is a hindu by heart.like sabir.
PP of Pak
January 16, 2013 9:20 pm
Raj, It is not true journalism, it is yellow journalism purchased by your govt. Go figure.
Naveen
January 16, 2013 9:19 pm
very well written
moh
January 16, 2013 9:19 pm
Superb satire ....sabir the likes of you n nadem paracha ... makes this newspaper DAwn worth a read !
moh
January 16, 2013 9:17 pm
i disagree .. because u have no clue about all those writers in iNDIA who dont write in english or hindi ... but nevertheless SABIR is fantastic pakistani GEM :-)