Miss Top Ten

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There was a time when Pakistan's Lahore based film industry produced a lot of films that had titles such as Miss Colombo, Miss International, Miss Manila, Miss Bangkok and what not. Directed by Ms. Shamim Ara, Babra Shareef played the title role in all of them. The films had nothing to do with beauty pageants and introduced the concepts of women empowerment and independence in those films. The protagonist was always this fiesty girl who found love and happiness, but on her own terms.

On my way to work, I saw this bill board that advertises a film called Miss Top Ten. Now this is a creative title, if there ever was one. I believe the logic behind the title is that the heroine in the film is so out of this world, she is not just number one, she occupies all the top ten slots in the hearts and minds of the people.




But if she was all the numbers from 1 to 10, then why there are three girls on the poster?

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Even the last remnant of national integrity is gone

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I admit, I waste time on those crazy facebook quizzes and I do it almost every other day. Last week, I came out with my list of five people I would like to meet and US President Barack Obama was one of them. If someone wants to judge me for my demented groupie-ness, I can live with that but I really would like to meet him before I die.

I was seriously miffed when I saw the picture of President Obama flanked by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and our own much loved President Asif Zardari flashing his newly acquired set of pearlies. Imagine how miffed I must have been to see Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, sitting next to his daddy. Nothing – and I say it with absolute confidence – can either explain or justify the presence of a twenty year old sophomore in an official meeting at the Whitehouse. For heaven’s sake, it was NOT a garden party where President Obama was introducing his little girls to the children of President Zardari, it was a high level tripartite government meeting and a kid gets to attend it because his daddy happens to be running (read ruining) the country?



I thought Asifa Bhutto Zardari’s presence in a meeting with former US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was in absolute bad taste, but at least Asifa had the excuse that Dr. Rice was visiting her home, the Presidency. This, on the other hand, is pampering your child at the expense of not only the national exchequer but also the last remnant of national integrity.




Shame on you President Zardari.
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