Now, what shall I say about The Express Tribune? The blog has started to give me an impression as if its raison d’etre is to have a unifocal soliloquy on publishing literally anything against Imran Khan without realising how ludicrous the writer may sound or implausible the publisher.
If I were to describe The Express Tribune in a nutshell, I think I’ll marginally settle for this definition: Camelot of an erudite savant they never were, a self-proclaimed paladin of democracy and liberalism, a purveyor of pessimism, their grovelling apology for a political pundit. But their risible theories, disingenuous surmises and analytical howlers can be excused, for they are yet to realise that they cannot fool all the people all the time.
The truth is that they’ve lost all sense of fairness, reasonableness and impartiality when they took up conjuring up drivels for a day job. What is patently evident is ET’s deep seated animosity towards a certain national hero -Imran Khan! Today Imran Khan is like a classic hero who has emerged as a paladin of nationalism, baptised in the waters of public opinion, made great and filled with courage but the worthy writers at ET are on a roll to launch all kinds of ad hominem tirade against Imran Khan by castigating Khan’s rhetoric of engaging the extremist as futile hence a taliban apologist.
In their hare-brained harangue, they have derided Imran Khan as a chronic patient of the malady of a Taliban Goebbels and conceptual bipolarity. Even a cursory perusal of the contents of their write up, once can safely impute intellectual apoplexy to the writer themselves. For his virulent diatribe is replete with vacuous surmises, disingenuous suppositions and twisted formulations. The writers, evidently, write such article merely for the sake for venting spleen against Khan, for the reader remains as clueless as the writer and publisher themselves, as to the purpose and meaning behind such wanton volubility. They begin each paragraph by formulating a supposition, carries it through the middle passage, only to finish it at a menacing note.
He who is conscientious enough to prefer steep heights of truthfulness, selflessness, patriotic spiritedness over the primrose path of least resistance, of timid appeasement, of petty self seeking, always gets pilloried by the forces of status quo and inertia, so goes another law of history. Imran Khan has committed no crime, violated no law, breached no trust, betrayed no cause, wrecked no chariot-merely that he was guilty of sticking to his guns and having the courage of his convictions, courageous and cognizant enough to chart a different course, sing a different tune, and write a different script. This sufficiently explains the vinegary, spiteful, acrimonious and relentless campaign of personal revilement and character assassination; he has been subjected to, by a bunch of self proclaimed saviors of the nation (does that ring a bell?), a coterie of pocketbook analysts and a bevy of pseudo intellectuals.
So obsessed and paranoid are the writers at The Express Tribune about Imran Khan that not a single write up of his is devoid of barbed shafts aimed at Imran Khan. Granted that these writers always ran low on writer’s ink and that logic and profundity were never their forte, but have they become so sterile, jaded and pathetically predictable as to be unable to write a single article without hurling mud at a celebrated national hero? History is replete with examples of once high and mighty writers, eventually running out of ideas and becoming clichéd and banal towards the fag end of their careers, but what to talk about the desultory and vapid ways of these writers who seems to have met their waterloo even before a Toulon? Have they become clichéd and banal without first attaining greatness? Or are they among the proverbial exceptions which prove the rule? But they are not the lone ranger in this relentless crusade against Imran Khan.
There is a certain cabal of pseudo intellectuals, dissembling experts, pocketbook analysts and self styled paladins of democracy and liberalism who have lost their sleep, all sense of reason and logic in denouncing Imran Khan. The question is, what has Imran Khan done to earn their ire? Why is he being painted in such lurid colors? What crude conduct has he been guilty of to elicit such derision and scorn? With minds so fickle, intellects so rotten, like that of the writer himself, busy obfuscating an already clouded national vision by churning out ludicrous drivels like this, bringing about a salubrious change in the sterile socio-political landscape of Pakistan has become a Herculean task. Though the colossus of our politics, Imran Khan, continues to strive valiantly to the same end, with considerable success too, the nation would be better served, if piffle emitting traps like Nadeem Paracha, Saroop Ejaz et al remain shut.
God gave you the gift of the gab; a ready pen; vast vocabulary; exemplary education; facility with ideas and words and made you creative enough to parlay all these gifts in an adroit manner and garner a sizeable and significant readership for yourself. You indeed are a very lucky fellow, for only a chosen few get the recognition they deserve and wield as much influence as is necessary to achieve one’s goals. Being a long time reader of yours and by extension a well wisher, here is my earnest advice-or a request-tinged with an ardent personal wish to you is: Please stop tilting at windmills. Stop using your God gifted faculties for twisting facts, contorting truth, obfuscating the reality and distasteful smear campaigns.
Imran Khan has his faults; he has had his share of indiscretions, oversights, omissions and faux paus; but which mortal is above such foibles and weaknesses? He who has never committed a sin, should hurl the first stone! He who lays claims to infallibility be our savior and I am ready to swore his allegiance.
Be an Argus eyed observer; scrutinise, analyse, evaluate to your hearts and minds content; but do not push the button when it is not required. Criticise when it serves some purpose, when it is cogent and warranted. Blind aversion, robotic opposition and rigid antagonism is not going to throw a spanner in Khan’s works but only would leave a poor impression of your, in the eyes of your readers. If you want to become a paladin of modernity, patriotism, freedom of thought and speech, civil liberties, democracy and transparency, then stop being an incorrigible detractor of someone, who is striving steadfastly to uphold those very ideals.
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Do not fret my friend. These so-called writers on ET will have no bearing in the next elections. People of Pakistan are tired of the corrupt and inept PPP and N-league and are ready for vote for Imran Khan. I know me and my family and most of the people I know will be voting for him.
