December 4th, 2008 / Categorized under:
Pakistan
In an article written a few months ago, Pankaj Mishra said that it’s highly unlikely for India to “do a Lebanon” in Pakistan not only because of the threat of an all out nuclear war, but also because the India intelligence agencies are way behind Moss…
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After the tremendous success of the Lahore Bloggers meetup a few weeks back Google Pakistan and CIO Pakistan have joined hands to hold a session in Karachi
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Royal 1 - The Royal…
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What happened in Mumbai is an atrocious crime against humanity. There is no doubt about it. The hallmarks of this terror attack are no different from what Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Britain, and United States have experienced it during this past dec…
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December 4th, 2008 / Categorized under:
Pakistan
An insanely busy week of work - what with the Karachi violence and all - has kept me from posting or reading here. Catching up with all the comments on the Mumbai blast has been quite depressing, with too many commenters retreating into defensively na…
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December 4th, 2008 / Categorized under:
Pakistan
Adil Najam
Saw this picture in Daily Times and actually laughed out loud. How much more Pakistani could a bakra be, than riding on a rickshaw with its head sticking out.
Not sure what the title of the picture should be. Maybe you …
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December 4th, 2008 / Categorized under:
Pakistan
Below, Jackie, an American working in Karachi and CHUP’s Correspondent, delves into this week’s violence in the city and discusses who are the players, why are they fighting, and how it has impacted daily life in Karachi: While this week’s inter…
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At first when i saw this pic I thought someone had photo shopped it to present a conspiracy theory. However I have checked up on this via the same pic being on BBC and AFP and zoomed in to confirm that this is actually a saffron armband being worn by …
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Innovation is the definite device of entrepreneurship. The action that empowers resources with a creative ability to create wealth. The vision of the Web Funters. – [www.webfunters.com] is established on the same rationale by two young entrepreneurs…
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What happened in Mumbai is condemnable and no one today can understand or feel the pain better than us; the Pakistanis living in Lahore, Karachi, Balochistan, Swat, FATA or anywhere else. After all we are paying the biggest pric…
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What happened in Mumbai is condemnable and no one today can understand or feel the pain better than us; the Pakistanis living in Lahore, Karachi, Balochistan, Swat, FATA or anywhere else. After all we are paying the biggest pric…
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I saw a heartbreaking/heart-aching iReport this morning. I was astonished and quenched to see NOT ONLY the brutal actions of the public on the recent indian attacks, BUT let me be a bit biase here, i am really hurt to see how the Police are keeping…
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The need for security measures has found a new use for this cola bottle here in Karachi, where the top edge of the walls are often fixed with sharp broken glass to prevent easy scaling.
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An interesting article from an Indian about Mumbai, that is a must read to understand the full Mumbai picture and possibilities:
While there is no way the sartorially elegant Shivraj Patil could have survived the gory 62-hour blood-and-bullets …
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Found this in the sterling Indian media discussing the weak defense that the Pakistani media has made for its government. It’s really sad that the Indian media is still blowing it when it comes to covering an investigation from the inte…
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A friend of mine send me this joke and i do like to share this .. its a good one
The Saudi:
Throws the glass away and walks away.
The American:
Takes the insect out, and drinks the Pepsi.
The Chinese:
Eats the insect, and throw…
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