News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for June, 2010
An open letter to Asif Ali Zardari – by Javed I. Sheikh
Jun 30th
I would like to share this letter posted almost one year before at another forum.
Mr. President,
Sir,
1. As one of the most senior founder members of the Pakistan People Party and Ex-General Secretary of the PPP District Gujrat, I exercise this opport…
Pakistan Internet Censorship: Rights to self-regulation
Jun 30th
First Published on DAWN.com Last month, I had the opportunity to talk on behalf of citizen media in Pakistan, at the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Santiago, Chile. Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who blog on social iss…
Najam Sethi Special – 29 June 2010
Jun 30th
Watch Today’s episode of Najam Sethi Special with Najam Sethi and Muneeb Farooq.
Kal Tak – 29 June 2010
Jun 30th
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra (PML-N), Qazi Hussain Ahmad (JI) and Syed MumtazAhmad Gilani (PPPP) in Today’s episode of Kal Tak with Javaid Chaudhry.
Of Dowry & Patriarchy – Nabiha Meher Shaikh
Jun 30th
Violence, deaths, and other issues related to dowry, or the money or goods given by a bride’s family to the groom’s, continue to haunt many societies, including India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Below, Nabiha Meher Sheikh, who teaches at LUMS University in Lahore (and blogs at I am Woman Hear me Roar), provides a critique of [...]
The un-sharif Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court – by Fawad Manzoor
Jun 30th
Cat is out of bag. It has always been said that Khwaja Sharif (Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court) is the “bookie” from Raiwind. He himself admitted in his books that he (and his sons) took money from Shahbaz Sharif in London. There were a lot…
On Ahmadi massacre in Lahore – by Ayesha N. Rashid
Jun 30th
My article about Lahore incident was originally published in Pak Tea House, which I am reproducing below for the interest of the LUBP readers. Regards, Ayesha
Armed with grenades, machine guns and suicide vests, Pakistani terrorists killed 86 Ahmadi w…
Ladies First – Pakistani Sportswomen to Reckon with
Jun 30th
Remember Sania? Remember Shoaib? Well of course you do, who doesn’t. But don’t worry; I am not going to talk about them here. The personal lives of our cricket team have been deliberated more than necessary as it is. Rest assured I…
Beware – 3g Mobile Phone Scam
Jun 30th
Received a forward from one of my friends. It was about the latest mobile phone scam in our society, i thought to share with our viewers, so that they exactly know what to do , when someone asks them to shut down their mobile for 3g up…
Women beat up Muftis in Lucknow
Jun 30th
LUCKNOW: Three Muslim clerics in a seminary here beaten up by three women for allegedly not conducting their “talaq” (divorce) proceedings in accordance with Shariat (Islamic) laws, police said.
Mumtaz alias Hina, Nishat Fatima and Arshi barged into t…
