- Global Voices Authors Speak Out Against Censorship Today marks the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, an initiative promoted by global NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in support of a single Internet that is unrestricted and accessible to all. The day will hopefully inspire Internet users to increase their own awareness of online censorship, which is something that many Global Voices authors know all too well. In this post, GV Authors speak out.
- Pakistan: Say No To Honor Killings Dr. Awab Alvi at Teeth Maestro asked his readers to act to prevent a possible ‘Honor Killing' in Quetta. Today the blogger updates the status of the couple under threat.
- Pakistan: Perils Of Having Dark Skin Maria Saadat, who runs a South Asian beauty blog, guest blogs at CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan. She writes about the obsession of Pakistanis for fairer skin and the stigma related to having a darker shade of skin.
- Pakistan: Suicide Bombing In Lahore Five Rupees reports that a suicidal car bomb has ripped through government buildings in Lahore today killing 12 people and injuring many.
- Pakistan: More Than 80,000 Cell Phones Snatched In A Year Hina Safdar at Chowrangi informs that More than 80,000 cell phones were snatched last year in Pakistan and almost 75% of them were of one brand.
- Bangladesh: Photo Competition For The Bihari Refugees Six Oranges reports that a photo competition titled Ummid (hope) has been arranged to mark the second anniversary of the granting of citizenship to stranded Biharis (Pakistanis) by the supreme court of Bangladesh. The competition will bring attention on the problems of the refugees that still remain.
- Pakistan: Climate Change and Global Warming Every year the winters are shrinking, which is resulting in warming of climate and less and less greenery in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world. Pakistani Bloggers discuss how climate change is affecting our lives.
- Pakistan: Google A Taxi Driver Pakistan Speaks talks about Asif Hussain Shah, a Pakistani taxi driver, who has found a new way to advertise his book and his taxi business with the “search on Google” phrase in his taxi body.
- Pakistan: Public Transport Of Karachi Requires Improvement Spring Of Autumn lists a series of problems associated with the current public transport of Karachi and urges the authorities to hear their plights.
- FarmVille And Facebook “It is hard to be on Facebook and avoid Farmville. It’s Global addiction,” comments Hina Safdar at Chowrangi Blog while discussing the popularity of the online Facebook game app.
- QIK goes Premium – Brings High Quality Video Uploads QIK Premium was launched a week ago and became my first OVI Store paid download for a sum of Rs 233.90 or USD 2.75
What was so special about QIK Premium that I who never wanted to paid for a software bought it ?
Well QIK Premium supports High Quality Video uploads to QIK Site [...]
- Skype Mobile- Talk to Anyone Anywhere Skype , the leading provider of VOIP services has long been in use or mobile devices , able to provide free SKYPE to SKYPE and low cost SKYPE to landline calls worldwide it’s been a favorite VOIP application for millions.
The advantage of SKYPE is that it can work on almost any mobile phone directly through [...]
- 2010 Begins With Subscriber Drops – 95.4 Million PTA yesterday released the subscriber numbers for January 2010. The year begins with a drop in overall subscriber base to 95.4 Million as compared to 97.6 Million at December end dropping the mobile density to 58.20%.
The operator suffering the most loss was Warid, losings 2.6 Million subscriber and making its market share 16.97% which was [...]
- Itch. Its back. She’s hyper-sensitive to every sound, touch or thought.
Sound irritates her. Any kind.
Touch irritates her. Every kind.
Her own thoughts make her want to scream.
Frustration, annoyance, irritation, anger, paranoia, fear. Its all mixed up in her head till she feels like she’s on breaking point, teetering on the brink of insanity from the force of [...]
- R.I.P Pakistan Hockey If passing through the qualifying round for the world cup by 4-times champions wasn’t humiliating enough, the dismal performance at the world cup was the last straw.
And when PHF chief Qasim Zia can give comments like they didn’t have any hopes of winning but had no idea we’ll lose in this way, it makes one [...]
