hello all - see email below from the Pakistan India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) re: a cycling tour for peace. The Pakistan government has...
Terry Jones' latest salvo about the 'uncivilised' Iranians - his satire is a bit over the top and not very subtle but it does a fine job in exposing the double...
Hello everyone We had organised this conference (below) some time back but it gains even more relevance because of current events in Pakistan. Speaking of...
Hello all The situation in Pakistan remains volatile. Dozens of people from around the country attended the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's two-day long...
Thanks to Hasan Gardezi for sending this on - a petition from the Avaaz team that pushed climate change to the top of the G-8 agenda. They've got almost 30,000...
Hello friends - some postings here re: the continuing struggle for democratic spaces in Pakistan. 1. SAAHIL BACAHO - SAVE KARACHI'S BEACHES - PETITION (see...
See email below from friend Farooq Sulehria in Sweden, a freelance journalist and activist from Lahore, and the news report he forwarded, about a Pakistani...
Hello everyone thanks to all those who signed the Sahil Bachao petition sent out earlier. Things are heating up in this crucial battle. Please take a couple of...
Hello folks a couple of corrections to my previous post - the new petition contains reference to the Sindh High Court ruling (not Supreme Court), and the...
Thanks to Ayesha Hasan in Karachi for sending this out, and to Sharmeen for taking up this issue. Some friends have taken it up and hopefully the young man...
hello people Here's an email from a friend in Colombo who does not want to be identified - "that would be enough for the highly intolerant Colombo regime to...
Warning: do not read this article if you have delicate sensibilities and are offended by strong language. I also didn't quite 'get' the headline. But...
Hello all - four items below. 1. From Bob Dietz of CPJ: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has a strong statement on press conditions in Pakistan and...
"Americans know from their own history of institutional discrimination the tactics that have been used against civil rights leaders. These include telephone...
hello people: Must see: powerful video using images from Baghdad set to Tina Arena's moving song about the destroyed city: Je m'appelle Bagdad (My name is ...
The suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chowdhry landed in Karachi earlier today but has been stuck at the airport because of armed clashes in the city between...
Four items here; my note below. beena 1. PAKISTAN: UPHEAVAL: Jinnah's Children - A man of law is again the architect of a new politics. The parties piggyback...
A chilling testimony below by doctor in Karachi - the police had 'orders' from above to allow the armed goons who rule Karachi to do what they wanted till 4...
HIMAL SOUTHASIAN - www.himalmag.com - MAY 2007 issue is out. COVER PACKAGE: Balochistan, between tribe and state. Other commentary includes Bangladesh - that...
Excellent piece below by Chris Cork in The News on the Karachi situation, and links to the TV coverage that people have uploaded to YouTube (thanks AR):...
Ok everyone, there are tons of blogs and other information floating about re: the carnage in Karachi recently. Here's an attempt to pull it all together and...
The carnage in Karachi on Saturday was followed by a cold-blooded murder in Islamabad: in what appears to be a chilling development regarding the Chief Justice...
Mush interview-Talat Hussain-May 18, 2007- click on the following link to retrieve file. The link will expire in 7 days and will be available for 100 number of...
Feedback from friend Mohsin Sayeed re: the website name - 512Karachi: "hideously American". Perhaps, but it was set up in a hurry. Better suggestions anyone?...
Here's an article by Mohsin Sayeed, in Dawn May 20, 2007. I love his passion and his anger, and I love his love for Karachi. Mohsin writes: "I tried to channel...
Whether it is by labeling journalists as 'chauvinist' (an indirect threat with much menace given the party's history) or trying to prevent peasants from giving...
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2007-weekly/nos-27-05-2007/pol1.htm#9 The News on Sunday, Political Economy, May 27, 2007 Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12 A narrative...
Last week brought news of another American-Iranian scholar detained by the Iranian government ahead of the first direct dialogue between US and Irani envoys,...
Salman Ahmed of Junoon goes public against the MQM - see email below: "this is a moment of truth (yet again)". Also, Shahid Iqbal makes a couple of important...
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