IRSHAD SALIM: “I love both these songs. Listen to them…they’re imaginative”, I said to a friend when he asked me on WhatsApp: “What do you think is happening in the region?” He got upset. “I’ve heard these before.” “Listen again and chill,” I told him. But he blocked me. So I emailed him this pic:Continue reading “Caucasian Blues and Sade’s Smooth Operator (Videos)”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Expats Urged to Become Highway for Saudi-Pakistan Investments
ARAB NEWS: Pakistani entrepreneurs and professionals in the Kingdom should become a people-to-people bridge and take a step forward to be highway between the two brotherly Muslim countries for bilateral investments, trade, commerce, and socio-cultural initiatives, said Irshad Salim, a US-based journalist who is also a business and construction consultant. Salim was speaking as chiefContinue reading “Expats Urged to Become Highway for Saudi-Pakistan Investments”
Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s Friday Sermon in Summer of 2019
Some excerpts (7 minutes) below of Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s half hour sermon on a Friday in September 2019 –PM Narendra Modi had annexed the occupied Kashmir Valley on August 5, and there was silence in the international community –the global village had turned its social media spotlight on Kashmir lockdown. Not much success though.Continue reading “Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s Friday Sermon in Summer of 2019”
Eid Mubarak Special: FOUR Videos
‘A Bull in a China Shop’ is a person who breaks things or who often makes mistakes or causes damage in situations that require careful thinking or behavior. A cow doing the similar during Eid Al Azha would mean the same notwithstanding gender distinction. PM Khan’s 3-year Saas-Bahu-Beti roller coaster relationship remains fodder for analystsContinue reading “Eid Mubarak Special: FOUR Videos”
Afghanistan: History Repeating Itself or Being Repeated
“History is repeating itself with vengeance”: Ambassador G . Rasool Baluch “My speculation would be based on what happened the last time round”: Asia-Pacific based analyst “A very uncivil conflict among Pashtun/Pakhtun, Tajik, Uzbek and other ethno-political militias (e.g., Hazara, Turkmen) will spill much blood, fragment Afghanistan and force neighbors, specially Pakistan, Iran, Russia andContinue reading “Afghanistan: History Repeating Itself or Being Repeated”
Dubai Chalo Aftermath: Poem and Video
IRSHAD SALIM: I penned this poem (below) in the summer of 1973 or 1974 –after reading in the newspaper that several dozen Pakistanis had drowned in the Arabian Sea as their boat(s) capsized on way to Dubai. Many of their fellow countrymen were already in UAE and Saudi Arabia, and gainfully employed remitting back homeContinue reading “Dubai Chalo Aftermath: Poem and Video”
Pigeons Take Cover Under the Shade of Trees in Kuwait
Kuwait is the hottest place on Earth in 2021. Pigeons took cover under the shade of trees on the seafront of Kuwait City on Friday July 2, 2021, as the country recorded extremely high summer temperatures. In the northern city of Al Jahra, the temperature touched 53.5°C on Friday. By 11AM local time it wasContinue reading “Pigeons Take Cover Under the Shade of Trees in Kuwait”
British Scientist of Bangladesh Origin Invents Spray to Fight Covid
A young scientist of Bangladesh origin in UK has developed a revolutionary disinfectant solution that has been deemed “ground-breaking” in the global fight against Covid-19. Sadia Khanom, 26, developed “Voltique”, a spray that attracts and kills all pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi and other microbes) on any surface it is applied to for 14 days. TheContinue reading “British Scientist of Bangladesh Origin Invents Spray to Fight Covid”
Fortnite Under Radar Over Alleged In-Game Desecration of Holy Kaaba
Fortnite is in the spotlight in Indonesia –the world’s largest Muslim country as its tourism minister pushes to ban the massively popular online shooter game amid reports that a user-created map allows players to destroy the Kaaba, Islam’s most sacred site. “In this game, I was told that there are icons that are considered toContinue reading “Fortnite Under Radar Over Alleged In-Game Desecration of Holy Kaaba”