The begger (Amma ji ) asked for 100 Rs. for this near Firdous Market. Is it fair?

And it starts, again. In Rawalpindi, atleast 35 persons were killed and around 40 injured as suicude bombers target Pakistan Army ISI at about 8 in the morning. One was on a bus of the ministry of defence carrying security officials near Faizabad and the other was at a check post near GHQ.

In the first attack, an explosive laden Suzuki van rammed a bus carrying employees from the Inter-Services Intelligence agency. The other bomber hit an army checkpoint in another part of the city about 10 kilometers away, said Mohammed Afzal, a local police official. He provided no further details. The intelligence agent at the scene said that the destroyed bus was a 72-seater, and it was badly overloaded, as in more people were believed to be on board. However the army said that only 50 people were riding on the bus.

Read more by BBC urdu

Noops, I’ve no Atom Bomb Sirri Paayay to share :-p

You may have heard this version of Noori’s gawaal mandi kay Siri payyay … I just heard the OVERDOSE version here, is he Ali hamza :\ ??

Any waili soul who feels like sharing the lyrics with all readers ;-) I couldnt figure out a few things myself …!

…or any other website for that matter. PakTranslations.com is a pretty neat site – it can translate websites containing English text to Urdu. The translations aren’t exactly perfect but they’re fairly good nevertheless. Read LMB in Urdu for a change by clicking here!

Check out the author names in Urdu – hilarious! =D

Pretty Simple = خاصا سادہ

A for [pine]Apple = ایک کیلئے[بیماری سے گھل]سیب

And just when I think that our self-appointed pseudo-messiah can’t go any bonkers than he already has, he actually ends up proving me wrong – that too, by a mile! “I’m no dictator” is what he told BBC in an interview a few days back – who is he kidding?!? Every single order/amendment he has passed has been absolutely against the spirit of democracy and yet he claims to be a Champion of Democracy – talk about sordid egos!

It seems a new bad news is lined up for us everyday – what did we get yesterday? A ban on political debate in our colleges and universities! Why? Because students have been in the news a lot recently for the peaceful protests that they’ve been organizing against the martial law.
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Mainstream Bollywood finds its way to Pakistani cinemas after more than three decades, with the release of a new movie called ‘Goal’ today.

Four of the best cinema theatres in Lahore, SozoWorld, Plaza, Metropol and DHA Cinema are scoring the ‘Goal’!

This newest chic-road in town, Noor Jehan Road, might be buzzing with trendy cafes like Coffe, Tea & Company (CTC) and new upscale outlet openings including NEXT, Ammar Bilal and The Body Shop and now, soon, there will be Gloria Jean’s Coffees too; though, many people think that to rival M.M.Alam Road in all aspects, Noor Jehan Road’s name should have been something ….. different!

So, go for your vote in the following poll:

Note: If your option is not in the list, you can drop it in the comments section :)

P.S: Noor Jehan Road is the one that leads to Pepsi Factory wala area while you are coming from Liberty and cross Hussain Chowk straight without turning left or right.

As intimated earlier by Pretty Simple, the 11-day World Performing Arts Festival has kicked off from today bringing the desparately exhausted Lahorites, a sigh of relief and a breath of freshness in the environment of high political tension around.

A more detailed schedule of daily events, film screenings, artists, acts, timings and ticket prices are mentioned on the Rafi Peer Festivals’ website.

Coffee, Tea & Company (a.k.a. CTC) will soon have a competitor in its neighborhood… after over 765 coffee shops in 26 countries, Gloria Jean’s Coffees will soon be making its Pakistan debut in Lahore. Coffee lovers in Lahore would certainly be excited about it… we’ll post reviews here as soon as it opens!

The way things are going, Noor Jahan Road CTC-wali Road just might become the next M. M. Alam Road (or even better!).

GJC Lahore — Opening Soon!

Originally posted by: Ordinary Citizen @ Buzzvines

Spread the word!

Event: Student Protest Planning Committee (Lahore Chapter) Meeting
When: 22nd November, 07:00 pm
Where: Minigolf, Gulberg
To Bring: Friends from different universities/colleges/schools who are interested in organizing.

Source: The Emergency Times