Copy cats (and dogs): The quirky new calendar that uses pets to spoof the rich and famous Their images are iconic, but surely there’s something a little strange about these 20th-century heroes and villains… Taken from a quirky new calendar by design company Takkoda, photos of pets were digitally altered to create spoof poses of the rich and famous. So which lookalikes do you think belong in the doghouse, and which are simply purrfect? You’re Havana laugh: Revolutionary Che Guevara The final front ear: Straight out of Star Trek, the Rex generation Your fez looks familiar: A bewhiskered Tommy Cooper … Continue reading Copy cats (and dogs)

COMMENT: Blood sport —Reem Wasay We have instigated religion into biting back. We have set in stone indictments and harsh retributions that have no business in a humane habitat. We have cordoned off our God into becoming a deity of blood and punishment In a land groped by dogma and deeply penetrated by the vile prejudice of self-endorsed righteousness, we are a people devoid of compassion because we are a folk stripped of our spirituality. Breaking down divine philosophies that are magnanimously vague in their definition of the cosmos and luminous in their absolute limitlessness, into step-by-step codes and how-to … Continue reading We have instigated religion into biting back.

Pakistan’s challenge By Mohsin Hamid dawn.com “Our goal must be not merely to restore their lives to what they were before the floods, but to give them better lives than before the floods.” – AP Photo This year’s floods have brought more devastation to what is now Pakistan than any event since the mass migration and mass murder that accompanied partition in 1947. What happened 63 years ago shaped the fate of this country. So too could the current disaster. I don’t believe the often-repeated claim that the floods mark some great opportunity for terrorist groups. Terrorist groups in Pakistan … Continue reading After the rebuilding – Pakistanis must focus on education and skills

Too white to adopt: Politically-correct town hall officials tell banker and his wife they can’t give a home to a black or Asian child By Vanessa Allen and Dennis Rice Cradling her daughter on her knee, Francesca Polini is every inch the loving, caring mother. She and her banker husband have good incomes, a spacious home and a close network of family and friends. But their hopes of parenthood were ini­tially dashed when town hall bureaucrats said they were ‘too white’ to adopt a child. Adoption row: Francesca Polini and daughter Gaia, from Mexico. Mrs Polini was told there was … Continue reading Racial Discriminaation against White British people?

By Sahar Habib Ghazi Hajra Lakhani (second from right), Mahmood Marfani (third from right) along with another volunteer and a patient at the Shifa Clinic in Houston, TX. Photo by Sahar Habib Ghazi. HOUSTON: Nestled behind a grand copper-domed mosque in a suburb just outside of Houston, Texas, dozens of patients fill up a waiting room. The buzz in the room is a mix of Spanish, English, Arabic and Urdu. A nurse in scrubs escorts an elderly patient in a burqa out into the waiting room, as a tall, blonde lady in a floral sundress makes her way into the … Continue reading Spirit of volunteerism runs high in Pakistani-Americans

Women with hourglass figures and perfect waists most attractive, study finds A perfect waist is what men consider the most attractive feature in women, say scientists who calculated the ratio for the ideal figure in a female body. By Andrew Hough Published: 9:00AM BST 26 Aug 2010 telegraph.co.uk Jessica Alba as Nancy in Frank Miller’s Sin City. The actress has the best figure, say scientists. Photo: REX FEATURES Marilyn Monroe, pictured in 1957, was also considered having the best waist. Photo: REX FEATURES Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio was also attractive in a man’s eyes. Photo: REX FEATURES Researchers found … Continue reading Humans simply do not mate randomly.

Britain faces new terror wave Britain faces a new wave of home grown terrorists as 800 radicalised Islamist prisoners are released from jail, a leading security expert warns today. Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Published: 12:10AM BST 27 Aug 2010 telegraph.co.uk The report warns that leaders such as Anwar al-Awlaki are encouraging individuals to launch less sophisticated but equally deadly attacks on crowded places Photo: AP Michael Clarke, a former government adviser and the head of the Royal United Services Institute, says he believes the security services could struggle to cope with a new generation of extremists seeking to carry out … Continue reading UK has many home grown terrorists

The limits of tolerance By Irfan Husain dawn.com Demonstrators who support and oppose the proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque Park51 stand with signs in front of the site in New York August 25, 2010. – Photo by Reuters. The ongoing furore over the so-called Ground Zero Mosque shows no sign of abating after weeks of noisy controversy. In a sense, it has become a litmus test of America’s cherished freedom of worship, as well as its tolerance of other people and other faiths. But to put things in perspective, I would like to invite readers to imagine that a … Continue reading Americans need to learn about Muslims from Muslims and not Fox News

Afghanistan calls for sanctions against Pakistan A senior Afghan official told the Post that President Hamid Karzai also had grown increasingly frustrated with US policy towards Pakistan. – AFP Photo WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta has urged the United States to sanction Pakistan and refuse visas to Pakistani generals, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. In an interview to the Post, the Afghan official claimed that the central issue in the war against terrorists was their ability to take refuge in Pakistan and not the rampant corruption in Afghanistan. Demanding sanctions against Pakistan, Mr Spanta said “Pakistani … Continue reading Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Its Time The United States Told This Idiot Where To Get Off!