Why do rikshaw drivers sit like this?

In case you’re wondering what it says, it’s: Zakipjokhic.
Now seriously, anyone care to enlighten me what in the name of heaven’s is a Zakipjokhic? o_O

May 8, 9 and 10 saw the unexpected onset of a half hearted trasnport strike/clampdown by police officials on polluting vehicles.

The authorities seized a few vehicles, while trasporters resorted to a strike. The reason for all this was apparently an order by the High Court of Sindh that required action against polluting vehicles.

The police say its now easier to clamp down on polluting transporters since the high court has issued an order. What the idiots need to be reminded of that use of pulluting vehicles is already a proclaimed legal offence and they already had the authority to clamp down on it. Why does an High Court order make it simpler to enforce?

The transporters say they were not pre-informed about the anti-pollution campaign. Why should they be? They only need to be informed if a new law is being created. No such thing was done and the action was just an implementation of existing regulation.

This is truly, a crazy nation….

Saw this cartoon today, and it just made me think of all the citizens of this city, who are subjected to insane levels of noise pollution:

[Image from Off The Mark]

Yeah, so what! I would be surprised if a month goes by without any strike. Then it would be newsworthy. There is less public transport on the streets today but nevertheless buses are available. Yet no one showed up at my work place. Do we just need an excuse to stay home? I, for one, can’t stay home. It gets boring after a while.

I came across with this link on one of the forums I go to; apparently Pakistan is the top most country which searches for the term “sex”. Seven out of top ten countries are Muslim countries. Quite interesting. What say you? Innocent ‘bholay bhalay’ people who don’t know dozens of other sophisticated sex related terms and search for a single query while rest of the world goes for specific terms? Or is it just plain frustration for the glimpse of bare skin.

PS: Try searching different terms and some of the results may surprise you.

A stand up comedy show is taking place at The Basement tonight from 9 PM to 11 PM. Tickets cost Rs.150 each. I went to the show last week, and one of the comics [now if only I could remember his name] was actually quite good. They had a few musical performances, and the boys on the tablas were fantastic! Is worth checking out.

P.S: No, I am not being paid to advertise The Basement.

This post in no way made to make fun of the third kind, but its based on that category of nuisance under which beggars come.

So, you’re driving down Shahra-e-Faisal after a long working day. The warm weather is killing you and you don’t have enough gas to turn on the A/C. You honk on a signal just to wake the slow u-turning drivers, only to be perturbed by a dancing hand beside your window, irritating you further on.

Is it just me or you have been noticing the same melee of eunuchs cropping up, splaying their hands like beggars, with rattofied lines on different signals? I remember seeing them in Tariq road, Bahadurabad and such shopping areas, but now they have kind of come OUT.

So, is it because a drag queen (a.k.a. Ali Saleem), Begum Nawazish Ali, has become a talk-show celebrity? Or simply, they have become bolder?

Good or bad?

Dewan Motors has just recently opened a new showroom in place of the old Snoopy Ice Cream parlour sporting two Mini Coopers one in a hot looking blue and the other a red version. Rumors have it that they run a hefty sum of 30 lacs plus. Spare change anyone

Before you read anything, Read this Eye Opener. This is especially for those who are planning to switch to “a car/”one more car”.

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/may2006-daily/06-05-2006/editorial/col5.htm

The best part about it is the way simple solution has been suggested for such a big problem of our transport system.

” The country has achieved unprecedented phenomenal growth of passenger cars during the past few years. This growth will continue in the future as the government has freely allowed, since August last year, the import of new and second-hand cars. Pakistan is indeed a lucrative market not only for local car assemblers but also for car manufacturers abroad. Last year as many as 23,149 motor vehicles were imported and luxury cars had a significant share in the total import of 14,347 cars. The list of luxury cars and jeeps included 2,625 Toyota land cruisers, 1,274 Mercedes Benz, 799 Honda Accord, 552 Chevrolet 1600 cc, 286 BMW, 144 Mitsubishi Pajero, 77 Nissan Patrol and 30 Land Rovers.
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