Look I have reasons to get convinced that Facebook is not good for me. From BBC:

We wrote an evil data mining application called Miner, which, if we wanted, could masquerade as a game, a test, or a joke of the day. It took us less than three hours.

But whatever it looks like, in the background, it is collecting personal details, and those of the users’ friends, and e-mailing them out of Facebook, to our inbox.

When you add an application, unless you say otherwise, it is given access to most of the information in your profile. That includes information you have on your friends even if they think they have tight security settings.

Did you know that you were responsible for other people’s security?

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend’s toilet after sitting on it for two years.

“She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body,” Whipple said. “It is hard to imagine. … I still have a hard time imagining it myself.”

He told investigators he brought his girlfriend food and water, and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.

via CP 

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Women in Pakistan will always be thankful of Mushrraf that he helped him to getrid of cruel Hudood Ordinance and empowerd them. Since today world is celebrating Int’l Women’s day, I would like to enlighten my readers about the empowered showered by Musharraf on our respected women.

Musharraf’s “Talibans” in action

“Where is my Protection bill?”-these women ask

Women never felt such freedom in Pakistan. They felt such a grea freedom that they are humilating another freely.

Long Live Musharraf’s style of Women rights

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Here kids are dying and our so called pathetic liberal morons are getting worried more about things who don’t exist than those who still exist and breathing. They don’t have balls to criticize it just because these kids are not part of any Hindu,Christian,parsi or Qadyani religion and since our so called liberal and secular morons believe that they will follow humanism IF they only criticize violence done by their own fellow. If it’s done by others on their own fellow then it’s fine.

Thanks Shahzad for sharing this

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We the awam always get wonder how US poke in every “domestic” affair of Pakistan. We even get confused when listen anti-US statements of every politician(and dictators) that US can’t dictate us and we do every thing for sake of Pakistan’s Interest

Recently PPP and PML(n) gained lots of seats and defeated Musharraf’s brain child( or say illegal child) PML(Q). PML(n) and Pakistan Zardari Party a.k.a Pakistan Peoples Party have been giving anti musharraf statements but then something happened. Our very own and oldest friend USoA came in middle and changed the scene. First read the following statement.

Before US Internention

Sharif, Zardari unite against Musharraf (NDTV)

We are trying to form a national consensus government,” added Asif Ali Zardari.

Then Zardari met “Someone”

and after that….

No immediate need for Musharraf’s impeachment: Amin Fahim

and then… output of US’ global poking..

Asif says he will seek to work with Musharraf

Wow!!… Khaliq Khaqi summarizd entire situaton very beautifully in his cartoon.

God bless America!

Image credit: Jang Multimedia

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Iraqis enjoyed snow fall first time in real life.

Whether it’s due to Global warming or something else, for me it’s better than blood in Baghdad.

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I often read Fatima Bhutto but didn’t take her seriously since most of her articles were about her Phuppo(aunt) Benazir. Fatima and her family always went against Mr and Mrs Zardari because they always considred Zardari responsible of killing Murtaza Bhutto. Her article Aunt Benazir’s false promise just reflect her anger against Zardari family.

Like others, I also saw those images in which she was crying on funeral of Benazir Bhutto. I was surprised. Maybe because I don’t know her or it was something unsual in Pakistani politics in which relationships are lesser important than Power that’s why Mumtaz Bhutto didn’t attend Ms.Bhutto’s funeral cermony OR Fatima belongs to generation which might want to getrid of old political tactics and prefer to keep relationship with humanity which doesn’t exist in Pakistani politics anymore.

Fatima’s latest tribute to her Aunt reflects another side of Fatima. She shares her personal memories with her late Aunt, her Wadi Buwa- I am quoting few lines which impressed me about her thoughts. I can just hope if every politician start thinking like her about his/her oponent? From Farewell to Wadi Bua :

I never agreed with her politics. I never did. I never agreed with those she kept around her, the political opportunists, hanger-ons, them. They repulse me.

I never agreed with her version of events. Never. But in death, in death perhaps there is a moment to call for calm. To say, enough. We have had enough. We cannot, and we will not, take anymore madness.

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Mir Taqi Mir, the famous Urdu poet and resident of Delhi,India couldn’t control his emotons after continous damage and said a classic shair which can’t be forgotten.

Dilli Ek Shahar thaa Alam mey Intikhab
Hum Rehne walay hain Usi Ujray Dayar Kay

Currrent situation of Karachi after Bhutto’s assassination is very severe. Even situation got worst again today after spreading rumors and all banks,shops were ordered to shutdown by unidentified people.

Few Karachiites took the picture of ruined Karachi and after seeing these pictures, I was forced to alter Mir’s shair as:

Karachi Ek Shahar thaa Alam mey Intikhab
Hum Rehne walay hain Usi Ujray Dayar Kay

See below and tell that am I not right?