- Making Tahir ul Qadri’s Fatwa Effective Today, at least 39 people were killed and 95 were wounded in twin suicide blasts in Lahore, the second attack in the city this week. A senior official told Dawn News, “The bombers walked up to Pakistani army vehicles in the densely populated R A Bazaar area of Lahore, blowing themselves up as people sat [...]
- Pakistan announces squad for ICC World Twenty20 KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced a 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 tournament. The board did not announce a captain and vice-captain for the ICC tournament.
The squad includes Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal – the three players who are serving a six-month probation for disciplinary problems.
Two players, [...]
- Twin suicide attack kills 39 in Lahore: police
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LAHORE: Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing 39 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country’s cultural capital this week.
The bombers walked up to Pakistani army vehicles in the densely populated R A Bazaar area of Lahore, blowing themselves up as people sat down to [...]
- Shocked! So another of the Tahaffuz-e khatm-e Nabbuwwat Ulama shot dead. This time it is Maulana Saeed Ahmed Jalalpuri rahimahullah and three other aalims. Maulana had written a detailed research report on the shady character of Zaid Hamid sometime back. And yesterday in the the shab-e Jum’uah he attained martyrdom. And Muslims lost another treasure trove [...]
- Kayani not getting an extension! Who is next COAS? LAHORE: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is not considering any proposal to grant extension in service to Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, said PPP spokesperson and parliamentarian Fauzia Wahab, amid reports that he may get another two years in office. “Neither the Army Chief nor anyone from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party has forwarded a [...]
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- The Devil Went Down To PakistanPakistani Bloggers Guest P... I wrote this poem and i wanted to share it , its called the Devil went down to Pakistan , the title is inspired from Primus and some parts of the poem from south park :)
The devil went down to Pakistan
And decided he is gonna stay,
Never in modern times he had seen
So many idiots astray,
Bombs flying, people dying
All the rest do is pray
Children crying , politicians lying
So much pollution , sky is grey.
‘Playing poker’ on the side of the road
He saw a young man,
Wearing a hat, sunglasses
Black T-shirt and blue pants.
His name was Khan
They called him “The Pathan”
Tall , handsome, fearless, lively
There wasn’t another like him in Pakistan....
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- Pakistan's Current Economic ScenarioPakistani Bloggers Gu... Pakistan is an agricultural country as 75% of its population relies on agriculture. Remaining 25% are workers, industrialists, government officials etc. In Pakistan agriculture has been given a lot of benefits including tax remittance. So 75% of the population does not pay tax. From remaining 25% majority has monthly income less than applicable to tax payment. So government has very little collection of revenue in order to cater the problems of its population.
Currently government is trying to improve the system of tax collection. As far as local industry’s production is concern, it is struggling due to several reasons. The main reason behind it is current energy crisis in Pakistan....
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- Protest against beating of teacherPakistani Bloggers Gues... On Monday, 8-2-10 at 10 a.m. There's going to be a peaceful protest at NUML against the brutal beating of lecturer (Prof. Tahir Malik) at the hands of Brig. Ranjha and his security officals.
Let's Join our hands together and show solidarity by ensuring our presence there.
It was not a slap on the face of a teacher but infact a slap on the face of entire teacher's community.A university should be run like a university not a batallion.
They should use this strategy against terrorists not against the teachers who make a person human.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition ~ Jacques Barzun
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- What Ails Pakistan?Pakistani Bloggers Guest Posts We all agree that the current state of affairs in Pakistan is far from what any of us desires. A logical question that comes to ones mind is why we are in such a mess. We need a RCA, root cause analysis.
From Wikipedia, “A root cause is an initiating cause of a causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Commonly, root cause is used to describe the depth in the causal chain where an intervention could reasonably be implemented to change performance and prevent an undesirable outcome.”
We see various discussions on the subject in Print/Electronic Media and even in social gatherings. In my humble opinion instead of the root cause we have been concentrating on...
