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Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com.
The views expressed by this blogger and in the following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.
Loved it! Brilliant as usual!
Love it !!
Salaam…. nice … loved all of them except Zulfiqar Mirza…
My request to this person who made all the above funny writings, please do not make fun of Zulfiqar Mirza. The change that we’re seeing happening in Karachi against years of targeted killings and mayhem, is because why this brave man stood up and said what none of the politicians had the guts to say and do. He even talked openly against his own corrupt party members which none of the politicians do these days, they rather cover up their faults. Most of all he held the Quran in Ramadaan, so my request is please respect that man.
Salaam
agree fully with ziggy!!
this was not cool at all, not good to make fun of people like this even if it is our corrupt politicians
how about you lay the ground rules of comedy for the rest of us?
Good Work. I could not stop my laugh.
Nice work, why did you forget Nawaz sharif, Chudaries, Rehman M, many more??
Nobody can beat pakistani humorists. Loved it.
That was pathetic as always.
is that why over 2K people facebooked it?
why did you waste your time reading it then? don’t like paracha? easy, don’t read him!
woooowwwwwwwwwwww y u forget hamid mir n mubashir luqman n its gr8 han
Very unfair that you have forgotten Musharraf.He would have ordered the moon to follow a rectangular path to take care of all regions.
Rolling on the floor laughing…so cute!!
Great work. JJ one is the funiest.
it’s always convenient to attract people on IK and then bash him …. just sayin .
NFP,
U are a Genius… Awesome…
Very Nice exploring the hidden truth.
NFP, you have honestly made my eid; a few more politicans could have made the list.
NFP is certainly one of a few sane voices left in the country!
so true…..and Thank God for him..
This needs great Gutts, Logic and Knowledge, Nadeem Bhai Great work, Hats off for you!!!!!!!!, waiting to see some more
Pakistan is the only muslim country whihc quibbles over eid moon sighting.
NFP – you are hilarious. I loved them all particularly Imran Khan watching drones in everything
irfan non sense you feel drones are good for pakistan and imran must recognise america for doing this.
Honey, please do not over react. This is all in humor so let us keep it this way.
yeah i would never see people in USA trying to find humor in 9/11…I find it strange that anyone can find this humor? Guess their own homes are barred from those bombs so far!
One can find any meanings in Imran Khan pointing to drones depending & suiting their IQ. To me the idea was to have people of Pakistan scream more about drone attacks, complain to their to their elected/appointed/occupier political leaders to force Govt. of Pakistan in taking serious actions. The soft complains by the leaders who are on payroll will not get results, it will only happen if people of Pakistan jointly regardless of which part they live write to their leaders, write to UN and cc to White House, then only you will see the results. Imran Khan’s satire by NFP is only for people of Pakistan to take notice of the complicity of their elected leaders.
Honey! We dont suppport drone attacks; however I have never heard Imran Khan condemning the suicide blasts which have killed circa 30,000 innocent civilians across the country compared to 800 people (majority taliban terrorists, as USA claims) through drone attacks
If you’ve never heard then it doesn’t mean that he never said!
Imran Khan watching drones instead of moons was the funniest .. I dont know why people are over reacting at it, I think they didn’t get the actual meaning in this point .. most of the people couldn’t recognize the humor in it .. it was just to tell people what Imran Khan is always thinking of and planning to do ..
OH for gods sake! Some of you are taking this cartoon way too seriously, yes, it is serious..but to imply it is a way to try to get folks to “scream”. The mention of a drone is simply a symbol of the way Pakistanis carry on and argue over anything that keeps them from having to focus on such things as “work” for instance..This is exactly why my Lord demands that we get rid of religious practices that cause separation and division of men…remember ONE GOD!…The cartoon strip is totally hilarious! come on, you are allowed to laugh..seriously.
for me it means “this is the only thing in his mind”
with a bit of truth mixed in…now come on, you can admit it! lol..
I think we must not drag the army in our lust for show casing cheap caricatures.
please explain why do you think so ?
Wondering why not? You don’t think it is not a corrupt institution? How is Mussarraf able to aford staying in london and travelling around the world
Of course not, lets just continue to bury our heads in the sand, while arrogantly acting like we know everything…
The lady is Meher Buqari. She is a well known hawk among Pakistani TV circles and is known for extreme right anti-India views.
hahahah! Oh my God, you’re outrageously hilarious!
Thank God someone in Pakistan has a sense of humor!!! Salaam
lol, true! awesome article
Amna, I am so happy to find someone with a sense of humor in Pakistan..I found it totally hilarious, and true to point as well.
There could,t be a better mockery of people apt at fooling this nation than this..
