News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for January, 2010
Sacrificing black goats to save your skin!
Jan 31st
When I ran a salt factory, I would always wonder why my illiterate workers would advise me to sac…
Pakistani Mobile Phones Improve Literacy via SMS Messaging
Jan 25th
A UNESCO sustainable literacy pilot programme using Mobile Phone SMS text…
Politics, Karachi Style
Jan 25th
I have a blog post on ForeignPolicy.com’s AfPak Channel on the recent violence in Karachi. Here’s a snippet: “The Arabian and Indo-Australian tectonic plates meet near Karachi, the Pakistani port city inhabited by at least 15 million people. But in recent weeks, Karachi has been reeling from violent seismic activity along its ethnic and political [...]
Futuristic Drugs
Jan 13th
I believe all wives will agree with me on formulation of some special drugs for husbands to make …
Turkey sued over Armenian genocide
Jan 8th
LOS ANGELES: Lawyers for two Armenian men have sued Turkey and two of its major banks, claiming they and others were victims of genocide and seeking w
Chelsea ties the knot
Jan 8th
RHINEBECK, New York: After an intensely secretive build-up, Chelsea Clinton and her Wall Street banker beau were tying the knot on Saturday at a lavis
Iranian filmmaker accuses FBI of using pressure
Jan 8th
TEHRAN: An Iranian documentary filmmaker who returned home after reportedly spending two months in US custody has said the FBI held him in solitary co
Carrot and stick approach by America
Jan 8th
RAMALLAH: US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine U
Iran mother facing stoning pleads to see children
Jan 8th
TEHRAN: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released
Abdullah, Asads visit to Lebanon does
Jan 8th
BEIRUT: A landmark visit by Syrian and Saudi leaders may have helped to ease tensions in Lebanon, but did little to address the crux of the problem in
