Hello everyone, My NY trip was very brief and hectic, but rewarding. Great to catch up with some friends and apologies to those I couldn't contact or meet. I...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
May 26, 2011 5:03 am
Dear all, this is a double post - to my yahoogroup and also bcc'd to the Dr Sarwar friends and family list, so some of you might get it twice. Babba was never...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jun 1, 2011 1:10 am
Just posted to my blog: HRCP URGENT APPEAL for Muzaffar Bhutto, Gen. Secy Jeay Sindh Muttaheda Mahaz http://bit.ly/knhPGr Another disappearance on Sunday...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jun 3, 2011 5:44 pm
We need a campaign against the genocide of Pakistan's intellectuals and progressive activists at the hands of those who have been distorting religion for...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jun 9, 2011 5:33 pm
1. Television reports showing a young man shot in cold blood by the Rangers in Karachi are disturbing to watch (I felt physically sick after seeing it)....
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jun 15, 2011 11:15 am
Two items posted to my blog over the last couple of days: 1. BALOCHISTAN: The News on Sunday (Pakistan's best weekly English language paper)in its Special...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jul 14, 2011 3:43 pm
The violence in Karachi today has overshadowed what happened in Mumbai yesterday. More on that later. Meanwhile, here's a comment I posted to my facebook page...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Aug 9, 2011 8:28 pm
Dear all, it's been a while since I last posted to this group. Have been traveling - amazing trip to Gilgit-Baltistan with a wonderful group of friends and...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Aug 10, 2011 8:33 pm
Thanks to Naveed Riaz in Lahore for the email that formed the basis of my report on Qais Hussain's condolence note to Farida Singh, daughter of the Indian...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Aug 11, 2011 9:38 am
Pakistani journalists: standing tall - my article in Economic & Political Weekly, India (Vol XLVI No.29 July 16, 2011): ...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Aug 14, 2011 7:27 am
Shocked and grieved beyond words at this tragic news about the road accident that killed prominent Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud (The Clay Bird -...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Sep 27, 2011 2:51 am
Hello everyone, it's been a while since I sent out an update. Mostly because I end up posting quick updates on twitter and facebook - this requires more...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Oct 1, 2011 6:22 am
Badri Raina's poem on Sanjiv Bhatt posted to this yahoogroup and to my blog on Sept 27 led to an inspiring and informative email exchange, on which I am...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
Oct 17, 2011 2:09 pm
Dear friends, sad news. Hameed Akhtar is no more. He passed away today, aged 87, at Shaukat Khanam Memorial Hospital - I didn't know he was suffering from...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Oct 29, 2011 12:03 am
I just posted this to my blog http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com with links and photos, but for those who want to see the plain text of this exciting initiative:...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 12, 2011 8:20 pm
Hello everyone. - Kanak Dixit and his Spinal Beetle (VW Bug) are now in Lahore on their way to Peshawar via Rawalpindi to raise funds and awareness for spinal...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 14, 2011 4:58 am
My comment in The News about the week-long visit of Indian journalists to Pakistan starting today. Also see this report, based on their press statement:...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 15, 2011 3:58 am
I'm sure the Dixits - Kanak, Shanta and Eelum - have some wonderful stories about their Spinal Beetle fundraising drive from Kathmandu to Peshawar but...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 24, 2011 6:27 pm
Dear all, please see two recent posts on my blog www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com - as winter sets in, some more flood relief information (direct link:...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 27, 2011 3:25 am
I posted this to my blog yesterday - not sure that this is the best strategy, but i just felt I had to do something. So here's what I did; welcome feedback on...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Nov 27, 2011 6:03 am
On the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks of Nov 26, 2008, a NATO airstrike in Pakistan killed up to 28 Pakistani soldiers in their sleep. NATO...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 13, 2011 5:18 am
1. Irtiqa Office needs a used Pentium computer. If anyone is upgrading their computer facility and discarding the used computer, please please donate to Irtiqa...
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Beena Sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 17, 2011 9:38 pm
N.B. the signatories list is being updated as more endorsements come in pls send your name and designation if you want, to the organisers (copied here)....
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 17, 2011 9:41 pm
On Sunday Dec 18, please take a moment to join this initiative, where ever you are in the world. "Focus, and spread the message of peace to all" – Nandita...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 19, 2011 6:31 pm
My tribute to the human rights activist Zarteef Khan Afridi who was shot dead recently - article in The News on Sunday Dec 18, 2011. Latitude News earlier...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 27, 2011 5:11 am
My blog post today (I know some on this list may violently disagree but please bear with me and read it through) - www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com for pix, video...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 29, 2011 5:35 am
My curtain raiser on the Eighth Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD www.pipfpd.org) Joint Convention being held in Allahabad, India,...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Dec 31, 2011 4:16 pm
New Year greetings to everyone. Here's what I wrote yesterday, posted with pix at my blog www.beenasarwar.wordpress.com The `Bulbul-e-Kashmir' sings for...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 2, 2012 12:29 am
Just posted to my blog: 'Memogate': The basic issue is the civil-military relationship Former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani's counsel Asma Jahangir told...
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beena sarwar
bsarwar1
Jan 3, 2012 1:52 am
This is about the poor Christian woman Aasia Bibi who was sentenced to death in 2010 for 'blasphemy'; her case is in court and so far all the 'blasphemy'...
