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Merely a day after the entire civil society and intelligentsia of Pakistan seemingly erupted over the shocking footage of a 17 year old Chand bibi being flogged by militants, she has come out and denied the whole thing ever happened. According to the story that was broken first in “The News” the investigation team visited…
I had the opportunity to give an interview to Mike Graham of Talk 107 FM in London, U.K this morning. He wanted to get an in depth analysis of the situation on the ground as far as the drone attacks are concerned vis a vi what the American foreign policy seems to be for the…
Hurridly organized, loosly knit but touching, the protest done today at the press club in Karachi was a thrill to attend for me. It started at about 3pm with a press conference inside the press club which funnily enough I had to talk my way into as I did not have a bonafide “journaalist” card,…
Still cannot describe what I feel when I see this video, a woman being publicly lashed in the northern areas of Pakistan. This is what we have reduced Islam to, this is what the government has handed people’s lives to? All the women leaders in the assemblies of Pakistan upon seeing this should resign from…
Having received a lot of response for my recent political insight post series, I decided to take it one step further and engage other political parties as well in order to present the inside picture of what goes on behind the curtain in Pakistani political parties. For this purpose I got in touch with Mr…
This week is an important one in the history of Pakistan. It was 30 years ago ths week that a prime minister of this country was sent to the gallows. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was cruelly extinguished by a Maulvi Mushtaq of the High court, who’s hatred during the judgment was visible for all to see….
Another day dawns in Pakistan with a new attack on our country and people. This time the target is in Eastern Pakistan, a Police academy outside Lahore situated on the way to the Wagah India/Pak border. According to unconfirmed reports the attackers were dressed in police uniforms and broke in with automatic weaponry and hand…
Contributed by: Saeed Ahmed
A lot has changed for some and yet nothing for others. ‘THEN & NOW’ is an attempt to visually dissect or connect the similarities that have occurred over the decades in Pakistan. The idea for this project is to stimulate people to dig out old images from their family albums and connect them to present…
Ever since I have been able to comprehend things, I have heard the name of this organization mentioned. It is the singular most powerful political party in my city of birth “Karachi” and beyond doubt the most well organized. Now MQM or Muttahida Qaumi Movement was not always the powerhouse, be all say all of…