Self Talk

This post was originally published on The Express Tribune, Blogs section. A link to the original post can be found here . I visited Pakistan this winter to spend my vacation with my family.  After spending some lovely days with my parents in the cool country side of world’s best citrus producing area, Sargodha, on my dad’s farmhouse, I returned to Rawalpindi for some official purpose. Tired of driving all along the way, I received a phone call from my sister who told me that she had a stomach gas problem that afternoon, which resulted in lowering of blood pressure and that she fainted, and by the time she called me, she was feeling better. Gas stomach problem is the ultimate diagnosis in our villagers. Knowing that she has been hypertensive as well as diabetic for some time, I got worried and inquired exactly what and how happened. As she stated her symptoms and answered my questions, I concluded that it was a cardiac event, of ischemic nature, but of mild in...

Wikipedia english is on a holiday today. It has blacked out in a bid to register protest against the proposed acts of censur, being discussed in US congress, the so called SOPA and PIPA. SOPA stands for "Stop Online Piracy Act" while PIPA stands for "Protect Intellectual Property Act". Although seemingly aimed at protecting the intellectual property and reducing piracy, these drafts are thought to give far more censuring powers to US government than ever thought. Clinical Hammer stands with Wikipedia and other such organizations who voice for freedom of expression and sharing on internet. For US government, a sweet tip from us is to hire our minister for WAPDA if they want their people to remain in dark. It will save money, energy and copy rights, all for electricity and gas load-shedding as it happens in our countryside. CNG should be less than half of the price of petrol in order to get the fuel out of the fire. I just wonder what are they thinking about Pubme...