Columns - Postcard USA (Daily Times)

2008

August 31, 2008 All that floats on the Internet
August 24, 2008 Where do we go from here?
August 17, 2008 Fog horns at Foggy Bottom
August 10, 2008 Arise, Sir Richard of Foggy Bottom
August 3, 2008 Gilani does Washington
July 27, 2008 One for Ahmed Faraz
July 20, 2008 Travelling the world in style
July 13, 2008 Flying Carpets Inc.
July 6, 2008 Indiana Jones, where’re you?
June 22, 2008 Kala Kola Klub Kontinues
June 15, 2008 Kala Kola Klub
June 8, 2008 No more Special Envoys please
June 1, 2008 Ambassadors: a passing show
May 25, 2008 He could have danced all night
May 18, 2008 Ah! Those great one-liners
May 11, 2008 Izzat Majeed hits town
May 4, 2008 Remembering Iqbal in Washington
April 27, 2008 Pope’s Ground Zero
April 20, 2008 Behind every great man a factotum
April 13, 2008 They kill ‘em for their sport
April 6, 2008 Ah! Those millions from Africa
March 30, 2008 Jimmy Engineer’s waistline
March 23, 2008 Pull ’em pants up
March 16, 2008 The Pakistani flying carpet
March 9, 2008 Pakistan’s Flying Dutchmen
March 2, 2008 Where have the honey bees gone!
February 24, 2008 Hoping Faraz is wrong
February 17, 2008 Jihad industry
February 10, 2008 Nailing urban legends
February 3, 2008 Gone but not forgotten
January 27, 2008 Sherry and Imran warm cold Washington
January 20, 2008 Bibi’s magic
January 13, 2008 Google World
January 6, 2008 Benazir and her detractors

 

2007

December 30, 2007 Who will mourn Aqsa Parvez?
December 16, 2007 Now comes whirlwind Hina
December 9, 2007 Image repair, anyone?
December 2, 2007 Come back Larry, all’s forgiven
November 25, 2007 Don’t swat out Swat
November 18, 2007 A just man in Washington
November 11, 2007 The return of Jefferson
November 4, 2007 Naked Sword at the United Nations
October 28, 2007 Ah! English
October 21, 2007 Mae West lives
October 14, 2007 Naveed Malik’s yorker
October 7, 2007 Aliens in America
September 30, 2007 Bibi goes nuclear, but why?
September 23, 2007 Cowboys on the rampage
September 16, 2007 Old soldiers get going in Toronto
September 9, 2007 Selling Ms Bhutto
September 2, 2007 Pakistan at sixty — a bump and a grind
August 26, 2007 Horse thieves and rewrite men
August 19, 2007 From Giselle with love
August 12, 2007 Play it again Sam
August 5, 2007 Latin foxtrot for Kashmir
July 29, 2007 End times and all that
July 22, 2007 The real Chaudhry conspiracy
July 15, 2007 A voice in the wilderness
July 8, 2007 Madder than a March hare
July 1, 2007 Madrassa time in Washington
June 24, 2007 Asked and unasked questions
June 17, 2007 The Cohen formula
June 10, 2007 Come back PML, all’s forgiven
June 3, 2007 Envoys, theirs and ours
May 27, 2007 Washington yatra and yatris
May 20, 2007 Ironing our troubles away
May 13, 2007 Magical moutras from home
May 6, 2007 Reporters’ reporter
April 29, 2007 Magical moutras from home
April 22, 2007 Cartoon-time USA
April 15, 2007 Shock Jock meets just deserts
April 8, 2007 Cricket: there’s world enough and time
April 1, 2007 Banned — this time by VOA
March 25, 2007 General Mac’s Pakistan
March 18, 2007 Stand behind that line
March 11, 2007 Uncle Sam’s voice goes spiritual
March 4, 2007 Open season on Pakistan, Hallelujah!
February 25, 2007 Cold comfort from Washington
February 18, 2007 Barney goes to Baghdad
February 11, 2007 Ignorance by satellite
January 28, 2007 Rabwah: a place for martyrs
January 21, 2007 Outing Osama in Pakistan
January 14, 2007 Pakistan’s intelligence monster
January 7, 2007 Spell-casters rule OK