The author could add more crunch to the Sarcasm or whatever if the main character in the Eid moon madness and that is Mufti Popalzai who is used to saw moon earlier in time in Pakistan ahead of the whole subcontinent would be discussed as well. An addendum to the article would be Altaf Bhai supporters stating Eid is linked to the 90 meeting and Shahbaz Sharif’s blind following of his Big brother stating when his Brother will say there is eid there will be eid could be an addition to the article as well. Last but not least Begum Nawazish Ali is missing from the article.
amazing, absolutely brilliant work. We need more people who have the guts to take on these people
yep!
Satire at its best. Hats off to you, Mr Paracha.
Dear Nadeem
Great stuff. You’ve made my day
Keep it coming
Your fan
NFP,
this is sheer brilliance. we need Zakir naik in it please…….
Well done, NFP.
Nadeem possesses way of saying things that make you laugh and think simultaneously. This society needs such satire to survive its sense, which seems loosing it place
Zardari one if funniest .
“hiding on the dark side of moon”, “it is drone”…
Creativity at best. Yes, Uganda agrees
Very creative
. Glad to see that army chief’s “humorous” side 
Very well written, it’s funny and thought provoking at the same time.
That’s hilarious and serious at the same time!!
Nice observation of the madness that so characterizes our society. Are we ever going to learn to conquer it, we wonder?
Takes real courage to laugh at oneself. Great stuff.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…… awesome work….. this requires guts…. keep it up…
In bad Taste, I must say.
Finally something from Mr “bitter” Paracha which was worthwhile to read.
In this day and age when the new moon can be calculated very precisely , why are we resorting to primitive methods? Islam has to grow and evolve otherwise we will not even be able to celebrate our national and religious functions together. Islam is a very divided religion because of Mullah’s backwardness and uneducated masses!!!
Brother According to shariah this matter is very simple and straight forward.The problem arises when we people and even some of the scholars donot follow shariah.The islamic month starts on sighting of moon with naked eye and we have to accept the witness when it fulfils criteria .Please donot say it primitive method .In this matter It is not necassary to see what the scientific calculations say .We people need to study the books of authentic scholars.
BTW After analyzing I still do follow the instructions for my own sake. like not eating beef, I know the reason why this belief is there but I still don’t eat it because I don’t like to eat meat anyways, find vegetarian food more appealing. Though I still eat chicken and goat/lamb but not something that I like to eat.
not necessary to see what the scientific calculations say? ironically when scholars are sick; they go to a doctor/hospital for treatment and don’t read their scholarly books
If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it! Moon-sighting is not a matter of life or death; but sickness is
Since we don’t get to see much of Pakistani TV soaps, it would be helpful to know who the lady with hair-do obsession is. Also who is the abusive guy?
The lady in question is Mehar Bokhari, who declared Salmaan Taseer wajibul qatl and the abusive guy in Aalim on Line Amir Liaquat who declared Ahmadias wajibul qatl. Watch both of them in action on cafepyala.blogspot.com
don’t Observe too much. It’s bad for your mind
Complete waste of time.
Are u sure?! I think u need to give it a thought!
Who are the last two people? If I know, I would enjoy them better.
The woman is Meher Bokhari. She is a TV anchor who rallied people against Salman Taseer by repeatedly accusing him of blasphemy. After Taseer’s murder, she was fired from that particular channel but hired by another one. She started by being on Zaid Hamid’s programs. Recently she kicked up a big storm about Nawaz Sharif’s reasonable speech as SAFMA by characterizing it as a questioning of the Do Qaumi Nazariya and allowing Zaid Hamid to call SAFMA as an agent of RAW. 52 senior Pakistani journalists protested against this.
The man in Junaid Jamshed. HE became famous as a rockstar and made millions. Then one fine day he realized that music is haraam in Islam so he does not sing anything but naats. But he has no hesitation using his fame (gained as a rockstar) to advertise all kinds of halal products.
Junaid Jamshed has a garments boutiques Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Karachi … Good halal business
Junaid Jamshed seems like a very very good salesman
Pakistan must use his services as a PR manager for the country.
I know Meher Bukhari. The loud anchor, who speaks more than all her guests combined. I could not recognize her face, probably because she wears more makeup while on TV.
And probably because she doesn’t look that innocent on TV .. Plus she’s every time conscious of her looks especially hair style and dresses!
LOL..Great and creative..
Ver, very creative. Zaid Hamid and Imran Khan were superb
Very creative and innovative and of course very funny
NFP salute to ur courage.we r with you,plzzzzzzzzzzzzz keep on writing.you r our PROMETHEOUS.Lov u.
the best one was imran khan. ha ha ha ha
Finally, something original (but a tad bit recycled). I like it now that you are also using satire on JJ, MQM, and PPP. But you still haven’t spared pakistani che HG and dream boy IK.
a lame attempt of humor – doesn’t worth a piece of paper it will be printed on…
Mother earth says – Only take a print when you absolutely need it !
