Greetings people, A lot has been going on that I've been unable to keep up with due to my father falling ill right after I returned from India (he's still in...
When Victor Gordon Kiernan passed away in February this year aged 95, the Pakistani media took surprisingly little notice (or perhaps not so surprising, given...
1. Below, an article I wrote soon after hearing of Justice Sabihuddin's passing away that pulls together various issues linked to the lawyers' movement...
A lot going on but huge backlog (on the personal front, the 'Old Fighter' as his friend Eric Rahim called him still in hospital, fighting on). In this post: 1....
Further to my earlier note on how to help those forced to become refugees in their own land - the largest internal displacement ever in Pakistan as the army...
Here's an update from Pervez Hoodbhoy. UNHCR has organised a text message donation, in which you text "SWAT" from your cell phone to the number 20222 and $5...
Post of May 25 that I forgot to send - In this post: Updates by Naeem Sadiq, Bushra Khaliq and an appeal by the Muslim Canadian Congress 1. Email from Naeem...
Dr Sarwar passes on KARACHI, May 26: One of Karachi's oldest general practitioners, well known physician and former student leader Dr Mohammad Sarwar passed...
Condolences: Lourdes Joseph, longtime activist and office secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) passed away today in Dubai of a heart...
In this post: 1. `Beating Back the Taliban' - my column for HardNews, written May 25, 2009 – extract: Even before the army action, the wild, bearded,...
Hello all, it's been a while since I last posted anything to this list. Have been caught up in a bit of a backlog. Have uploaded new material, including...
(Photo and text at beenasarwar.wordpress.com) Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Jun 28: One of the most unexpected tributes to Michael Jackson after the superstar's sudden...
Uploaded on beenasarwar.wordpress.com with photos Karachi, June 26 PERSONAL POLITICAL `This wonderful Doc…' Beena Sarwar She is not the grave-visiting sort....
1. Remembering KO - Kaleem Omar in an age gone by 'The News on Sunday', July 5, 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/lbw38m with contributions by Irfan Husain, Salman...
1. My op-ed about the desire for peace between India and Pakistan that the foreign secretaries and prime ministers should keep in mind as they meet in Cairo...
1. APRES LE DELUGE: Karachiites prayed for rain. We got more than we bargained for. The whole city was deluged - and there was a huge power breakdown. Our area...
HAPPY 25TH, SPELT! This year marks 25 years of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers that my mother Zakia Sarwar and her colleagues started in July...
Greetings from Lahore. Below, Press Release for the Reference for Dr Sarwar being held today at HRCP, 5-8 pm, and some thoughts and articles on the Gojra...
Greetings friends. I'm glad to be back in Karachi but I do love Lahore and enjoyed being there, catching up with old friends and making new ones. My...
Aug 14 food for thought – it's not just about Gojra as Shi'ias, Ahmedis and other endangered citizens of Pakistan deemed minorities by the religious...
Missing link - forgot to include the link to Nadeem Farooq Paracha's article `In defence of reason' - it's http://tinyurl.com/nfp-reason Also, Naeem Sadiq...
A press release from PMA condemning the ongoing sectarian murders of doctors in Pakistan reminded me of a piece I wrote in 2002 for the Indian Express -...
My recent article on the 'blasphemy' laws, slightly edited version published in Dawn, Aug 29, 2009, op-ed as `A misguided mindset' - http://tinyurl.com/lzx6ux...
I first learnt about Pakistan's original national anthem, especially commissioned by Mr Jinnah from the poet Jaganath Azad of Lahore, in `Hamsafar`, Pakistan...
The confessions of Brig Imtiaz have forced other intelligence officers to admit their role in destroying democracy in Pakistan, and establishing that Zardari's...
Hello everyone, sharing below an email from Shabnam Hashmi of ANHAD in New Delhi. Please forward to friends and ask them to write to Financial Times and the...
Sorry, I don't usually send out so many posts in one day but this is an update to the last one. Please send your name and how you'd like to be identified to...
Thanks to everyone who sent in their protest to fDi magazine for their decision to give an achievement award to Narendra Modi. As a result of these protests,...
Dr Farrukh Gulzar, the progressive minded medical practitioner from Lahore who was the driving force behind the Reference for Dr M. Sarwar and the 1950s...
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