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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…
Please read as spelled for desired effect, this is a fictitious letter so dont get all riled up Chory Tza Zessun, Brister at La, LLM Daktrate in La (Onris Kaza, Can Tub) Member Central Xective Kmaitee Dear Chory Saab, In cardence with rules and sub rules, las, bye las and inlas of the Paty, in…
Dear Youth of Today, Going through an IDENTITY CRISIS? Well now is the time to find out who you really are!!! The Citizens Archive of Pakistan brings to you The Shanaakht festival – a chance to rediscover your identity. This five day event will run from the 8th to 12th of April 2009 at the…
Today is a great day for this country, a defining moment. It is great not just because the Chief Justice has been restored to his rightful place, not because the leaders have finally seen sense. It is a great moment because the people of Pakistan all got together yesterday and showed their leaders that they…
By Tayyab Ballagamwala Day in and Day out, we have numerous political leaders, lawyers, activists and other self proclaimed analysts harping on about the restoration of judiciary which shall be a panacea for all ills of this country…. supposedly restoration of an independent judiciary will result in transition to a proper democratic system and will…
A year and five days, that’s about how long it took for us to go from a joyously democratically elected nation to one fraught with suspicion, unrest and teetering on the brink of a massive implosion of our newly founded freedom. I speak of the day we held our last elections, almost free and fair…
Long March Updates
By ZAINUB RAZVI I’m often asked what it feels like to observe pardah. “Isn’t it difficult? “Don’t you feel hot?  “Can you breathe alright? You could be forgiven for thinking that most such questions come from non-Muslim westerners, who have little or no idea about the practical implications of such a lifestyle choice (yes, pardah implies a…
15th March, Long march, 15th March, Long march that is all I have had the pleasure of hearing on any sound waves anywhere in this urban jungle we call kolachi. Our media, our radio channels our political debates, our drawing rooms our bedrooms they are all marching to the same zany unstoppable mayhem that is…
As I write this you have arrived back in your country and doubtless are very relieved at being able to see your family and be with them, to go back to a life which you know is much more valuable now that it was almost taken away. I cannot tell you how sorry I feel…