Why don’t we put an end to this moon sighting by giving it over to Meteorological Department.
Funny, esp the “law of gravity” book by Newton.. How could you NFP
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Haha hilarious….
If your family was a victim of drone attack you would not have made fun of Imran Khan condemning drone attacks.
Even the Aamir Liaquat thing didn’t sound funny! Not trying to be extra harsh on NFP – but seriously?
sublime !
Nadeem this is so good. I just loved it, keep it up!
Well NFP i liked this comic style of yours but i am a great admirer of JJ so I reserve my comments.
FANTASSTIC!!!
Good
Superb!!
ha ha ha, ho ho ho , hi hi hi !
Great one…once again !
What’s the point? A complete waste of time. I suggest being more productive.
haha….. Amir Liaqat as Cuddly teddy bear while swearing!!
Quite sexist to be honest. Is that all you can come up with for this woman? That’s offensive stereo typical, Pakistani men don’t need reinforcement of. Other than that, the rest is quite funny.
Absolute GEM, JJ wins! We need to pay him yet again.
JJ was priceless
marvelous….I like the paragraphs what Kayani and Imran khan coded….lolzzz
This will go down as best of NFP. Sometimes humor is the best way to really grasp reality. In the US, the daily show with Jon Steward and the Colbert Nation are top programs that do what NFP is showcasing here. Many Americans get their news from those shows now-a-days. NFP could easily be the lead writer for a similar show in Pakistan.
If ever Pakistan starts this kind of a show ..
But you missed real hero Mufti muneeb and Nawaz sharif who takes pains to go to Saudia to see it earlier every year..!
Satire at its peak! Can’t get any better than that. Look it is not moon it is a Drone; HA HA HA HA; LOL.
NFP should start a TV talk show like Daily Show in the US. He has an excellent sense of humor in Pakistani politics.
What a lovely satire ! I laughed out load reading that ” The moon was a drone !!” Keep going. Humour is the spirit that one needs to thrive even in the most difficult times.
creative and funny!! great job NFP!
That is superb….very different and very original. Yes you need to have one for your self also
Love it! Halal Eid sab ko Mubarak!
Wonderful Nadeem F.Paracha….I think this is the most creative work to highlight the dilemma of Sighting moon in Pakistan..But NFP, what do you think if you had added the Ruawait-e-Halal kameeti drama
It will be extra entertained
love it and thanks for not poking fun at Musharraf (the only one who cares about Pakistan)
A.W.E.S.O.M.E.!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Eid Chuckle…I don’t know who the girl is…I can guess…and the JJ one, absolutely spot on…
What can I say………Pathetic as usual………..
They abrogated the laws of physics, solid geometry, and empirical astronomy…and ‘saw’ what could not be there. And embarrassed the rest of us.
Finally a satire that got NFP his mojo back…But watch out…Satire can be hazardous for your health!
NFP sahab maza aa gaya, i regulary follow ur blog and i think u r one of the best journlists pakistan today have like nazam sahab, i wish more the no of ppople like u across the border, lesser problme we have-india-pak rocks bt we are today bound by rocks unfortunate
Zaid hamid satire was most funny…. his video of reaching moon in 5 yrs is fullfilled by NFP….bravo…..
I think this blog alone has enough authority to replace most of Pakistani Television News Media.. Come on everyone now collectively thank NFP for breathing some sense down our collective navels.. we need more where that came from. Eid Mubarak NFP and Khair Mubarak!
I think there should one with NFP too. Pakis are still fighting for the moon sighting while extremists are asking the women to wear hijab. Thanks to Zia’s dictatorship we are still fighting over the moon. People in the West are so open minded, they don’t fight over moon, in fact they do not care about it. Bhutto would have secured a moon for our nation had he been in power little longer” :d
Getting BETTER! You’re experimenting with more media… now don’t be too slow and grab a camera already and make shorts / documentaries / films (most importantly). We try fiction to blunt the hard and sharp edge of truth perhaps? To make it easy for people to swallow what we are saying and also to reduce the troubles that befall us for saying those things. Let us keep EDUCATING ourselves; go to the nearest university / studio / art school and keep experimenting with mediums (sculptures, paintings, film, voice, visuals etc. ) … Keep it up and encourage the others and we will all get to an enlightened pakistan IF you share it with people in a universal language (or atleast translate to other languages).
LOL…Simply marvelous. Very creative.
hahaha. Enjoyed!
Simply Amazing!!! with a few reservations!!!