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No help against harassment
Posted by Aroosa Masroor on 11 5th, 2009
I couldn’t help but laugh at the first story I read in the newspaper this morning at my breakfast table. The headline, which read ‘Higher penalty for women’s harassment approved,’ indicated that the government had increased the fine and years...
A hat-trick for Pakistan sport...
A hat-trick for Pakistan sports
Posted by Taimur Sikander on 11 4th, 2009
What could possibly make a Pakistani fan turn away from a clinical performance by their cricket team, while it’s in progress? The score line of a James Cerritani and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi vs. Marco Chiudinelli and Roger Federer doubles game! For...
Out of sight, out of mind...
Out of sight, out of mind
Posted by Sana Saleem on 11 4th, 2009
It’s worth remembering the adage ‘justice delayed is justice denied.’ Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the missing people’s case. Amina Masood Janjua, chairperson of the Defence of Human Rights in Pakistan – an independent organisation...
I heart Twitter...
I heart Twitter
Posted by Naveen Naqvi on 11 3rd, 2009
Last week Dr Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia, a couple of bloggers who comprise the core of the Pakistani blogosphere, interviewed me. They invited me on to their online current affairs show, The Laidback Show, the first podcast show to come out of...
An open letter to Imran Farhat...
An open letter to Imran Farhat
Posted by Guest on 11 3rd, 2009
Dear Imran Farhat, So, you’re back. I’d tell you it’s good to see you again, but it’s not. You must be over the moon, what with being picked for all three formats. Why, you must think you’re a regular Kevin Pietersen, eh? Unfortunately,...
The terror disconnect...
The terror disconnect
Posted by Murtaza Razvi on 11 2nd, 2009
There’s some mighty disconnect between what is happening in our cities today and what we are not doing to stop it, as one more landmark in what is now the blighted Rawalpindi Cantonment is targeted by terrorists. The Shalimar Hotel, just off The...
Hillary’s headache...
Hillary’s headache
Posted by Asif Akhtar on 11 2nd, 2009
It seems the Pakistani media has learned a couple of new chic and trendy phrases like ‘charm offensive’ and ‘trust deficit’ from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the highly skeptical and very paranoid Republic of...
Somersaults on air...
Somersaults on air
Posted by Nadeem F. Paracha on 10 29th, 2009
Talking to DawnNews, veteran journalist Agha Murtaza Poya called America, India, and Israel an ‘axis of evil out to destroy Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.’ There is absolutely nothing new or original about Poya’s grand ‘geopolitical’ assessment,...
Attacking our way of life...
Attacking our way of life
Posted by Murtaza Razvi on 10 28th, 2009
Amidst the mayhem gripping Pakistan today, there is also a deafening silence pervading the corridors of power and the ranks of the opposition on the prevailing security situation. That silence, too, is being heard now. Pakistan is at war, and this...
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