I've been wanting to do a report on the Pakistani women and competitive swimming since March 2009, when I first heard Veena Masud speak at a Szabist seminar in...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 1, 2009 6:49 pm
Tashakor, Zinda-Dillan-e-Kabul - my article in The News on Sunday, Footloose page (love that name), of the Encore section - expanded version of the previous...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 2, 2009 7:19 pm
"American aid, the NRO, the street protest, the call for a mid-term election, even the crippling power and economic crisis can wait. What cannot wait for the...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 15, 2009 12:37 pm
1. Mark the dates: Event to honour and take forward the legacy of Dr Sarwar and the 1950's student movement ie. Nation-wide student unity based on issues...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 17, 2009 8:01 am
The cause of progressive politics in Pakistan suffered two major losses over the past week, with the passing away of veteran journalist M.B. Naqvi, 81, on...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 18, 2009 8:08 am
I think I circulated this link before but anyway, here it is again because now VJ Movement is open to the public. Feedback and comments welcome. ...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 20, 2009 7:29 pm
We are holding an event in Karachi Jan 9-10 to honour and take forward the legacy of the 1950's student movement. How you can help: contribute to the...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 29, 2009 6:56 am
Below are some links and news items I've been wanting to share and finally managed to compile and send. Enjoy – and while in Thanksgiving/Eid mode, spare a...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 6, 2009 11:56 am
1. Pink glove dance - funny, rocking video for breast cancer awareness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw - enjoy! 2. 'Suicide bomber was my cousin' -...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 10, 2009 5:34 pm
1. New uploads & pix at Dr Sarwar blog - http://www.drsarwar.wordpress.com: - Those killed on Jan 7 & 8, 1953 - Article by Saghir Ahmed, High School Students...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 17, 2009 8:35 am
Thanks to Zubeida Mustafa for her well-researched and thought-provoking article in Dawn today (text below). Just a small clarification re the comment that...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 18, 2009 5:03 pm
There must and should be accountability, but selective accountability, and cases filed motivated by political victimisation do not serve the cause of justice. ...
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beena-issues-owner@ya...
Dec 21, 2009 6:33 pm
1. Pervez Hoodbhoy responds to the scurrilous attack on him by an expat professor: "Is The Cheque In The Mail? - The Confessions of a Pakistani Native...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 21, 2009 8:51 pm
Meant to include these articles in my last post: 1. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar argues against simplifying the NRO ruling in 'After the verdict' (The News on Sunday,...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 24, 2009 8:49 am
IAR on NRO ruling: I.A. Rehman, one of the clearest, sanest voices in Pakistan analyses the NRO ruling in his op-ed today in Dawn, ''Pause, sirs, and ponder' ...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 27, 2009 10:57 am
Benazir Bhutto's assassination on this day two years ago was utterly devastating for many of us. Here is the link to a piece I wrote for IPS just before she...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 1, 2010 9:42 am
As 2010 begins, our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones, particularly those who died in violent attacks. It's always devastating when that happens...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 2, 2010 1:48 pm
1. AMAN ITTEHAD & LAKKI MARWAT: The `Aman Ittehad` (peace and solidarity) rallies in some 55 locations all over Pakistan went very well. But suicide attack in...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 6, 2010 6:17 pm
1. JAN 9: LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD - commemorating the 1953 student movement: We are getting a good response for the student movement event being held on...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 7, 2010 8:35 am
CELEBRATING THE 1953 STUDENT MOVEMENT PRESS RELEASE: "LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD" KARACHI, Jan 6: Students traditionally observed January 8th as `Martyrs'...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 10, 2010 4:16 pm
Report uploaded with some photos at www.drsarwar.wordpress.com What an amazing response to `Looking Back to Look Forward – Celebrating the 1953 Student...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 14, 2010 9:14 am
1. PAKISTAN AND HAITI: How and why Pakistanis can help Haiti (thanks Ethan Casey): - http://www.aliveandwellinpakistan.com/helphaiti/ - http://bit.ly/5aPKBX 2....
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 19, 2010 6:29 pm
1. A STUDENT PLAY: A unique, combined effort of students from various universities and colleges in Karachi and Lahore in collaboration with JAAG TAALIB E ILM a...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 21, 2010 11:13 am
*Some recent articles on the 1953 student movement commemoration:* *'Looking back for inspiration' - Nirupama Subramanian, oped in 'The Hindu', January 21,...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 2, 2010 5:28 pm
This is a post I started compiling over a week ago. I think I should just send it out now or it will never get sent. It initially included links to some...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 5, 2010 4:15 pm
Sad day. Woke up this morning to the news that Gul Hameed Bhatti had passed away last night. I knew he was not keeping well, but didn't realise how ill he was....
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 7, 2010 2:16 pm
PERSONAL POLITICAL article written on Jan 26, 2010, published in The News on Sunday, Footloose page, Feb 7, as 'Wild, pure magic of malhars'...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 8, 2010 7:31 am
Posted to my blog this morning - www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com Recently there was a report about the horrific murder of a Turkish girl, whose family buried her...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 11, 2010 1:26 pm
Posted to my blog with photos - http;://www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com "To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Feb 17, 2010 9:33 am
Dear friends, Please sign the statement in support of widely respected longtime human rights activist Gita Sahgal in London who was head of Amnesty's Gender...
