something about those “Special Days”

Image courtesy of iosphere at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Our Life is normally classified as “good” or “bad” days, depending on how the going is. Good days would mean smooth sailing, getting a raise, meeting a friend, buying new stuff etc etc and bad obviously would mean, a bumpy road. But for me there is a […]

The day I got “10” points in “The Mile Test”

I woke up to a beautiful morning that day, had a shave and brushed my teeth when a friend took this photo of me. Hi, today I am starting a new category in my Blog, it is titled , “Military stories”. These are true stories based on my military life experience of 29 years! And […]

Eid Mubarak Everyone 😀

Hello and Asalam Alekum to all my readers. Happy Eid Mubarak, have a good one. May Allah’s blessings be on all of you. Give that dieting a rest! Khush rahein hamesha. Ameen

The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch

Sanam Maher’s book, “The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch” is a very well researched and informative book. I bought this book in impulse, from Lahore. Though I had little interest in Qandeel Baloch as an individual, but still I wanted to know the facts surrounding her life and death. Baloch, who shot to […]

Baburnama, Journal of Emperor Babur

Baburnama: Journal of Emperor Babur Translated by Annette Susannah Beveridge, (from Chaghtai Turkish) Abrdiged/Edited by Dilip Hero Penguin Books Review: You actually cannot review a treatise written by a King of the likes of Zaheer ud din Baber 🙂 You can just scribble a little about it. The original document translated by Annette Susannah is […]

After effects of the weapons import ban in Pakistan

It is more than four years that the previous Government decided to place a complete ban on import of weapons and ammunition, and grant of arms license in Pakistan. Ostensibly it was done to control the worsening law and order situation, but in retrospect it might have been anything. I have strong reasons to lament […]

Walther TPH .25 ACP

If anything these impulsive purchases promise to burn a hole in the pockets of gun enthusiasts. The Walther TPH in .25 ACP is another one of my favorite pocket pistols. Small, light weight, reliable and accurate, what more can one ask for. Although there is a huge debate on the effectiveness of the .25 ACP, […]

CZ 45 pistol, “The Lilliputian Wonder”

So on my last visit to the famous “Darra Bazaar” in Darra Adam Khel, I happened to come by this little monster of a gun, the CZ 45. The result was an impulsive purchase which was quite manageable. The CZ 45 is a semi-auto ,blow-back pistol chambered in . 25 ACP, developed by the famous […]

Book review. Flight of the Falcon

Book Review: Flight of the Falcon. When a friend suggested this book to me, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it. That’s because I have stopped reading Military history and stuff, but then one day I ordered it from Vanguard and after reading a few pages I found it was one of those […]