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Cafe Pyala @cpyala

Ruminating on Life, the Universe and Everything... But Mostly Pakistan and Pakistani Media cafepyala.blogspot.com Joined March 2010
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Teju Cole @tejucole

13 years ago

"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."—Flaubert

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13 years ago

I can relate. Had my BB reboot 3 times today, each time taking 3+ min to do so: 'Blackberry becomes source of shame' nyti.ms/T8jK3r

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13 years ago

"Sana bhains cloth"... What is it?! Cloth made from buffalo called Sana? Am dying to know.

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13 years ago

Asked why this bile against media, alleged TTP Waziristan commander says "It's jihad, yaar." Accord to Daily Beast, his name is Jihad Yar.

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Cafe Pyala @cpyala

13 years ago

So anyway, TTP now want to target secular Pakistanis, "Shia TV channels" & female journos to show how biased media is.

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Cafe Pyala @cpyala

13 years ago

Taliban think the media is biased against them. Aw, boo hoo hoo, poor fucks. thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/… … via @asadmunir38

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13 years ago

@cpyala PML N MNA Khurram Dastgir Accepts that Bakery Incident Girl is a Daughter of Shahbaz Sharif dailymotion.com/video/xucsmz_p…

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Maria Memon @Maria_Memon

13 years ago

That's one way of putting it:With this year's award to the EU, Nobel peace prize looks more like an insurance policy toi.in/X-lBVY

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13 years ago

What's all this bounty business? Wish Rehman Malik would just admit that he'd rather see TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan droned.

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Yusra Askari @YusraSAskari

13 years ago

'Rehman Malik has offered a $1 million bounty for Ehsanullah Eshan, the central spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban' bit.ly/QlPs72

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Cafe Pyala @cpyala

13 years ago

Hope that bit in particular was translated for Immy bhai's foreign activist friends too.

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Cafe Pyala @cpyala

13 years ago

Meanw Immy bhai's response to Fazlu calling him an agent of Christians and Jews? 'Fazlu is the real agent.' Wah bhai wah. #Level

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13 years ago

As Safi also pointed out Aftab Sherpao has had rallies in FATA as well despite three suicide attacks against him. #NotSoPioneerImmyBhai

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*𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒔 .bluesky @takhalus

13 years ago

@cpyala actually as @IftikharFirdous pointed put Fazl , qazi and asfandyar have addressed rallies in FATA .

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13 years ago

...the army is Pakistan's army. Safi: 'So, were the police and local administration (which PTI did not listen to) imported from India?'

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13 years ago

Even better was Safi when Sardar Assef tried to defend PTI's chickening out by claiming PTI did not want to clash with the army because...>>

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13 years ago

Best dressing down of the PTI farce was by Saleem Safi during Sana Bucha's show. 'First mily checkpost and they turn back.'

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13 years ago

The radio jockey followed it up by mocking the name 'Tank' calling it 'a very aggressive name'. Jeez. Felt like I was back in 3rd grade.

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13 years ago

...when 'no other leader dares do that'. And that was 24 hours after it became clear IK never put a foot in either of the Waziristans.

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13 years ago

Heard a PTI supporter masquerading as a radio jockey today going on abt how 'great' it was for Immy bhai to actually go into Waziristan...>>

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