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- Who is suffering from inflation?Pakistani Bloggers Guest ... Despite of the high inflation rate in Pakistan the common things which we use to witness in our city of lights Karachi, is a long queue of people waiting outside of the restaurants. And these places are loaded with foodies and epicures. Now a day this has become a very fine and considerable business in the streets of Karachi.
Every next street is a food street there. This can easily be estimated through the notable and upgrading chains of restaurants from all around the world.
Now, here a question arises, who is suffering with this inflation rate? People who are standing outside of the restaurant in the queue or the people who are paying a huge amount of money in high class...
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- Dealing with a Not So Civil ServantPakistani Bloggers Gue... I was directed by my office to travel to Philippines for urgent Business meetings. Philippines consulate told me that a Character Certificate from Local Police was required for obtaining a Business Visa.
I applied for one at my local Police Station and was informed by them on Jan-25 that the process was complete from there end and my application was sitting at DIG Central’s desk for final signature. Office Manager at DIG office informed me that DIG left early without signing the correspondence for that day and he will sign them first thing tomorrow morning.
Next morning I was told that DIG has not yet arrived, he finally arrived at around 12:45. I waited there till 2:00 pm but...
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- Is it Safe for a White Girl to Travel to Pakistan?Pakista... Hi Everyone ,
i was browsing and came across this forum of young people so here is my question.
My name is Silvia and currently i am dating a Pakistani guy , we both are in fashion and i know him for 2 years by now.
I was looking forward to travel with him to Pakistan , his family is in Islamabad.
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[*]I did not find them or him conservative in any sense.
[*]Is it safe to travel ?
[*]Is it common for girlfriends to meet the parents ?
[*]Is it safe for a white blonde to visit ?
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just in case i am not aware much about Pakistan & its culture but scared of what is been shown on media , and i know media blows it out of proportions sometime.
any...
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- Telecom News Bulletin: Ufone’s Moazzam Ali Khan Wins AP...
Mr. Moazzam Ali Khan Head of Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility at Ufone was bestowed with the APNS award of the best Public Relations Officer from the private sector.
The award was handed over to Mr. Moazzam Ali...
- Randomness Infinite: Korean impressions
Much light hearted than the Japanese.
Communication though is still a major issue, as very few people speak or understand English.
Most couples are very chummy, at least holding hands if not wrapped around each other.
I went to Hooters,...
- Randomness Infinite: The Chaotic Journey …
Bare with me for this is a moan!
In the next few lines I shall tell you the nightmare journey I had to go through to get to Korea. It took me about two days to get there, starting off on Sunday, got there Tuesday night, lost my baggage, and in ...
- Randomness Infinite: Photos – Vancouver , Whistler , th...
Late January I was in Vancouver, Canada. That on a good day is very near where the Winter Olympics have just happened (Whistler, British Columbia, Canada).
Though there was not much to report on the business end of things, I did manage to take ...
- CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan: Making Tahir ul Qadri’s... Today, at least 39 people were killed and 95 were wounded in twin suicide blasts in Lahore, the second attack in the city this week. A senior official told Dawn News, “The bombers walked up to Pakistani army vehicles in the densely populated R A Baz...
- State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan: 2010 Begins With S...
PTA yesterday released the subscriber numbers for January 2010. The year begins with a drop in overall subscriber base to 95.4 Million as compared to 97.6 Million at December end dropping the mobile density to 58.20%.
The operator suffering t...
- Let us build Pakistan: Bank Loans Write-Off: A comparison... According to statistics by the State Bank of Pakistan, there are glaring differences in terms of fiscal irregularities between elected governments and military governments in Pakistan. Government of General Pervez Musharraf appears to be most co...
- Faisal Qureshi: Musharraf’s inspirational message to Pa...
Amazing message. He wants the youth to focus on bringing more people to his facebook page. Is this really the best he could do after stealing the very same youth 10 precious years of their lives? And the irony of all ironies, the very same yo...
- Spring of Autumn: Blast from the Past. There come only few moments in life when you feel proud and extremely happy only because of yourself.Your joy is doubled when you realize that your happiness is not only your happiness but it has also brightens up the eyes of those who are near and de...