 

2006

December 31, 2006 Ah! the Pakistani mindset!
December 24, 2006 The holy cow called Israel
December 17, 2006 Afghanistan! O not again!
December 10, 2006 King of lost causes
December 3, 2006 Space aliens dump Ms Hilton
November 26, 2006 Remembering Dr Salam
November 19, 2006 Wrong time, country, invitation
November 12, 2006 ‘Visit Pakistan in 2007’ — and get shot
November 5, 2006 Why Zia rests where he rests
October 29, 2006 Aitzaz lights up Washington
October 22, 2006 The Sudanese visionary
October 15, 2006 The snakehead’s revenge
October 8, 2006 Not that Polish Resolution again!
October 1, 2006 Travelling in the US while Muslim
September 24, 2006 Musharraf and that anorexic lady
September 17, 2006 No, we’ve no irons in this Fire
September 10, 2006 Osama and his goat
September 3, 2006 The General cometh
August 27, 2006 From Murree to Muzaffarabad
August 20, 2006 The wit and wisdom of Sardar Qayyum
August 13, 2006 Tableeghi Jamaat: all that you know and don’t
August 6, 2006 Yet another Kashmir conference
July 30, 2006 Shortcut to fame and fortune? Not really
July 23, 2006 What on Earth are they arguing about?
July 16, 2006 The fate of 2315 Massachusetts Avenue
July 9, 2006 Does the General read his mail?
July 2, 2006 Call a man a dog and hang him
June 25, 2006 Clueless NADRA and its shenanigans
June 18, 2006 Fake doctor, holy terror nailed
June 11, 2006 Arnold Zeitlin’s Pakistan
June 4, 2006 How America divorced the Arabs
May 28, 2006 Some home truths about Pakistan
May 21, 2006 Bingo! Two stars replace four
May 14, 2006 Londonistan in Washington
May 7, 2006 Why settle Kashmir?
April 30, 2006 Some tales of Washington town
April 23, 2006 Meet General Big Foot
April 16, 2006 Condi’s Indian love fest
April 9, 2006 Call a man a dog and hang him
April 2, 2006 On a wing and a prayer
March 26, 2006 Ah! The joy of being a millionaire
March 19, 2006 Another look at the Danish outrage
March 12, 2006 The indestructible Art Buchwald
March 5, 2006 Chaudhry Shujaat does Washington
February 26, 2006 Osama bin Laden unveiled
February 19, 2006 The guy who can’t shoot straight
February 12, 2006 Pakistan’s doctors who kill
February 5, 2006 Hospitals or killing fields?
January 29, 2006 The caravan departs
January 22, 2006 The Eagle has landed
January 15, 2006 The prime minister cometh
January 8, 2006 No, Dan Burton is not from Kansas
January 1, 2006 It’s only plastic after all

 