 It’s true that killing of Bhutto is nothing but barbariac act. I am not a pro-PPP person but I equally condemn and feel sad about the incident. I am also sad for those poor Pakistanis who also lost their lives in same accident but they are not being covered at all since they are ordinary Pakistanis rather relative of some Bhutto. There is some magic in name Bhutto that’s why even Benazir’s own son Bilawal zardari changed his naem to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. I think we ordinary people should also add Bhutto as suffix in our names, may we get some attention?

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Images/News credits: The daily dawn and Jang.

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Video released by CNN:

As you can see, how EASY it was for the guy to take aim. Amazingly no one in surrounding saw him taking aim. Does this mean all guys around him were killer’s own people? I think so.

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via Saad

Updated::

I got various emails about video link of her assassination. Channel 4 released much clear video. (media player required)

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As I was expecting, Pakistani government didn’t disappoint me and just after 24+ hours they announced that assassination of Benazir was performed by whom? yeah by very famous Al-qaeda or talibans. Musharraf when made a public condolence on 27th December night on Benazir’s death and blamed terrorists to do this task, I had figure out that so called government’s investigation team is going to hide real criminals of this case and putting blame on someone else. This doesn’t mean I consider Alqaeda guys saints but govt should not believe that NOT everyone is so naive and dumb that buys whatever govt put forward to justify any act.

As expected(by me), our very own Adil Najam seconds what govt says despite of it’s not being believed by PPP itself. Adil writes about beneficiaries of BB’s death in New York Daily Times:

The only people who could possibly be smiling today are the terrorists who did this. All indications suggest that this is the handiwork of religious extremists who had been threatening such a reprisal and had made a first attempt at Bhutto’s life just a few months back.

Being an old memeber of his own blog and very much aware about his mindset, I was not surprised at all after read his op-ed. As I said somewhere else that blaming Al-qaeda sounds sweet for years but it doesn’t lead to truth.

As I replied in a moderated comment(so far) on his blog about ACTUAL beneficiaries of Benazir’s murder, I listed down few elements which would be feeling very satisfactory after elimination of B.B from Pakistani politics.

1)Musharaf: He was already under pressure and was forced to shake hands with BB which he never wanted. Also Mush knew that presence of Bhutto and her influence which we all witnessed in Karachi on 18th was scary for him since it was sure that Bhutto was not going to re-elect him anyway since Bhutto already experienced Leghari in her past era. While there is no more Bhutto, there is no need of any kind of deal anymore to stay in power plus Musharraf also successfully removed the trump card of US which could play main role in future Pakistani politics.

2)Chudharies: Pretty clear. PPP was the only threat for them. I remember what onc Shujat said in Hamir Mir’s “capital talk” that he could do anything which could HARM benazir and PPP so recent incident is severe shock for PPP.

3)Nawaz Sharif: Benazir and Sharif were rivals so naturally Sharif is quite satisfied now since He also knows that PML-Q is alive due to Musharraf and sooner or later He will be in power with great majority.

4)MQM: MQM always blamed PPP for mid 90s crisis. Also, MQM now contesting outside of Karachi as well including Sind therefore absence of Benazir would naturally benefit them to take more seats in SInd and make alliance with PML-Q and rule again.

5)Fazlur-Rahman: Must be dreaming for future P.M

Benazir Bhutto already blamed Musharraf when she was targeted first time back on 18th October which was not only denied by Benazir and her party but Mehsood as well who said his guys have no interest in killing of Bhutto. Benazir had written a letter to Musharraf after 1st attempt on 18th October in which she mentioned four names who are willing to take her life which includes Chudhary Parvaiz Elahi, Hamid Gul, former ISI chief, Ijaz Shah, head of IB and agencies. In a recent interview on NPR, marc segal, Benazir’s lobbiyst claimed that B.B sent her a message in which she asked him to reveal 5th name(suspecter murderer) if she’s killed and that name was none other than Musharraf.

In the light of all these developments and facts, I personally find no concrete advantage Al-qaeda could gain since they don’t do politics in Pakistan. Also, one should not forget that it’s MUSHARRAF who is in war with talibans and Alqaeda at the moment NOT Benazir so naturally Mehsood & Co must be more busy to assassinate Musharraf than Benazir who was not in power. Even if it was done by Mehsood & CO then it’s quite clear those militants were used by any or one of beneficiaries mentioned above so I don’t buy any lame theory given by Govt to hide the sins.

Yes if one prefers to live in fools’ paradise then could happily follow what’s being said by Govt or in media. Who cares?*shrug*

Image Credit: NYTimes

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