The ever changing MQM

By A.K.Chisti MQM is one political party which had been instrumental in not only bringing upon a change but had been in a constant state of introspection throughout her relatively short political years. It was obviously founded as a student reactionary force back in the ever rebellious late 1970’s and later transformed herself into a…

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The displaced persons of swat

Today the people displaced from the swat region of Pakistan due to our war against the militants have exceeded 3 million. This has happened because the militants are holed up in major population centers in Swat and the general public fearing an all out assault by the army has chosen to vacate their homes for…

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Lahore attack, my 2 cents

Its the morning of the 28th of May, Thursday as I sit at work in Karachi checking my mails, answering them as fast as I can because of the fear of KESC quitting once again leaving me stranded without data or work.  At this precise moment my telephone, cell phone and twitter go berserk at…

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PCB has the warts not shoaib akhter

Although the PCB has had its fair share of gaffes in the past, it has really taken the cake this time around with the release of the now infamous press statement about Shoaib Akhter describing to the whole world why he cannot take part in the upcoming cricket event. Its not just that they insulted…

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Relief Effort for Swat Part II

Blaggers are Pakistan’s version of  bloggers, people who are well versed in the latest tech tools and use it to market their own blogs around the web sphere. Some of these Pakistani bloggers are activists as well and are bringing about major social change by contributing towards relief efforts such as the ongoing one for…

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Pride not glory

Since the conclusion of the Aus-Pak series in the emirates we have now won some accolades of merit, as the last series was played against a team who even without their top two players is more than a match for our prowess.  The Pakistan team has earned a reprieve of sort in the face of…

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Relief effort for Swat Part I, Karachi

Ever since Pakistan launched a full out attack on the Taliban,  a massive displacement of people fleeing the war zone has taken place. So huge is the throng of families fleeing the affected area that it is tilll now the single largest displacement of people in Pakistan’s history. Yes, this is more horrible a displacement…

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Aku workshop for branding and media strategy

The Agha Khan Foundation is hosting a Branding and Media Strategy workshop for non profit organizations. Dates : May 27-28th Venue : Karachi Timings : 930 to 1630 hrs Language : English and Urdu Fee: 9000 Pkr They will be accepting nominations by the end of this week. The nomination document has to be duly…

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Truth emerges about Benazir rumor

A huge hue and cry was made in our “print media” as well as “private news channels” and “blogs”  about a well known American journalist Seymour Hersh saying in an interview he gave to an Arab channel that there was a death squad formed by Dick Cheney and headed by the now commander of American…

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This is my leader

This is a man who is a patriot, a leader in the truest sense of the word not infallible but straight talking and with the heart of a person who has fought, bled as a soldier of this country and then as its president. We forced him to resign with tears in his eyes, shame…

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