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The Capital Vulture: Diplomatic Enclave party culture – The bitter truth
The lot of us pitiful Islooites who are used to night life elsewhere will attest that, come Saturday, a deep panic sets in. Has anyone made a plan? What if no one does anything? It’s happened before....
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The Capital Vulture: Shali and me – A short-lived romance
I thought I’d found my deliverance. F-6/3 saw me fall to my knees in gratitude when I saw Shali: this circular expanse of empty, grassy land with a track and white fence. After the horrible winter,...
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The Capital Vulture: The life and times of a spheksophobic
It was 1995, Isle of White, UK. A natural park and wild trails. This geek kid pale as chalk, his glasses dangling on blue strings, stops to rest by a bench and recalls Narnia. He hovers near his aunts....
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The Capital Vulture: Tales from Islamabad’s haunted underworld
Are you experiencing strange dreams and sensations in parts of your home? Do objects move on their own accord; does the TV turn on by itself; are you hearing disembodied sounds? Even more macabre: does...
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The Capital Vulture: The merits of being out of love in Islamabad
When it happens, when it’s the real deal, life morphs into a crooning Ella Fitzgerald tune- walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play. Everything is mysterious and new; Islamabad, reborn, feels...
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The Capital Vulture: Top 10 Islamabadi superstitions and wives’ tales
Growing up, I’ve had a lot of quaint ‘folk’ wisdom imparted unto me by many a semi-lucid septuagenarian. Islamabad (all of Pakistan really) has a massive repository of the absurd and asinine, these...
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The Capital Vulture: The hills have eyes
Sociology majors ought to consider doing their dissertations on behavioural patterns indigenous to Pakistanis. One of these genetic predispositions is a constant irritation to those on the receiving...
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The Capital Vulture: Pindi in 3D
“No cigrahtt.” “But…why?” “No.” “Ok…so can I just leave my pack with you-” “No!” This is usually the sort of scene that awaits me at Cinepax, the crown jewel of Rawalpindi. Because Islamabad proper...
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Six reasons why it’s great being a vampire during Ramazan
#1) The hours humans keep Ramazan is a great boon to all vampire-kind because, finally, the rest of the fasting world adjusts its hours to our nocturnal lifestyle. Because sunlight is particularly...
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Reader comments: Do not feed the trolls
Think of reporters as bards and warrior-journalists on an epic quest. The Kingdom demands new songs and tales so we are forced to enter the wilderness regularly. There are many hurdles along the way—...
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