- Let us build Pakistan: Punjab turns a blind eye as milita... Activists from Jamaat-u-Dawa, a charity widely viewed as a front for the banned Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, rally during an anti-India protest in Lahore last month. Arif Ali / AFP Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), potentially one of the most dangerous milita...
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- Guess what is this? It’s a Doughnut! It’s been some time that I blogged and when I saw this, I thought a good opportunity to capture it and see what guesses the readers can come up with.
Don’t worry, this is about Karachi, something edible and easily available here.
So, what is this exactly?
Definitely a story is attached with this. And here it is [...]
- The Story of Sabra Her hair knotted, her jeans as dirty as it could get, completely worn-out, with sticking coming off from some places, and an old tee shirt, which too as dirty and ragged as her paints hung loosely on her bony shoulders. I spotted her sitting on a heap of garbage, having some [...]
- 59th Pakistan Flower Show 2010
- 59th Pakistan Flower Show 2010 59th Pakistan Flower Show 2010 organized by Horticulture society of Pakistan is being held on March 04th to 07th, 2010 at sea view park(near Macdonald’s).
- Mustafa Kamal among 5 winners from Pakistan in WEF Young ... Mustafa Kamal, former Nazim Karachi, and four other PAKISTANIs have made it to World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders 2010 winners list. Others include Amir Jahangir, Hamid Yar Hiraj, Muhammad Tabba and Umar Saif. According to WEF : The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognizes and acknowledges up to 200 outstanding young [...]
- KWSB hikes tariff second time in a year
- 2nd TLISM Festival Sheema Kermani along with her troupe of Tehrik-e-Niswan will be showcasing various theatre and dance performances in 2nd TLISM Festival for Peace and Disarmament from 19-28 March at the Arts Council, Karachi.. It is a tribute to her Ustad Mr Ghanshyam who is coming to Pakistan after 27 years. I have seen some of [...]
- Eid Milad un Nabi Rallies Please be informed that Eid Milad un Nabi Rallies being taken out in various parts of Karachi.
The tentative schedule of these rallies for today, Friday February 26 are:
* At 02:00 pm Sunni Tehreek will take out rally from Landhi No. 89 up to Liaquatabad Dakkana.
* Then at 08:00 pm Sunni Tehreek will take out rally [...]
- Model Town shakes up to a deadly awakening It was only quarter past eight Monday morning when residents of Model Town were shaken by a glass-shattering sound and impact. People as far away as 10 KMs in Wapda Town and DHA, both in different directions from Model Town, heard a loud bang and saw smoke rising in the distance. Few minutes of utter [...]
- IMF Youth Dialogue at Lahore School
A Lahore School of Economics – IMF Roundtable Discussion “International Financial Crisis and the Role of IMF: The View from Pakistan’s Youth,” was jointly hosted by the Lahore School of Economics and the IMF Pakistan Office, at the Lahore School of Economics, on February 22, 2010.
The discussion focused on the current international financial crisis and [...]
- Basant Ban The hue and cry raised by a certain section of the society on the recent banning of Basant by the Lahore High Court compels me to bring forward my point of view.
These people mourn for the loss of a cultural event which attracted thousands of foreigners from all over the world. In the prevailing geopolitical [...]
- Sir, we can’t control this. “Then ban it” Basant was a thing of beauty and was one of those rare events where a truly cultural event gathered people from all over the world. Yes, the world. Lahore owned basant, regardless where it came from. Even Lahore Metblogs has a separate category just for Basant!
But you had to be living in a hole to [...]
- Lahore School Debate 2010 The flagship parliamentary debating competition of the Lahore School of Economics Association of Debaters, the Lahore School Debate, has started at the Lahore School of Economics (February 5 -8,2010). The Lahore School Debate shall be following the All-Asian Parliamentary Style of Debates, which employs the 3-on-3 debating format, with reply speeches. The Lahore School Debate [...]