Warning: Article not for general public’s consumption. Only intended for beings made of words and sentences not of flesh and bone. People who believe human beings made of dust definitely keep a distance or a seed would be planted in you and you might bare some fruit. The Spineless Upper Class read and dread for the rest pf the population go earn your daily bread.
@writer: Your blog merely confirms the worst fears that people like myself hold about Imran Khan and his supporters. Very immature writing.
I need a dictionary badly
Zain, excellent thoughts. But if I may say so, more people would have the benefit of understanding your points if they’re conveyed in a simple manner. I’m no literary critic, but as an avid reader, I can say that sometimes overly descriptive or heavy language can take away from one’s ideas. Papers like The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal (not that I’m a fan of ideologies) are written in 7-grade level English. The point is to get the thought across without having it hurt your brain.
But again, I appreciate the writeup…much better than the pseudo-intellectuals you’ve mentioned.
Somebody’s going to lose their job!
@Author
And you my dear, are Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels reincarnate.
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Whoever said that the art of panegyrics is dead!
Main reference material for this juvenile tirade against ET appears to have been a thesaurus – a bit short on grammar as well as on substance. Note – would have been a great spoof article on some actual piece but I suspect that such is not the case.
Thank god for this article!
Excellent piece by Zain and good to see that ET published it despite the criticism it holds for them.
In democracy no one is a sacred cow including Imran Khan and in my view Nawaz Sharif is the person who is bashed more than anybody on the media. Imran Khan is criticized more than anybody else is the reason that he talks about Excellency and Perfectionism and obviously when you claim to be the bearers of change and especially in democratic systems then brace yourself for a criticism and rather than whining i think you should equip yourself with better answers rather than clamouring for unfair treatment. Mughal periods are gone so now we have the right to question the Kings as well. Anyway Mr Imran is in hibernation now a days and hopefully he will take some stance in coming days regarding to critical issues of Pakistan.
If your piece could be anthropomorphised, it would be a ugly socialite with a kitschy taste in clothes…
Sir please use easy words; i mean it is NOT cool to use such difficult words. Try to reach to each and every indvidual not sll of us are in a habit of using dictionary
Its become fashion for them to criticize Imran Khan, I dont think that they are even aware of the ground realities, they are so blind and unable to see the organizations he built for the country, Its look like the whole media turn their guns against Imran Khan, without justifiable reasons
Heart touching article Zain
Those who criticize Imran’s 9 day anti-corruption plan definitely lack logic and profundity
Indeed! I agree with Irfan Baluch. The idea was topical but the article too long, repetitive in content and dripping with suffocating vocabulary. Keep it simple!!
Boy O Boy! There ain’t any doubt that the people sitting in ET publish only those views which are against PTI and IK. Majority of the blogs and articles are against him. The problem is that on extreme call bash him as Jewish lobby and the other extreme call him a Talib without a beard. This is really amazing. Following ET, we come to know that the people sitting in ET represent other extreme and expecting such blogs and views from them is no surprise for me alteast. The thing to be kept in the mind is that majority of Pakistanis are not on either of extremes and the extreme end to which ET represent has less followers. So it does not matter whether the election results are good or not. All what matters is that whether the people are with him or aginst him.
Oh, for God’s sake! You are hurting Imran Khan with this fantastically written but intellectually puerile verbal diarrhea. Should one always play the zero sum game?
Man, calm down, you’re either overloading on sarcasm or being deluded here. In the latter case, everybody gets criticized, learn to deal with it instead of writing poems.
In the former, well, you are mean.
Here are some extremely intelligent tweets by the author:
We are a nation of gladiators, pummeled into a temporary submission, by hegemonistic jargon through their callous and treacherous quislings
Such people do not recognize the precariousness of their own existence, the fleeting nature of their own humanity 2/2 #SAFMA
Geo TV Lied To The Nation About “Ajmal Kasab” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10y2euKydC8&feature=watch_response No Nexus found b/w Ajmal Kassab & 26/11 #Shocking
There have been unremitting endeavours on part of India to destabilize Pakistan or to further truncate us by fomenting heresy
Expanding Pakistan’s presence in space for strategic purposes, SUPARCO is planning to build its next scientific satellite of BADAR series
I had to use Google dictionary every 2 sec. I eventually grew tired and stopped reading.
The writer spoke my mind ! I totally agree with the writer. Apart from Imran Khan, ET is on a dangerous and deadly mission. You will notice when you read some of the articles/blogs they publish and the way they report on some “topics”.
easily the most ‘english’ pti cult member.
Ps. I hope u dont talk the same way u write.
Beta, please close your thesaurus.
Another bongi try by PTI trol of gaining popularity by Threatning ET.
Good thing Imran Khan supporters just skip the articles to post something generic or your big words would have made their heads explode. They say PTI has an educated majority but I’ve never seen it.
I’ve rarely seen any positive articles about PML-N or the PPP. Could it be PTI is made up of self-important oversensitive cry babies? This blog is exactly what I’ve always imagined an impressively large PTI tantrum would look like. Trying and failing to sound smart because that’s just an image they want rather than actually deserve while simultaneously not saying anything of substance but speaks it like there is just like Imran Khan himself. It’s a good thing your target audience likes that style.
@Author: You get 1 mark for effort in using the thesaurus, -5 marks for using it excessively, and -2 marks for using words incorrectly. You start with “Apropos to the…” whereas the correct usage would be “Apropos of” or “Apropos the”. You then get -10 marks for being ludicrously without substance, not offering any reasons for why we should support Imran Khan.