2005

December 25, 2005 The man who rescues children
December 18, 2005 Yasin Malik’s dream
December 11, 2005 Travel the world without shame
December 4, 2005 Our men and women abroad
November 27, 2005 Nur Jehan: once and forever queen
November 20, 2005 Deep Throat and the CIA lady
November 13, 2005 Not even a blip
October 30, 2005 Breaking bread with Condi
October 23, 2005 A VIP earthquake hits Washington
October 16, 2005 Take off your shoes — and all else
October 9, 2005 The General and Banquo’s ghost
October 2, 2005 The story that won’t go away
September 25, 2005 The General in New York
September 18, 2005 India’s belly landing in Congress
September 11, 2005 Black magic has Pakistanis in thrall
September 4, 2005 Where are the Muslims?
August 28, 2005 An old-time radioman
August 21, 2005 Hate merchants rule ok
August 14, 2005 Our Bigfoot problem
August 7, 2005 Shazia Khalid moves the world
July 31, 2005 Salik in sackcloth and ashes
July 24, 2005 Kashmir conferences yes, Kashmir no
July 17, 2005 Grandee invasion despite bad weather
July 10, 2005 Red Alert across the West
July 3, 2005 The ghosts of 1971
June 26, 2005 Land Grabbers rule OK
June 19, 2005 Mukhtar Mai proves Manto right
June 12, 2005 They trade in children and women, don’t they?
June 5, 2005 Watergate time in Washington
May 29, 2005 Star Wars and the Line of Control
May 22, 2005 1984 is around the corner
May 15, 2005 Dog days in Washington
May 8, 2005 Our flying diplomat
May 1, 2005 The other saffron dream
April 24, 2005 Spring and high finance hit Washington
April 17, 2005 UN gets a gift from Bush
April 10, 2005 It’s springtime Washington
April 3, 2005 Pakistanis in America
March 27, 2005 Is Negraponte the face of the future?
March 20, 2005 One woman against many
March 13, 2005 Kashmir but no UN please
March 6, 2005 The K Study Group
February 27, 2005 Derailing Umra Express
February 20, 2005 A report from the trenches
February 13, 2005 The broomstick bride
February 6, 2005 Prayer time Washington
January 30, 2005 Tighten seat belts
January 24, 2005 The Sharia debate
January 16, 2005 Back of the camel
January 9, 2005 Orwell lives, so does Kafka
January 2, 2005 The great withdrawal

 

2004

December 26, 2004 The hounding of Tariq Ramadan
December 19, 2004 Christmas but no snow
December 12, 2004 The ultimate aphrodisiac
December 5, 2004 Here today, gone tomorrow
November 28, 2004 Freeloaders at the UN
November 21, 2004 Why not become John Doe?
November 14, 2004 With friends like these
November 7, 2004 Ouch! Four more years
October 31, 2004 Carry on Kerry
October 24, 2004 Islamabad’s green lights
October 17, 2004 Line of Control sales talk
October 10, 2004 The Pakistani cocoon
October 3, 2004 The Washington whirligig
September 26, 2004 The General in Washington
September 19, 2004 As election day nears
September 12, 2004 Don’t mess with security
September 5, 2004 Nailing the hijab controversy
August 29, 2004 Millionaire melee in cyberspace
August 22, 2004 Ah! the joys of travel
August 15, 2004 Guess, who’s Chief Long Face
August 8, 2004 Mariane Pearl seeks a lawyer
August 1, 2004 Royal road in New York
July 25, 2004 Kargil, Kargil everywhere
July 18, 2004 O what a sweetheart deal!
July 11, 2004 A woman reclaims the house of God
July 4, 2004 The Snakehead’s revenge
June 27, 2004 Bush, the book and the movie
June 20, 2004 Blackening Islam
June 13, 2004 The Onion peels Cheney
June 6, 2004 Gen. Zinni on Pakistan
May 30, 2004 The arrogance of power
May 23, 2004 Imran Khan in Washington
May 16, 2004 The Kashmir roadshow
May 9, 2004 Abu Ghraib and after
May 2, 2004 The Fish returns
April 25, 2004 The passing of a grand lady
April 18, 2004 Despite the think tanks
April 11, 2004 Indians, Indians everywhere
April 4, 2004 Life before and after cholesterol
March 28, 2004 Zia through a daughter’s eyes
March 21, 2004 A confederacy of terror
March 14, 2004 Plunge the dagger deep, friend
March 7, 2004 Red tape rules the Subcontinent
February 29, 2004 Flown home for what?
February 22, 2004 Rummy in the afternoon
February 15, 2004 The worst not over: it just began
February 08, 2004 Calling God from table 28
February 01, 2004 Bashing Pakistan: the only game in town
January 25, 2004 The fate of Kashmir
January 18, 2004 Open season on Pakistan
January 11, 2004 Britney and lost lottery
January 4, 2004 Code Orange rules OK

