You only live once, make the most of it!
On the 17th of April 2012, seven individuals, Awab Alvi, Sana Saleem, Faisal Kapadia, Nazim Haji, Naeem Sadiq, Noman Quadri and Ayesha Tammy Haq through their lawyer Haider Waheed & Basil Nabi Malik, petitioned the High Court of Sindh at Karachi challenging the arbitrary and random acts of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in blocking/ censoring…
The new year is going to be here in 3.5 hours. Karachi is going to welcome it like it does every year. Â Sporadic gun fire, car horns, people doing crazy stunts on motorcycles, the have’s partying either at friends places or at various “charity” balls. The have nots gathering at sea view or trying to…
Relief initiatives completed this week 1) Abdul Sattar Ishaqani and Nishat wellfare organization combined with us to bring relief in the form of 500 ration hampers as well as medicines and a medical camp to the area of Sanghar. Pictures of this undertaking are available here 2) Hamid Yahya and his team from CFC took…
Please go here to register for this event : http://bit.ly/5UjDh2 Hp will be giving 1 HP mini to a deserving blogger at each event!! On the registration closed issue : we are still reviewing people and space to see how many more people we can accommodate. We will also be having additional events over the…
A play by Mohammed Hanif Devised and performed by Nimra Bucha Arts Council, Karachi. 10/11 December. 8pm. Tickets available at Espresso, Liberty Books and at the venue on the night. ________________________________________ what people are saying… “Bucha comes across as a crazy mix of Eva Peron and Imelda Marcos… energetic, vivid, and compelling†(The Friday Times)…
I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting event today, which was the launch of a pictorial biography by Rasheed Jamal on the leader of the MQM “Altaf Hussain” Born in Sept of 1953 this student leader has not only galvanized the middle class immigrant minority of Karachi into becoming its strongest party in…
Its been a year and half since the launch of Deadpanthoughts. At first it started off as a blog on wordpress.com @ www.faisalk.wordpress.com, from there last year I got my own domain and courtesy of some friends set up my own website at the addy you are at now. Since then I have been demanding…
The Swat Plea
Pakistan is being represented at Guitar Idol 09, the biggest competition for rock guitarists by Faraz anwar of Mizrab band. He is brilliant on the axe and has reached the finals of this competition. I want each and every reader of this blog to vote for this gem of a guitarist from Pakistan!! Vote by…