Seriously, can you start by defending his love of the murderers who call themselves the Taliban? Or his simplistic and childish notions on “honor”? Or his alliance with the DPC members who in any self-respecting country would be behind bars? Is shallow (and especially in your case, ultra-long winded) words the only thing Imran Khan supporters can come up with? If so, no wonder we don’t see more articles here on ET about him!
I wish you a good day sir, I hope you get the time for some introspection on your political views and reasoning techniques.
Like this blog imran khan policy is also not logical and difficult to understand.
a delusional piece of writing by a delusional writer for a delusional so called leader of a delusional party. This is not cricket my good man…….
I would have definitely given my opinion on this article if i had understood the intense verbosity of the writer!
Hamood: I think it is an absolute stupidity and a reflection of how limited one’s thinking is when someone criticizes Imran Khan and the PTI trolls automatically assume that the person is either a PML-N supporter or a PPP jiyala( or any party for that matter). And I think it is absolutely unfair that PTI be criticizing the media for being biased, even if they are biased, their inclination is towards Imran Khan and PTI. Just because your rating are going down, less people are joing your bandwagon and popularity is in trouble compared to 30th october doesn’t mean you start blaming the media. Man up and accept that the promises you made regarding a tsunami on 30th october never happened, and it is YOU people who gave the media room for criticism.
Stopped reading after the second paragraph.
Your logic is as incomprehensible as the words you use.
I got the point.. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT…
But you could have used simple english… not everyone understands this… including me…
You are living in a literature hell, my friend.
Haha, looks like someone’s been learning their SAT words.
well written
Dont worry brother ,as in the words of a famous philosopher,truth is first ridiculed then it is violently opposed then it is accepted as bieng self evident.
Great article Zain…..
The writer @Zain Zuber needs to shed his pathological addiction to the thesaurus. Jargon-esque writing kills the essence of the prose.
Somebody translate this pretentious nonsense into English while I go get some aspirin.
the PTI supporters can’t even write – this show of verbosity just shows the mental level.
Well the first 8 paragraphs are basically the same using (slightly) different words. Even though there are many gems in there, this for me took the cake:
“With minds so fickle, intellects so rotten, like that of the writer himself, busy obfuscating an already clouded national vision by churning out ludicrous drivels like this, bringing about a salubrious change in the sterile socio-political landscape of Pakistan has become a Herculean task.”
Just alot of (painful) theorizing without using any concrete examples, with NFP and SI thrown in at the end just to cover the latter, and in that sense not much different from PTI’s policies. I’m certainly not of the Taliban Khan group, but the NAR (remember that?) was an attempt at reconciling extremist elements and perhaps start the process of bringing them into the mainstream. Do you remember how well that ended?
I really need English classes.
… my eyes bleed and for a minute I thought I’m reading a Shakespearean novel.
I’m sure the writer only ended the article when his thesaurus burnt down because of excessive use.
As for what the he’s said; Only if you could have looked beyond your ‘teenage crush’ for IK and considered his proposed policies with a diligent eye, you would have realized it is just that. A ‘teenage crush’. cough
Editors of the ET blogs: Kudos for publishing something that obviously was an attack on you (a weak one, though). Takes guts to do that!. It shows you stand secure where you stand. Takes guts to do that!
This was astrophromologically sound. My condolences
Yeh article toh Imran Khan koh bhi samahj nahi ana!
I’m wondering which dictionary it was which you ate and then threw up as this piece.
wait lemme find my dictionary first
Someone just discovered the thesaurus option in google dictionary.
c-c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker
@Zamir Malik: Oh you are so obsessed with Mr.khan that you have forgotten the fact that Nawaz and Zardari are in Govt. and not Mr.Khan.By the way,HE is not king”He is a Tiger”.
Puerile and pretentious verbal diarrhea. That is all.
Someone please make the author realize that the readers are not Oxford dictionaries.
Improve the content and substance of your argument, not the gross verbosity.
Using gigantic expressions is a put-off and puts your post more of a perfect presentation of a case of link textSesquipedalian Loquaciousness.
@Author
Your opinion would perhaps be taken more seriously if you dial-down the condescension, vanity and verbosity. On the substance of your article, of which there was little, you need to understand that IK is not a messiah reborn, and it is possible for people to not be enchanted by his lofty and half-baked promises.
so Mr zain took a GRE exam and thought what he hell….dude srsly come on, not every word you learn on GRE(or for that matter in ur life) has to be used in one single blog… but then again the immaturity of ur blog signifies that u may never get another chance..so again u thought wht the hell
well written, good insight, but i agree words can b bit simple, so dat a layman can enjoy it and more over understand the depth it holds.Media boycotting so many IK jalsa, and media still supportin PPP and PML-N.i am a kashmiri and truly feel the current state of PAK.. IK is yet to b tested but yes he deserves a chance.. better than the current lot filled wid corrupt mind, US puppet, and eating Public money..
B a true patriot and look at da best for PAK which right now is IK..n E tribune posting it..well ppl media gimmick to show da world dat yes it is for the people.. every newspaper posts blogs which are against it.. REST well written..
I disagree that the author is pretentious. Anyone who uses the word ‘paladin’ in two subsequent paragraphs in two different contexts is clearly attempting to appeal to a middle-school audience.
WTF are you talking about ??? You need a friggin dictionary to read this article.
Seriously what? Dude keep it simple, We know you know English and have a good vocabulary but don’t impose it on us!
