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Thanks all. Jigs, any specific restaurant names that come to mind? And what about specific dishes that I shouldn't miss... what are your favourites?

I've heard the places to eat at are the restaurants off the tourist grid. Would love to hear if PDF members have some Istanbul restaurant recommendations.

I will take a tasbeeh with me so I can read "subhanAllah" every time I see one :-)

Sounds pretty interesting... will try to check it out for sure.

One of my long held dreams is about to come true! I will get to visit Turkey next week. Will be in Istanbul for the next few days. I've admired Turkey since a very young age, but other than a quick transit through Ankara in the mid-80s, have never had an opportunity to visit. Until now...

You appear to have convinced yourself, but I think that is the extent to which your argument seems to have been effective. I continue to think that if you feel it is hypocritical for a Pakistani newspaper to publish news of the Indian Army's corruption, then it is far more hypocritical for an...

Yes, we shall certainly see. It's quite comical to see how two statements from your Obama saab have pumped you up so :-) Lagta hay bari hasrat thee. I am glad to see you are so easily pleased... What a naive view of things! "At-least the intent is there"? Really? You couldn't have done...

Baal ki khaal... and a crap shoot at that. The point being discussed was purchases being used to influence policy. Saudi Arabia has placed a $70B arms order being a country much smaller than India. India's 10 or $20B is not going to outdo, say a Saudi, much less a China, in influence...

Thanks for asking, everyone's doing great mashaAllah. Just super busy these days. How are you?

Population/sq km yields the following: 346.78 per sq km for India 208.65 per sq km for Pakistan So the population density in Pakistan is about 65% of India, not half. The macro point holds, though. As for the "much higher" fertility, it will never close the gap with India. If you look at...

Pakistan's foreign policy architects already understand that the SC bone thrown during Obama's trip was one of those plastic pacifiers. Not the real thing. So I don't think I need to tell them anything. Once more, Najam Sethi's views on the immateriality of this statement were well expressed in...

No, I was just pointing out that your allegation of hypocrisy was a bit hypocritical. No more obfuscation, please! Are you saying that Jawed Naqvi is not an Indian citizen? Why are you hiding behind the fact that the article was published in DAWN? The author of the article is not DAWN, but a...

Please read Jana's comment again.

I am confused. If Musharraf "misled" Bush, why did Bush receive him so warmly in Texas just last month?

^^ Well when both sides are accusing you of working for the "other" side, you are probably fairly balanced. DAWN certainly meets that criteria. It is an excellent newspaper and has a great reputation.

The only thing I smell burning are GoI expectations. And they will continue to burn nice and bright in the coming months as it becomes crystal clear that both the "camps" and UNSC statements that you are too eager to hang your hat on, are completely inconsequential and will not be followed up...

Maybe a little less hypocritical than the Indian press which relegates news of its own domestic Naxalite insurgency, raging over 7-10 times the land area and involving a far greater number of people than anything the Taliban have been able to pull off, to the inside pages, while providing prime...

You are welcome to question anything you like, but I haven't seen an Indian paper half as credible or half as moderate as DAWN. Also, attacking DAWN doesn't change the reality of the events alluded to in the article. These are facts and they have indeed happened. From the staged encounters with...

Basking in the warmth of the glow?? :-) That's a bit over the top! Especially when the singular purpose of the trip was for Obama and his band of traveling salespeople to tally up the totals they will get India to spend during the upcoming Christmas sale...

Good news! There seems to be a new Pak-China collaboration being announced on a daily basis!