A tight squeeze: Couple become wedged in drainage pipe after being catapulted off their motorbike By Mail Foreign Service A couple found themselves perhaps too close for comfort after apparently shooting off their motorbike and becoming stuck tight in a drainage pipe. The pair were reportedly thrown from the vehicle after hitting a tree at speed, resulting in them being catapulted into the mouth of the tube. The force of their collision saw them wedged tight and requiring firefighters to free them. Wedged like a cork: Chinese firefighters are confronted with the site of two pairs of legs sticking out … Continue reading Couple Stuck Drainpipe!

Three Lions on my plate: U.S. Restaurant celebrates World Cup by serving LION burgers By Mail Online Reporter The Lion burgers from Il Vinaio seem to be popular with diners, but have drawn protests from animal lovers An Arizona restaurant owner has dreamed up a unique menu offering to give customers at his Arizona restaurant a South African experience during the World Cup – burgers made from the meat of African lions. But the £14 burgers, served with chips and roast corn on the cob,  have drawn furious  protests from animal lovers Cameron Selogie says his Il Vinaio restaurant in … Continue reading DISGUSTING! – Lion Burgers!

Do you want fries with that? Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev take a break from bilateral talks at Ray’s Hell Burger joint By Mail Foreign Service After hours of intense bilateral meetings, even the president of America needs to take a break. And where best to relax with another of the world’s most powerful men than a burger joint? Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev were welcomed by customers’ cheers as they ventured to Ray’s Hell Burger today. Pass the ketchup: Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama eat their hamburgers during lunch at Ray’s Hell Burger … Continue reading Obama and Medvedev swallow unhealthy stuff!

UK says Iran gas pipeline Pakistan’s internal matter By Baqir Sajjad Syed dawn.com Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on June 23, 2010. – Photo by AFP. Pakistan Holbrooke arrives in Islamabad on two-day visit Holbrooke arrives in Islamabad on two-day visit British Foreign Sec @WilliamJHague is in Pakistan. Send your questions on the region with tag #fsinpak. Answers here tmrw http://ht.ly/223vz ISLAMABAD: Iran continued to dominate the political and diplomatic scene on Wednesday as Pakistan cautioned British Foreign Secretary … Continue reading Iran gas pipeline Pakistan’s internal matter

US study downplays Pakistan madrassa threat dawn.com A Madrassa in Swabi District, Pakistan. – AFP (File Photo) WASHINGTON: Pakistan desperately needs more schools to curb extremism but madrassas – the Islamic seminaries that have struck fear in the West – are not the main problem, a US study said Wednesday. The Brookings Institution, a think-tank, estimated that fewer than 10 per cent of Pakistani students attended madrassas and said the number of such “militant seminaries” was not increasing. Rebecca Winthrop, a Brookings fellow and co-author of the report, said more Pakistani parents preferred not sending children to school at all … Continue reading Madrassas a threat to the West or Muslims?

This is Radio Conspiracy FM-70 … by Nadeem F. Paracha dawn.com Hello this is Radio Conspiracy FM-70 and I’m your host and RJ, Ali Azmat. Today in the studios we have with us Pakistan’s leading DJ and rock star from the band Conquering Israel, Ghalat Hussain, hello Ghalat … Hello. You’re bleeding. Yes, I am. Maria B. said the colour red goes well with my wild shining bald. Who beat you up?  The cops? No, no, I beat myself up. A bleeding forehead looks very dramatic on TV. But we’re not on TV. We’re not? No. We’re on radio. Damn! … Continue reading Pakistani Mullahs on The Moon by 2012!

Order to block nine websites with blasphemous material dawn.com People shout slogans and wave placards as they protest against Facebook in Lahore on May 26, 2010. — AFP Pakistan LHC hints at banning nine websites LHC hints at banning nine websites LAHORE: A Pakistani court has ordered the authorities to block access to nine websites including Google, Yahoo and YouTube for allegedly offending Muslims with blasphemous material. Judge Mazhar Iqbal ordered Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority to block the websites due to “material against the fundamental principals of Islam and its preaching,” according to a copy of the judgement obtained by AFP. … Continue reading Order to block nine websites – playing for Mullahs or Islam?

BOOK REVIEW: A mammoth venture —by Dr Amjad Parvez Heer Damodar (4 volumes) By Muzaffar A Ghaffar Ferozesons (Pvt) Ltd; Pp 427 (each volume); Rs 3,995 The publishers of the four volume-set, Heer Damodar, written by Muzaffar A Ghaffar, claim that the Within Reach series of the master works of Punjabi Sufi poetry is an attempt to bring the outstanding verses of major Punjabi Sufi poets to an English reading public. The latest in this series is based on the story of Heer Ranjha. Muzaffar says that the origin of this tale is uncertain. Though references to Heer are found … Continue reading Heer Damodar

PENSIEVE: A Pakistani dream —Farrukh Khan Pitafi Let us think of a future where there is no fear of implosion, where even the poorest of the poor live above the line of basic subsistence. And where merit is rewarded open-heartedly and those with limited capacities are helped to reach their maximum potential With so much going on in Islamabad, one is often seized by the mad desire to bring one’s own paradigm to the table. I most certainly have dreams for a Pakistan that our children will inherit from us. And then, of course, there is the sad reality of … Continue reading A Pakistani dream