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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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' -...
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...
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...
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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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...
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,...
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' ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CELEBRATING THE 1953 STUDENT MOVEMENT PRESS RELEASE: "LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD" KARACHI, Jan 6: Students traditionally observed January 8th as `Martyrs'...
Report uploaded with some photos at www.drsarwar.wordpress.com What an amazing response to `Looking Back to Look Forward – Celebrating the 1953 Student...
1. PAKISTAN AND HAITI: How and why Pakistanis can help Haiti (thanks Ethan Casey): - http://www.aliveandwellinpakistan.com/helphaiti/ - http://bit.ly/5aPKBX 2....
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...
*Some recent articles on the 1953 student movement commemoration:* *'Looking back for inspiration' - Nirupama Subramanian, oped in 'The Hindu', January 21,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
