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	<title>Overseas Pakistani Friends &#187; Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<title>The sky is falling, the fish are colliding! —Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that both are state-of-the art vessels, equipped with the most sophisticated communication gear, it seems incomprehensible how these two nuclear-powered subs, bristling with ballistic missiles, could “run into each other” It is said: What goes up, must one day come down. Satellites launched some forty years ago into space, having outlived their utility, are <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/6916/the-sky-is-falling-the-fish-are-colliding-%e2%80%94mahmud-sipra/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Requiem for a raconteur —Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raheem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[addressed KH as ‘Guru’ simply because as a prolific and peerless writer, he was as quick with his lash as he was with his bouquets when it came to half-baked, ill equipped “writers of my ilk”. My ego is still smarting from the searing reprimand I received from him on having used this last phrase <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/6808/requiem-for-a-raconteur-%e2%80%94mahmud-sipra/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban Country —Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raheem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every forest today is infested with the Taliban who are equipped with the most modern weaponry and a brutal extremist agenda to terrorise its people. Everyday brings in more of these marauders from the hills and the mountain passes. This valley is under siege One often hears politicians of every stripe nauseatingly proclaim every time <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/6595/taliban-country-%e2%80%94mahmud-sipra/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The sum of all expectations —Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raheem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Pakistan decides to play ball for its own good, fine, but if it continues to believe that it is the only conduit for supplies to US troops embedded in Afghanistan, a rethink in Islamabad might well be in order Years ago, a young and talented singer called Billy Joel came up with a hit <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/6497/the-sum-of-all-expectations-%e2%80%94mahmud-sipra/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Biden, divining rod —Mahmud Sipra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raheem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan’s gesture of bestowing the Vice President-elect with its highest civilian award is a good one. It recognises Senator Biden’s tireless efforts towards bringing civilian rule in Pakistan Joe Biden still has a few days left to use the prefix of Senator, a prefix that he has proudly used since he was 29, when he <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/6380/joe-biden-divining-rod-%e2%80%94mahmud-sipra/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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