“Ik Moima
samjhnay ka na samjhaanay ka” confuse & ununderstandable like IK
Seems like the writer wrote this piece in Microsoft word and right clicked on every word, went to synonyms and chose the most “smart sounding” word he could find.
Seems like the writer wrote this piece in Microsoft word and right clicked on every word, went to synonyms and chose the most “smart sounding” word he could find
Using big English words doesn’t mean the writer knows the correct use of English. ET editors, doesn’t your role entail a standard grammar check? @Black Jack, you’re quite right. The state of grammar in this article is truly sad.
Miss moderator with all that the blog and the commentors are saying you thought the GRE words comment was much?? srsly you need to reduce the arbirariness a bit…
This article should be the part of 10 grade curriculum. So we can also improve our English vocabulary .
Jokes apart poll say it all.
Is the Pakistani press unfairly critical of Imran Khan and his party?
Yes (74%, 34 Votes)
No (26%, 12 Votes)
Dear Author, You point is being heard loud and clear.
“Apropos to the excessively grandiloquent, wastefully voluble and patently frivolous attempt The Express Tribune has been part of subjecting Imran khan as prime target of its Goebbels’ vendetta.”
I understand all of these words but I don’t understand why they are here.
After this, my brain started to fizzle and pop.
“Imran Khan is like a classic hero who has emerged as a paladin of nationalism, baptised in the waters of public opinion, made great and filled with courage but the worthy writers at ET are on a roll to launch all kinds of ad hominem tirade against Imran Khan by castigating Khan’s rhetoric of engaging the extremist as futile hence a taliban apologist.”
Gag Bleagh Puke
Now look what you made me do? Maybe you could find better words for “Come clean up my puke” in that thesaurus of yours?
@Anthony Permal:
The OED perhaps?
yaar aap ki english buhat achi hai.
Verbosity…. thy name is Zain Umair.
Seems like that the author has recently undertaken a GMAT test. My friend using complex vocabulary to rant about same ideas paragraph after paragraph is not smart writing. You have to realize who your target audience is. For your future editorial endeavors may I suggest that you keep it simple and straight. People listen to facts and rational reasons rather emotional intricacy. All the best.
It feels like somebody just threw a thesauras at my face… Two words. Absolutely ridiculous.
So what you really wanted to say was:
and this simple sentence could not be translated in English. But I congratulate you for the justice done.
The problem seems very evident, the article was written not to criticize ET but to advertise the fact that the writer knows his English, which is still not believable because the writer is trying too hard to get noticed, and good writers don’t do this. A great article ruined by the complex I would say the writer has.
And lo I thought Imran Khan and PTI wanted to engage with all Pakistanis for a better future. While liberals are scum, DPC and terrorists are disgruntled brothers. For shame!
PTI Motto: If you cannot dazzle with brilliance, baffle with Bull$h**
I can’t be bothered opening a dictionary! Seems like he used synonyms for every other word to sound intellectual.
So by all that non-sense you wanted to say that Khan is a ‘classic hero’ & those who do not agree should shut up..
This is what we fear the most about your classic hero and his delusional fans..there is a thing called LOGIC mate.
Y U NO WRITE IN SIMPLE PLAIN ENGLISH?!?!
Sir. too much peepul are criticise this butifeul wrriting and lovely ideas. PTI is great and comeing for sure. Such toughtful peepul are the need of the our. May Allah blase you.
What did i just read…..my head started spinning after the first 5 lines of the article, by the end of the first paragraph my brain just wanted to shoot itself and end the misery. So much verbal diarrhoea and that too using hard vocabulary, which i am pretty sure you learned while preparing for your SATs. at the end of it all, it has to make sense. in your case it didnt.
@Uzair:
That’s an awesome reply; striking at the Thesaurus and the sentimental political rhetoric is a perfect combination.
The SAT vocab book threw up in this literary masterpiece
Looks like someone’s prepared for their SAT.
Like Dr. A.Q. this author is also joking. Recently no one in Pakistan is given more publicity than Imran and that too without any concrete achievement. Yes he was a cricketer and now a philanthropist, but these are completely different fields. There are many great cricketers who have better records than Imran and Pakistan is full of philanthropists far more respected than Imran. These great people do not use their achievements and personal respect for their political career. As far as his political career is concerned, its nothing but a disaster from the begining. Twenty years in politics and nothing to brag about.
@Zamir Malik:
How can you say that IK is in hibernation 🙂 PTI seems to be the only active party in whole Pakistan. They are continuously mobilizing the voters, and IK has a very clear stance over the issues of Pakistan 🙂 let the nato supply open up which is not yet announced 🙂 how can we start an agitation over some thing before time, would this not be an immature act :). But keep one thing in mind these old main stream parties have given nothing to pakistan and they will be vanished from the political scene of the country, we are not stupid to vote again for them
@Imran Con:
tell me 10 good thing about PMLN AND PPP and then write a article about it in all reasonableness and impartialitpy. i love to see how good are these people are for pakistan and what amazing job they are doing .
i just read the comments .could not mustered up my courage to read the article due to frequent use of online dictionary. i wil get back to it after finishing my uni.lolz
Sadly, your article was self defeating…perhaps it would be a good idea to answer all the questions you have posed in this article by simply reading a bit more about the issue at hand…but just like everyone else you have resorted to personal attacks too. How does that make you any different? Also just a question-who draws the line between someone being a pseudo intellectual and an actual one? Oh wait, I already have the answer…It appears that someone is a guy called Zain.
well I would like to how you managed to get it pass the 800 word limit set by ET. ET or anyone who can enlighten me about
Please tell me this was satire.