 

2003

December 28, 2003 Where is our Zinni?
December 21, 2003 We live in exciting times!
December 14, 2003 The Israeli connection
December 7, 2003 Cricket thoughts from Washington
November 30, 2003 To Baghdad and back
November 23, 2003 The religious cocoon
November 16, 2003 Welcome to America
November 9, 2003 Wintering Pakistanis
November 2, 2003 Bigmouth Limbaugh caught out
October 26, 2003 After the Pearl tragedy
October 19, 2003 Whose parrot is that anyway!
October 12, 2003 Sub-editor's nightmare
October 5, 2003 From Jamali to Keats
September 28, 2003 From Lippmann to Apple
September 21, 2003 Fat cats and Cancun
September 14, 2003 Islamic Republic or Dominion
September 7, 2003 Pakistan in DC
August 31, 2003 The piety invasion
August 24, 2003 And now, flash mob
August 17, 2003 One, two, three, jump
August 10, 2003 The Kashmir talkathon
July 27, 2003 Invented war heroine
July 20, 2003 So that's what it was
July 13, 2003 All quiet on the Western front
July 6, 2003 Musharraf: the day after
June 29, 2003 The General's American safari
June 22, 2003 Waiting for the General
June 15, 2003 Musharraf comes Stateside
June 8, 2003 Riaz Khokhar in Washington
June 1, 2003 The usual suspects
May 25, 2003 Sheikh Rashid in Washington
May 18, 2003 The man who fooled the New York Times
May 11, 2003 Crash landing of a high flier
May 4, 2003 The hounding of Dixie Chicks
April 27, 2003 Man bites dog, finally
April 20, 2003 Cultural catastrophe in Baghdad
April 13, 2003 A talking fish, what else!
April 6, 2003 This made for TV war
March 30, 2003 Who loves ya baby
March 23, 2003 The media at war
March 16, 2003 Jamali's US trip
March 9, 2003 Paranoidville
March 2, 2003 No way to run a railroad
February 23, 2003 On to war, hell or high water
February 16, 2003 Grumbling Pakistanis
February 9, 2003 What ails the US
February 2, 2003 Blaming Mr Blameworthy
January 19, 2003 L'affaire Munir Akram
January 12, 2003 Go to Canada, young man
January 5, 2003 Open season on Islam

 

2002

December 29, 2002 Bush fighting Sharon's war?
December 22, 2002 Frontline state?
December 15, 2002 Guy with the wrong name
December 1, 2002 The return of Henry K
November 24, 2002 Texan hospitality indeed
November 17, 2002 Defiant until the end
November 10, 2002 Aimal Kasi's story
November 3, 2002 Pundit Maharaj rules OK
October 27, 2002 Elections from long distance
October 20, 2002 State of siege
October 13, 2002 Rushdie's debt to Faiz
October 6, 2002 The Texan warrior
September 29, 2002 The drums of war
September 22, 2002 Monarch of all he surveys
September 15, 2002 An American jihadi's story
September 8, 2002 Waiting for Musharraf
September 1, 2002 The change of guard
August 25, 2002 While back at Fort Crawford
August 18, 2002 The Colonel and the King
August 11, 2002 Gypsy Mama Rosa didn't say this
August 4, 2002 Washington is full of hot air
July 28, 2002 Johnny Taliban and the song
July 21, 2002 If you don't look Anglo-Saxon
July 14, 2002 Bush's image takes a dive
July 7, 2002 Blood wedding, an Afghan tragedy
June 30, 2002 The world according to Bush
June 23, 2002 Reliving Watergate, thirty years on
June 16, 2002 A bit late, but here comes the Dirty Bomber

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