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Waiting for Imran: PTI supporters beat the heat, sit the day out
May 22nd
Highlight of the evening was Ali Azmat’s performance of Jazba Junoon.
Taliban Tweets In English
May 18th
The Taliban have a Twitter feed called @alemarahweb. The website attached to it is described as belonging to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The majority of the tweets are in Pashto, a language spoken in southern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakist…
Tweeting celebrities risk boring fans: survey
May 17th
Older respondents said their interest was tempered by a hankering for the days when stars were “more special.”
Twitter 101
May 17th
At first, there was only Facebook, the be-all and end-all of social media in Pakistan. You had to set up an account. It was a privilege; putting up all those updates and being part of a class of the country which was digitally aware – an outlet for t…
Righting the civil-military imbalance
May 15th
Civilian supremacy is not defined by venting anger, nor firing military officers but about by taking charge.
US disappoints Libya rebels on recognition
May 14th
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday stopped short of granting Libyan rebels full diplomatic recognition, as Mahmud Jibril became the opposition”s first senior official to have talks at the White House. There was no immediate sign of new US financi…
Visas for Americans create rifts in Pakistan
May 13th
Visas issued without army clearance after pressure from the United States.