OK as much as I am a Imran Khan supporter Im sorry this piece has me befuddled. If you want to get your point across please lessen the use of the thesaurus.
I dont knw if the quality of ur essay is too high for me or what, but I dont know if ur criticism ws justified or not because I did not understand anything. U want to give an opinion then try and make it understandable. Maybe next time 🙂
My Next blog will be in Urdu. I promise
the extent of your article’s reader friendliness can be explained by a simple admission on my part: I’m a PTI supporter and I think you’re a narcissistic little idiot who was trying to impress rather than communicate. this problem usually befalls socialists who enjoy bathing in their own linguistic jugglery rather than aiming to get the point across. but this was not even linguistic prowess, this was a thesaurus with sentences. next time you sit on your keyboard to write a political piece, ignore the SHIFT + F7 and concentrate more on getting your point across. and if you want to exhibit your linguistic expertise, write some literary piece and focus more on sentence structures and clever use of vocabulary rather than raping the brains out of your thesaurus.
Thanks.
Dear Author, simple English would have served your purpose better but that could have been ignored if your piece had any bit of logic in it. The article is devoid of any content and logical arguments.
How about giving writing an article refuting and countering the criticism that ET writers have done of IK with some logical reasoning and factual examples.
While some of the criticism against IK is also devoid of logic, but most of it especially on ET is not. You should counter both is good reasoning instead of emotionalism veiled in difficult language as logical arguments.
Most importantly you need to realize that good criticism is actually a blessing because it is for your betterment. These are your real friends and well wishers. So learn to differentiate between good and bad criticism and learn from it and try to make PTI a better party by changing it from within accepting good criticism. By writing such articles the most harm you are doing is the same party you so much desire to defend by making it stagnant.
@Salma:
and ur generalization shows urz, idiot.
Angrezi bohot mushkil he. It fly over the my head ^_^
For the first time since I have been reading blogs and comments thereon the word MORE looks as if it is taunting me,asking if what I had to read and not understand,was not enough?
‘Brevity is the soul of wit.’
Omg ! Shakespere joins PTI, completely display of assets ! O bhai khuda ko man !
@Z:
you and I have a few things common. 1st, we both go by “Z”. 2nd, i share ur thoughts completely in fact they are might thoughts but you put them to words. LOL. you sure u not my twin? LOL.
I love Imran Khan, but sorry Zain you’re just trying too hard.. What a load of pseudo-intelectual Bull Waste!
someone is quite fond of the word “paladin” ;p ;p
not sure about the article but LOVED the comments! 😀
Did you just kept on randomly highlighting the words on Microsoft word and used the thesaurus function ?
@ET
YOU PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTELLIGENT BLOKES. a hundred article would have been sent for your blog on this topic, and you decided to print this one, knowing fully well, that the writer is making a fool of himself, and that you will also have your quota of pro-imran article.
now that is called “EK TEER SE DO SHIKAR KARNA.” ET ne quota bhi poora kar liya, and now they can once again go with their imran criticism.
hats off to your genious.
@Author Why? Why should Veena Malik apologize for working in India ?
oh Wait.. ….that’s Vendetta not Veena.
Sorry , my bad.
even though i am a PTI supporter, this blog made me puke :S
Are you sitting in SAT examination hall ?
Okay i get the idea of your article and I agree! But half way through, your extremely difficult vocabulary made it almost unbearable! If you want to get your message across I suggest you use words which any person can read. Not only by those people who have memorized the Oxford Dictionary!
@Faraz Talat:
Faraz, your attempt to show a mirror to the author failed. Specifically:
1. Despite your choice of big words, your sentences actually are coherent and can be understood.
2. Your sentences are gramatically correct.
Try again.
loved the comments! so much more witty and readable than the article!
Irrespective of your views liberals he’s managed to GET 700+ LIKES ON FACEBOOK! FACEPALM LIBERALS (Perhaps highest ever)
ZainI Umar
UK-Based Pakistani Corporate Solicitor at DLA Piper (Doha, Qatar chapter) who tweets @zmrzain
I am surprised at the standard of DLA Piper !
“Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose!” – V for Vendetta
Pay heed, author. Alan Moore is speaking directly to you…
@Faraz Talat: sir although I agree that the author should not have USed such large words , you too did not withhold your rather developed vocabulary in your comment !
kindly practice what you preach !
@ninja mullah: I LOVE THAT NAME
@ zain(the author):you have almost rendered this article incomprehensible by doing what Stephanie Meyer does best . I.e. using the most difficult words possible repeatedly until the reader is forced to skip lines just so he/she can move forward !
More like I KNOW THE GOD DAMN ENGLISH article.
Even I am confused.
As someone pointed out…this could have been a really good spoof…and maybe u started out with the same intention but got carried away a bit too much…Lacked substance boss…You were way too busy shouting out at all those who u hate that u forgot that the blog should actually have some solid arguments…Must say that you are talented
PS: this is a must read for all those who intend to sit for a SAT or GMAT exam in near future…nice vocab practice :p
Imran Khan and the Army too.
Time now for a clarification in SIMPLE ENGLISH: It’s an op-ed and not an article, whatever I have written is entirely based on HOW I FEEL about the whole situation. People saying it lacks substance should understand that It was not a rebuttal rather my opinion which I expressed the way I feel appropriate. There are many to condemn Imran khan over a taliban apologist but none amongst the fake liberals to condemn US over their hypocrisy – drones in Pakistan yet allowing an office for Al-qaeda in Qatar. When these liberals can call IMRAN KHAN a taliban apologist over condemning drones in our tribal areas then why do they endorse US policy when the latter has herself engaged in peace negotiations with talibans to an extent of allowing them to have an office in Qatar?
