Cyber attack and internet security

A group that goes by the name of the Indian Cyber Army hacked into 36 of the Pakistan Government’s websites.While the message left by the hackers has been removed, some of these websites are also temporarily out of order. The world is at war these days, but many of these battles are now fought out of…

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My bakra is better than your bakra

Some years ago Eidul Azha or Bakra Eid, as it is commonly referred to, used to be a simple affair. A designated person would purchase the goats/cows for their family and the qasab/kasai would slaughter the animals and remind us of the great sacrifice taken by Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to show his devotion…

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Personal Space

Three days ago I was standing in line at my bank before the teller when he decided to take a little longer than he normally does. As I stood there waiting, a hand suddenly appeared from over my shoulder tapping the glass and telling him to hurry up, no response from the teller turned into…

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Takmeele rooh

Us ki qandeel ke noor tale Lehron pe jhoomte huaye Momin jiye ja rahe hain Halki halki moseeqi me Baton ke pahar banate Thori see piye ja ra hen aur woh un ka rab is soch me hay Ke me ne kis mitte se inhe bana dia Farishton ko in ke samne jhuka dia Ye…

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Who’s perception is this?

This is a map presented by Transparency International  based on according to them the “perception corruption index” The more corrupt countries are in shades of red while the less corrupt ones are in lighter colors of yellow and so on. Although I have no qualms with the International in TIP’s name as most of their…

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Intuitive Technology – Ipad

I have to admit, my first experience with an Apple device of any kind was an iPhone and it was a very confusing one. I had fallen for its sleek look and even more so, when a friend told me that the Twitter app, TweetDeck could be used on it, I was clearly very impressed….

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Of smoke and mirrors

The war against terror rages on in our country, not being checked by the floods or any other form of diplomacy or military action. Where it was first concentrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and areas close to our porous border with Afghanistan, it is now fought in the streets of Lahore and Islamabad with sporadic suicide…

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Twitvey – What to eat in Karachi

Twitveys are random surveys carried out by me on twitter. They often yield pretty interesting results 🙂 Question : What is your favourite thing to eat in Karachi? Answers mosharrafzaidi @faisalkapadia Burns Road. Bhunay huay seekh kabab. Aaa Lahore! Kithhayy?? DanQayyum @faisalkapadia Delhi Javed Niharihttp://www.facebook.com/JavedNihari ahsanshafik @faisalkapadia kata kat & mutton karhai – cafe laziz…

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Aafia siddiqui – my thoughts

We Pakistanis love to react, and do so rather emotionally. The Aafia siddiqui case in a prime example of this.  I was among the bloggers who reacted in the most knee jerk way possible here when news of this person broke out. Nobody can deny that the way she was treated in Bagram was despicable…

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