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Its been two days since the explosion which took place in the procession taken out by the shia community on the 10th of moharram. 43 people have been declared dead up till now, this is despite the fact that the suicide bomber was stopped by a scout and a ranger both of whom lost their…
A month or so ago two bloggers mainly me and Awab sat down and talked of the shows we have been on, the purpose of amplification through mainstream media and then it hit us, in my case as it usually does a second later than the world. Why do we need main stream media shows…
Oct 24th Saturday saw us, me and Dr Awab that is standing in front of a pleasant surprise. A small throng of students in front of the press club with banners, megaphones et all denouncing the Taliban with passion. They had a press release they were organized and they came from 4 different colleges and…
It gets harder and harder to write everyday. So bizarre is the scenario in Pakistan that the news feed jacked into my mind is full of people exploding at different places, human bombs strike us every day, killing all around them in their suicides. Every single day brings reports of suicide bombings in different cities…
The Nonam show Ver 1.0 from Nonam Show on Vimeo. Show notes are below Suggest a Name for our show Why we are doing it > A causal discussion to review the online community How is Main Stream Media tackling the online media Dawn.com testing the waters of the online scenarios Do they know how…
A few days ago I was standing at a signal on the junction of Tariq Road and Bahadurabad when a few street urchins, all young approached my car window. After giving them what alms I could spare I watched in true horror as one of them, a girl around 9 strode over to the next…
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams Writing, whether for a living or for passion involves deadlines. They might be set by an editor or by one self but they nearly always in my own personal case, go by without me being able to perform….
As Ramzan our holy month of fasting begins prices are being jacked up day and night by our esteemed and honest shopkeepers. No one is suffering more at the altar of loot and pillage more than those who are buying sugar. We are told daily that there is a shortage of sugar in Pakistan. “Really?”…
Where ever Pakistan is concerned these days, a media storm is not far off. We make the news consistently for all the wrong reasons but lately a bunch of positives has come to the fro which I thought I should share with my readers. First off I would like to show you what a leader…
Before my 15 minutes of fame are up, I must tell you where I was in the morning of the 14th of august. Sleeping on breakfast at dawn live with Naveen Naqvi as I tried to catch up to what she and the other guest sanasaleem were talking about. Women really have too much energy…