Nawaz Shareef’s party has been clandestinely in contact with Sipah-e-Sahaba, why don’t I see a vitriolic article against him? (WIKILEAKS facts)
Secondly someone mentioned here that Javed Hashmi has been part of DPC rallies, well I rebuttal it by saying that its his own personal opinion to endorse what he thinks or apprehends appropriate contrary to party policies. Wasn’t Hashmi part of PTIs karachi Dharna whilst being in PMLN? Albeit he did join PTI months later but at that particular time he was only endorsed PTI for its stance against drones, similarly Hashmi endorses Hafiz Saeed over the fact that THERE HAS BEEN NO TANGIBLE EVIDENCE/SUBSTANCE AGAINST SAEED and there may never be.
I disagree with you liberals over your silence at RAW intelligence goof-up, none of you stood up for Pakistan at that time
Whenever there is an extra judicial killing in Pakistan I find my TL with questions like, WILL IMRAN KHAN DO A DHARNA IN HAZARA? Will he condemn this, will he condemn that? Why isn’t he paying a visit at missing persons camp? (Now when he has, have the missing persons been recovered, no? ) then why ask for solutions from Imran khan for everything when you expect the very little out of him? Blame the Government who has blocked twitter today, blame them for the target killing, baloch genocide, energy crisis, corruption,inflation,stagflationetc – When they CAN confront army over their throne why can’t they confront army over missing persons/baloch genocide/target killing? et al
Its easy to write up an op-ed against Judiciary that they release terrorists, no? Well that makes Hussain Haqqani a terrorist too as he too was released by the judiciary and allowed to return back to US in the middle of trial
My op-ed ended up with a suggestion: That Imran khan has his flaws but it is not always RIGHT to criticize him for EVERYTHING! If you want to eliminate terrorism start it from Karachi, eliminate MQM/PPPP/ANP mafias – Interrogate Nawaz Shareef for his support to SIPAH SAHABA and I MIGHT AGREE with you LIBERALS!
Oh man, for days I could not understand the very first sentence of this amazingly mind blowing piece that has something to do with Imran Khan, only now I see it is an encrypted love letter to Saroop Ijaz
@manish:
strange that in over 120 comments you were the first to point that out
people all over twitter and facebook have been passing this article around and making fun of it
so if normal everyday people can see the ridiculousness of this blog, did the editors of ET somehow miss it. of course not. it is their job. they knew exactly what response they would get and it worked -124 comments and counting
herd mentality. yes the language was pretentious. but if someone has already pointed it out and if 100 someones have then why do you feel the need to point it out again and ridicule the poor author. you are not saying something new. the “i need a dictionary to read this” comment has been made about 6 times.
the same thing happened earlier this week as well with “the avengers” review. billions of people loved that movie so i am sure ET received quite a few favorable reviews as well but they chose to run the one that was critical even though it was poorly written and gave away every twist and turn of the movie instead of just reviewing it. there is nothing wrong with going against the grain or popular perception that is balance journalism
however purposely manipulating your audience is disrespectful to them and is nothing more than sensationalism.
What a supporter! Imran Khan should be very proud of you 🙂
@Zamir Malik:
He will inshaAllah
@zahid: We should trace our roots 🙂
This is a bad piece of writing and I tell you why. It’s unnecassarily complicated. What are you Chaucer or what?
@ writer
SO what point are you making except that you are very rude ?
Well, it is not only biased against Imran Khan but biased in posting comments. They post the all crap comments against the one against ideology of liberals and secular never make it to through the comments section.
@ writer
next time plz try FEELING in simple English. it helps other UNDERSTAND your FEELINGS
reading the bible might be easier than reading this article. I stopped reading this article on the sixth line.
@Zain
Nawaz Shareef’s party has been clandestinely in contact with Sipah-e-Sahaba, why don’t I see a vitriolic article against him? (WIKILEAKS facts)
Because that is history. Since then it is the PTI that has taken over.
Secondly someone mentioned here that Javed Hashmi has been part of DPC rallies, well I rebuttal it by saying that its his own personal opinion to endorse what he thinks or apprehends appropriate contrary to party policies.
Really, to begin with the gentleman representing the Qaid-e-PTI was Ijaz Choudhary. Secondly when, Khan himself was questioned on sharing a platform with the likes of JuD and SSP. Unfazed, Khan simply said it was his duty to “engage” with everyone no matter how extreme.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/172197-imran-khan-engaging-delusion.html
Its easy to write up an op-ed against Judiciary that they release terrorists, no? Well that makes Hussain Haqqani a terrorist too as he too was released by the judiciary and allowed to return back to US in the middle of trial
It is even easier to write utter falsehoods. The fact is the Judicial Commission appointed by the SC is still trying to find out, if (i) any ‘Memo’ was written, if yes then (ii) by whom.
Till now we only have Mansoor Ijaz saying that he ‘wrote’ it, and was encouraged by Haqqani. So as on date the only known ‘writer’ is Ijaz.
Once the facts are known, the SC will examine if any offence has been committed. And then a Charge-sheet will have to be framed. And then and only then the ‘Trial’ will commence.
In short no one was allowed to return back to US in the middle of trial
I hope next time around you will rely more on facts than on your ‘opinions’.
I can see how some people have commented that the mere fact that ET published this is an appropriate rebuttal.
