Lahore Metblogs » lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Mend thy ways… http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/13/mend-thy-ways/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/13/mend-thy-ways/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:00:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/13/mend-thy-ways/ TrafficWardensLahore.jpg

O how we wished it would never return! The thing we most dreaded is finally here… haunting us, curdling our blood the moment one is handed. *gasp* All those prayers of never having to see one again have been in vain. *sigh*

The new traffic wardens have finally been handed the challan books, we wished, would never see the light of the day. But alas, it wasn’t to be. They’ve already handed over 101 tickets worth Rs. 45,500 on the very first day. The past few months without the worries of being fined were quite relieving - no, that’s an understatement - that time totally rocked! But now… things won’t be the same… but I guess, it’s never too late to mend one’s ways… its about time we start following the traffic rules - we’ve been on a free-ride for far too long.

Rs. 500 for line/lane violation!!! *faints*

Image Credit: Daily Times

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/13/mend-thy-ways/feed/ Only in Lahore: Restroad http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/only-in-lahore-restroad/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/only-in-lahore-restroad/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:15:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/only-in-lahore-restroad/ …and just when we, at LMB, were having a toast at all the praises Tee Emm of KMB had for Lahori roads, we (sadly) encountered this! :(

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An open manhole covered with a broken commode.

As a Lahori, I find this extremely embarrassing - but not more than this! ;)

Image Source: Daily Times

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/only-in-lahore-restroad/feed/ Be Grateful, O Thankless Lahoris! http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/be-grateful-o-thankless-lahoris/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/be-grateful-o-thankless-lahoris/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/be-grateful-o-thankless-lahoris/ Read what Tee Emm of KMB had to say after his recent visit to Lahore after a long gap of 8 years: Karachi vs Lahore

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/12/be-grateful-o-thankless-lahoris/feed/ Yousuf takes the Test Player of the Year award http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/11/yousuf-takes-the-test-player-of-the-year-award/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/11/yousuf-takes-the-test-player-of-the-year-award/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:40:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/11/yousuf-takes-the-test-player-of-the-year-award/ Muhammad Yousuf, Pakistan’s most prolific Test batsman during the past two seasons (and a Lahori ;-)), has been named as the ICC Test Player of the Year. With that, he also became the very first Pakistani to have won an ICC Award ever since they started four years ago. This is indeed an honor for our country and we’re extremely proud of his achievements!

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During the ODI-dominated voting period of August 9, 2006 to August 8 2007 Yousuf played six Tests. In that time he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including five centuries and two fifties in just ten innings.

He had a remarkable home series against West Indies last November and December, scoring four centuries in the three-Test series and finishing with 665 runs at an average of 133. - Cricinfo

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/11/yousuf-takes-the-test-player-of-the-year-award/feed/ Bovine Kingdom… http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/01/bovine-kingdom/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/01/bovine-kingdom/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:00:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/01/bovine-kingdom/ This is Lahore’s response to Dubai’s The Palm and The World islands. :)

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Maybe we should reclaim more such ‘kingdoms’ and hand them over to our politicians and army generals so they may loot, plunder and/or build DHAs - that ought to keep ‘em busy elsewhere. ;)

Image Source: Daily Times

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/09/01/bovine-kingdom/feed/ Girls Outshine Boys - Yet Again! http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/girls-outshine-boys-yet-again/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/girls-outshine-boys-yet-again/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:51:36 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/girls-outshine-boys-yet-again/ The girls have outshone their male compatriots once again in the Intermediate results declared by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE-Lahore) yesterday. A student of LCWU even managed a whopping record score of 1019 out of 1100. That is an amazing achievement!

For all those who successfully cleared the exams, please accept heartiest congratulations from all of us here at LMB… and for those who fell short, please don’t lose hope, work even harder next time and you’ll be basking in success as well InshaAllah!

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/girls-outshine-boys-yet-again/feed/ Country’s first-ever video camera surgery… http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/13/countrys-first-ever-video-camera-surgery/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/13/countrys-first-ever-video-camera-surgery/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:10:24 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/13/countrys-first-ever-video-camera-surgery/ …successfully took place at Lahore General Hospital (LGH).

The Lahore General Hospital surgeons have conducted the country’s first-ever successful ureter pyeloplasty to remove congenital Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction (PUJO) of two patients through the laproscopic surgery, stated a press release issued by the hospital on Sunday.

Read on at Daily Times.

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/13/countrys-first-ever-video-camera-surgery/feed/ Parha Likha Punjab? - 2 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/11/parha-likha-punjab-2/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/11/parha-likha-punjab-2/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:30:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/11/parha-likha-punjab-2/ *ahem*
We’re at it again! :)

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Source: Daily Times

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Source: Daily Times

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/08/05/a-hop-a-skip-and-a-jump-to-school/feed/ Parha Likha Punjab? http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/parha-likha-punjab/ http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/parha-likha-punjab/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:17:00 +0000 lah_waqas http://lahore.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/parha-likha-punjab/ A very apt title and accompanying picture by Daily Times.

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