News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for August, 2010
CNG association baulks at Sui Northern orders
Aug 31st
LAHORE: All Pakistan CNG Association declined to accept the schedule of gas load shedding in Punjab, Geo News reported Tuesday.
Al Huda — an insider’s view – by Habiba Younis
Aug 31st
Al Huda — an insider’s view Source: Express Tribune Khaled Ahmed’s recent article “Daughters of Al Huda” (August 22) met a negative and spirited response by readers. In my opinion, as a former student, the reasoning in the article wasn’t ab…
The international Day of Disappeared and the missing Balochs – by Imtiaz Baloch
Aug 31st
The International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives or legal representatives. In Balochistan…
I delivered that no-ball
Aug 31st
The misfortune of Pakistan is that its tragedy appears as farce. Over the past few years, our screens have been awash with images both gruesome and depressing in equal measures. And they have been punctually followed by television anchors and television politicians blaming India, Israel, CIA, NASA and any other bogeyman you can think of [...]
I could really use a wish right now
Aug 31st
“Do you see that skinny little shining moon?” Mom asked pointing to the fascinating, crisp and immaculate crescent in the sky. An eight-year-old me always mesmerised by the limitless ambience around me, yet never knowing why, replied, “Yes, I really like the way it looks, but it’s only like that some days and I enjoy [...]
The Lord’s rumour mill
Aug 31st
The rumours started early at Lord’s on Sunday. Sipping an overpriced cup of coffee and watching England in the nets on the Nursery Ground, one punter remarked that the Pakistani team hadn’t even arrived yet. Like so many rumours doing the rounds, it was a half-truth. TV footage had flashed up pictures of them leaving [...]
‘Pakistan—Marvelous people, dangerous confusions’ – By Shiraz Paracha
Aug 31st
It was a very hot and bright day in July when I entered the main hall of a newly built private hospital in Peshawar for a medical checkup. A wave of cool breeze touched my face as I opened doors of the air-conditioned hall of the hospital. The semi-dar…
“What would you do, if someone’s gonna get shot” – by Faisal Raza
Aug 31st
The games in ancient Rome are known as the bloodiest exhibition of public entertainment known to mankind when men, women and children flocked to coliseums to see blood thirsty fighters and gladiators killing the weaker among them, they even cheered…
Betting allegations: Beyond the Facts – by Adnan Sipra
Aug 31st
Let us look, for a moment, beyond the obvious. Let us ignore, for the time being, the obvious – and damning – video evidence provided by a newspaper that revels in reporting the dubious. Let us also overlook, although it is admittedly impossible to…
Analogy between violence and media popularity – By Hassan Shehzad
Aug 31st
Life will, can never be normal after relay of the footage of two underage brothers beaten to death in Sialkot. Embedded deep in stonewalls of the newsroom over years, I could not break myself from the objectivity, but the role of media in this episode …