But I think anyone reading this piece – editorial staff at ET for example – could have foreseen how easy it would be to skewer for its pretentious tone and lack of substance. So what has ET really accomplished here? Publishing an article that is at once a dissenting opinion, and laughably easy to trash – effectively killing two birds with one stone – I find it hard to recognize it as the gutsy move that some other readers believe it to be.
Thoughts, everyone?
Imran Khan is probably the most vociferous politician against drones, Americas war, imperialism and other related things.
At the same time, he is the most silent and timid politician in front of the disgustingly barbaric monster of Taliban.
If the Talibans vicious terrorism is a result of oppression military operations and drone strikes in the tribal areas is true, why in the world is it that South Punjab has emerged as the main recruiting center for these extremist neanderthals? Can the author explain this please?
Why is it that PTI representatives attend Difa e Pakistan rallies with the creme of Pakistan’s holy warriors?
Can the author answer ANY of these questions, preferably without the use of fancy English?
Grapes have thicker skin than PTI trolls.
In the real world when you expose yourself to the world, criticism comes with the territory.
Deal with it.
Ik is msleading this nation. He does not have competence to run pak police ,local
Systems and the buerecracy .
He neither has run a provincial setup nor understand politics.he is unsuitable
Individual who is in politics just for the fun of it…he has nothing else to do in life
.he is a loner and trust me pals he will ruin the life of this nation just like mr Musharraf
Who misled this nation.stop believing in messiahs ,only look for experience
And vote sensibly.
Any writing that is not enjoyed by the reader and causes him to get a headache is not a good piece of writing. Thus having “big” words in your essay does not qualify it as a good piece because it did not provide your readers satisfaction.
@Nabil:
i think you have a very valid point
et editors and publishers are not stupid
manish has also mentioned the same thing
and my earlier comment is related
If he used the word paladin one more time…
Pathatic and jaillaism, insane kind of writing without knowing the audiance and readers.
jab Arizona Grill k burgers itnay mehengay hongay to hum mushkil angrezi kio nahi bolengay….aap batao bhai aap bhi to subha se garmi mein kharay ho.
Dude I only understood two words in this article..Imran Khan…the rest made me feel like I was dyslexic or something…but kudos for writing “Imran Khan is the target of your Goebbels’ vendetta” This improved my vocabulary by far, I know what target means now, thanks to you
@zain: “Time now for a clarification in SIMPLE ENGLISH: It’s an op-ed and not an article, whatever I have written is entirely based on HOW I FEEL about the whole situation”
Actually it is NOT an OpEd. It was not published in the Opinion section. It was published in the Blog section and hence IS an article. Also it is OK for you to express how you feel but you must be Okay with others expressing their opinions about your feelings, if such feelings are published in a well read newspaper.
@ali:
I am surprised how you searched for the author’s tweets and you became a judge of his intelligence. 🙂
@zain:
Time now for a clarification in SIMPLE ENGLISH……….
i just happened to take a look at the comments and saw yours, can’t resist replying although the blog is almost off the list by now.
1. Nobody has allowed an office for the Al-Qaeda – you really should the read the newspaper that you have been trying to trash.
2. Will nasty articles about all the politicians make you feel better? Because that seems to be the gist of your argument – why is everyone training guns on Imran Khan when you can target everyone else. Seems to be a really silly angle to approach the issue.
3. Didn’t understand the RAW intelligence goof-up and the Imran Khan connection, other than the fact that he didn’t condemn anything on this subject in the recent past.
4. The ‘everyone who the judiciary releases is a terrorist’ argument was really funny, are you sure this was not a spoof that just went awry?
5. Grammar. Less said the better.
6. Grow up.
@Zain Umar
For your future reference-
It is the Sicilians who are asociated with vendettas.
Goebels the other hand was a Prussian/ German and is known for ‘Propaganda’.
And, no, they are not the same, even if IK said so.
did u say hitler?
Well Zain, you are sincere but you shot yourself in the foot.
ET has really made a smart move to publish your stuff … they have achieved what they always do. 🙂
It is bamzterizonixanphib writing and nothing else. Unable to understand anything%&$?#())*}(
We now know you sat for the SAT! You’ve arrived!
@Zain Umar:
Come to think of it. Your write-up has done wonders for you.
Soon you will be head-hunted for the job of a Speech Writer for IK. You will be nearer to the horse’s mouth.
Then there is a vacancy at the PM house too. Gilani is desperate to have you.
Good luck.
@Observer et al (SIMPLE ENGLISH FELLOWS)
You missed Al-qaeda office in QATAR – An article in NY times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/world/asia/taliban-to-open-qatar-office-in-step-toward-peace-talks.html?pagewanted=all
Those who engaged us in this so called War on terror are today themselves departing from it giving peace a chance, so what do I call this exercise? Peace dialogue or engaging delusions? Your call. US today has settled for negotiations with talibans but push us to keep waging war in our tribal areas, hence provoking them for vengeance in form of suicide attacks.
Secondly the DPC guys, well don’t you realize that DPC also constitutes of Sikhs/Hindus/Christians? Are they all terrorists too? YOUR CALL – Some of you might argue that there are some banned groups with DPC, well who banned them? Yup the same guy who you hate the most – Musharraf, when there is a consensus among PP/PMLN/Liberals to cease Musharraf’s assets/issue all sorts of warrants red,blue,green warrants etc for violating constitution, emergency, may 12 massacre, laal masjid. All wrong decision I agree so how come when he banned a few Jihadist organizations from operating in Pakistan, you call it an act of valor when You want the same dictator to be hanged. Isn’t that hypocrisy?