- Boom Boom disgrace!!! In an another embarrassing episode of Pakistan cricket Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, a veteran of 293 ODIs, was caught tampering the the ball in the last ODI against Australia on Sunday. This is the second time in his career that Afridi is charged with ball tampering, the first being in 2005. What’s even more astonishing [...]
- Wind? Check. Rain? I took a stroll a few minutes ago to determine what the weather is like on the last Friday of January twenty ten. And the verdict? Fantastic! We finally have a breeze in Lahore, and not some weak ‘ruffle-some-papers’ breeze, a true-blue winter breeze that demands sweaters and makes trees physically sway side-to-side.
Now, a humble [...]
- Shalamar Interchange Lahore – the heart of Pakistan is known for its built heritage – historic buildings and splendid structures. For centuries the successive regimes have been enriching the city with love and determination. The construction of each successive era; Mughal, Victorian and the modern, has added tremendously to the grandeur of the city.
Shalimar Interchange is a [...]
- The Fog Follow-up (for the lack of a better title) Well dear readers, these are some of the clearer photos I was able to capture for you earlier this morning. I hope they get the point across–as they say–’a picture is worth a thousand words’. :)
(the fine print: All photos taken by myself with the aid of my trusty cellphone camera)
- Fog in the big city… Lahore; a foggy night
- A diabetic in a pastry shop… Spring is one of the most beautiful seasons in Islamabad. Unfortunately, not for everyone. I said this last year too. This year, it’s gonna be tougher and tougher and I can feel it.
So yeah, people please stay safe and secure and try precautionary measures.
I know, it’s not fun being a diabetic in a [...]
- Sad entertainment? In a country where human rights are blatantly ignored, there’s not much heed paid to animal rights. But today I was forced to right this post. I heard the sound of bagpipes playing somewhere in the street so I thought there was some “baraat”. Yes I know it’s a holy day but that’s what I [...]
- Rana Market walay samosay, pakoray aur jalabian!
Rana Market, F-7/2. Islamabad. Yum. Yum.
Somehow, rain and samosas/pakoras/jalaibies just go hand in hand. So when it rains, drive to this very place and have their yummy samosas, jalaibis and pakoras
p:s: If you notice hard enough, you’d see a mullah giving me the “WHAT A HARAM THING YOU DO BUSTER” glare lol.
- Fishing
Once again, the parking at the dam side of Rawal Lake is open for all. And I suspect it wasn’t crowded when I went there because few know about this and that it’s free. And just because I am posting it here does not mean you can spread the word.
- Nageena Burger If you live in the vicinity of I-8/3 or F-10 then you must be familiar with the extremely excellent Nageena Burger. For those of you who don’t, this is an informative post. Go to either F-10 Markaz or I-8/3 Sangam Market and try it out. These people make the best burgers. Anda shami, chicken or [...]
- Judicial Crisis and the Missing Good Governance On Saturday, the clash between the judiciary and the government was surfaced once again despite the fact that on various occasions earlier both the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice denied publicly of a confrontation between the judiciary and the government. As this drama unfolds, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, in a sou motu action, [...]
- Siyasiyaat with Ejaz Haider on Samaa tv I don’t claim to be much of a fan of political talk shows or shows on news channels related to politics, but one show I love to watch is Siyasiyaat. I recently came across their Facebook fan page and thought I’d share it.
“Siyasiyaat with Ejaz Haider is a news discussion, debate and analysis show.
Airs every [...]
- And so it rains..
- Assault of a Professor at the National University of Mode... Across the world, Universities are a place where anything can be debated at length and professors are respected due to their scholarship and grasp of the subject matter. But is it the case with the Pakistani universities? On February 4, 2010 in Islamabad, the registrar of the National University of Modern Languages beat-up a university [...]
- Superstitious Zardari I read a hilarious news report in today’s Dawn. The news report pronounces President Zardari’s superstition and the adopted measures to protect Mr. President from ‘black magic’ and evil eyes’. According to the news report, the measure taken to protect our dear President from black magic is an everyday slaughter of a ‘black’ goat. Sure, [...]
