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In the Line of Wire: Idris Kothari at the Entrepreneurship session in Karachi

For those who weren’t at the Entrepreneurship Seminar in Karachi, we have tried to present some of the advice, some of the pearls of wisdom that were presented by the speakers. Thanks to CIO Pakistan I am going to try and put up some video clips as …

Design, Photograph, Communicate: The Latest From CUPE 3903 on Friday

Many of us are now well aware of the fact that CUPE 3903 and the York University administration have decided to meet again in order to begin classes on the 6th. In a friendly phone conversation, speaking to Tyler Shipley, the media spokesperson for CU…

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Let us build Pakistan: Gaza: the logic of colonial power - By Nir Rosen

As so often, the term ‘terrorism’ has proved a rhetorical smokescreen under cover of which the strong crush the weak

By Nir Rosen
guardian.co.uk, Monday 29 December 2008

I have spent most of the Bush administration’s tenure reporting from Iraq, Afgh…

Guppu: [Humor] Bug in the Mug!

Hi there friends! Today, one of my good friends forwarded me an email with a joke titled “Bug in the Mug” I found it interesting and thought I should share it with my readers. BUG IN THE MUG An insect falls into a mug full of Coca cola… Englishm…

Let us build Pakistan: Robert Fisk: Gaza…. The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act

The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act
Thursday, 1 January 2009 (The Independent)

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt a country where ‘the idea of service has simply ceased to exist’

There was a day when we worried about the “A…

Let us build Pakistan: In the aftermath of Kashmir polls: Can India and Pakistan agree to confine itself to three subjects: defence, foreign affairs and communications?

In the aftermath of Kashmir polls

By Kuldip Nayar

STATE elections in Jammu and Kashmir may not have provided many answers but it has made one thing clear: the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference has been exaggerating its strength.

It was wrong in asses…

Let us build Pakistan: Ansar Abbasi’s corruption exposed: Ashraf Ansari’s letter in ARY’s Sawal Yeh Hay

Ansar Abbasis is corrupt: PM’s ex-secy Bashir

LAHORE: While commenting on a case related to the award of extra marks to the chief justice’s daughter, the prime minister’s former press secretary Zahid Bashir has claimed that a senior journalist …

Cosmopolistan: Sexy Siren Alert - Kangna Ranaut

Kareena who?! Is it just us or is Kangna Ranaut growing sexier every day? Feast your eyes on O Jaana (Remix) from soon to be released Raaz - The Mystery Continues* and you’ll understand what we mean. The dame is smokin’ and the less said about the leg…

Let us build Pakistan: The role of General Zia-ul-Haq in the events of Black September (1970), involving killing of 25000 Palestinians in Jordan

During Black September the head of Pakistani training commission took command of the 2nd Division and helped kill and cleanse the Palestinians (est. 25,000 dead) from Jordan.

It was none other that Zia ul Haq.

So much for the Palestinian cause.

T…

The Musings Out Loud of the Child Within: 2008 Re-capped

2008 closed with me eating a Boston Creme Donut and burning phool jarri’s, and 2009 opened with halwa puri nashta at boat basin- and oh did I mention the family sleepover in between those 12 hours!! 2008 was eventful - very eventful. January - Rukki…

All Things Pakistan: Desi Engineering from Khewra

Owais Mughal

I saw following photo in Raja Islam’s collection and remained stuck at it. He took this photo in Khewra on October 6, 2008. Looking at it we can safely say that Salt Mines of Khewra are not the only tourist attraction t…

Deadpan Thoughts: PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

By Yvonne Ridley NOT content with committing war crimes and human rights atrocities in full view of the world, Israel has now confirmed itself as a rogue state by launching into international piracy.  Dawn had not yet broken over the Mediterranea…

known stranger: Warid joins the spamming safari

I swear that I never signed up for warid e-newsletter. But the company had different ideas and sent me its e-newsletter for  December 2008. I don’t use Warid and have no intentions of using it in the near future. Email Newsletter had an un-subs…