Thirdly Forensics report have proved that Hussain Haqqani did indeed write the memo and that’s the only reason why he has chosen to depart away from it otherwise he would have appeared before the memo in Pakistan when was called by the Judiciary and as he promised to do so when asked.
Last point: When everyone of us are on the same page that Army needs to be pulled out from Balochistan as their presence is only deteriorating the situation, WHY DON’T YOU LIBERALS PRACTICE THE SAME DOCTRINE IN TRIBAL AREAS? When WE ALL KNOW including USA that MILITARY is perhaps NOT THE SOLUTION! May it be afghanistan, Pakistan or for that matter Palestine/Kashmir.
Is there any other solution to engage extremists? other than droning them? and killing 1000s of children? I’m open to suggestions If one can answer me. There are 2 kinds of talibans at the moment in our tribal areas, I’ll distinguish them as good and bad – Good are those who disagree with suicide attacks and are PRO-PAKISTANIs (bad the opposite Anti-Pakistanis (foreign paid agents funded by saudis and americans) If only we allow the good to eliminate the bad or bring the bad before Justice, half of our problems samjho have been solved. But when you drone them, they all get united and come after you, so when Imran khan says engaging, he means this only (What I’ve explained)
@Observer
How can Nawaz Sharif be forgiven for his involvement with Sipah sahaba when they just recently gunned down Shia Hazaras in Gilgit? Who armed them? provided funds? Wikileaks say PMLN and you want me to call it a past and forgive PMLN? When Nawaz Shareef himself has not been able to forgive Musharraf for keeping him behind bars? Not to forget that Musharraf was only appointed by Nawaz and it was on Nawaz’s order that Musharraf’s plane was not allowed to land hence Martial Law. So If you are to blame anyone for terrorism start it from the one who made these talibans (Zia ul Haq) and CIA, secondly those who supported Zia’s mission or at least promised to —> NAWAZ SHAREEF
Imran’s victory is the victory of ISI and a loss for Pakistan and Pakistanis.
Imran should come through fair and square elections, without any maneuvering by ISI
@author. Sorry sir , found it way more easy and useful to read the comments than reading your blog.
Looking at the number of comments (155 and still counting) the author of this Blog should be appointed as the speech-writer for IK.A couple of speeches and votes will fall like nine-pins for Imran Khan.e.g.No one ever understood Bhutto’s oratory ‘I included’ and he won the elections.After hearing Bhutto’s oration for 2 some hours we used to ask each other,’what was he saying??’.We all voted for him and he won,(Land slide victory……in WP)
@zain:
OMG you disabled the thesaurus function. Good on ya mate!
@yousaf:
I think you are a political genius!
@Zain Umar:
Dude, apart from the other issues highlighted by most of the 150+ comments so far, you also have some problems on the visual front – for example you seem to read Al-Qaeda wherever the word Taliban appears. While I would tend to agree, the fact is that al-qaeda or the Taliban (who are the ones you have called the good guys in this recent comment) may not. Again, pls refer my previous post, point number 6 is important.
@observer:
Kudos, Observer.
@Zain Umar: “You missed Al-qaeda office in QATAR – An article in NY times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/world/asia/taliban-to-open-qatar-office-in-step-toward-peace-talks.html?pagewanted=all”
Your link refers to a Taliban office in Qatar but your message referes to an Al Qaeda office. No-one is negotiating with Al Qaeda. This was the point Blackjack was making. While trying to contradict him, you actually reinforced the point with the link you attacherd.
@ET
Can you please translate this piece in english and give it another run.
@Cynical:
It’s just another ‘I hate liberals bashing IK’ or ‘but, but, look at the liberals, and ET is so unfair’ far right-wing xenophobic conservative who shares IK’s pro-Taliban sympathizing views, dishonestly deflecting all blame on RAW/CIA, twisting through hoops to defend and ignore local Pak officials who inflict regional instability and self-sabotage, condoning Wahhabi/Salafi/Deoband/Sunni extremists at the DPC, which includes the likes of sectarian extremist ASWJ, yet hypocritically attacks the already discredited PML-N for having had links with them, and other unenlightening illogical nonsensical arguments through verbose vocabulary, just like the annoying, but so much more rational, liberals he so hates.
@bigsaf
Two thumbs up!!! That’s terrific.
@Zain Umar
It seems being frugal with facts comes effortlessly to you. Let us consider your arguments,
You missed Al-qaeda office in QATAR – An article in NY times
Read the news again. It says TALIBAN office, not AL-QAEDA office.
Secondly the DPC guys, well don’t you realize that DPC also constitutes of Sikhs/Hindus/Christians?
Can you tell me which Hindu/Sikh/Christian organisations are represented by Adv Yusuf, Sardar Shaam and Manohar Chand? What positions they hold in the DPC? And do you have their NADRA references? Do they actually exist?And have you heard of Mir Zafar.
Thirdly Forensics report have proved that Hussain Haqqani did indeed write the memo and that’s the only reason why he has chosen to depart away from it otherwise he would have appeared before the memo in Pakistan when was called by the Judiciary and as he promised to do so when asked.
You seem to KNOW something even Mansoor Ijaz does not claim.Read his testimony here
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-98597-Contradictions-mar-end-to-Mansoor-Ijaz-testimony
Please note the source is the News, by no means a Liberal Fascist paper. And please also note In any case, Mansoor Ijaz does not claim that the memo was created on any of Haqqanis’ electronic devices
As you said your call. But FACTUAL please, if it is not absolutely inconvenient.
Bomb goes off in the making and flattens the PTI cyber trolls camp.