Some avenues for cyclone relief in Sindh & Balochistan 1. Barkat Shah Kakar in Quetta - <bshahkakar@...>, tel +92 -0301-3702415 - has sent information to...
If you need some cheering up: Kashif on America's Got Talent in Chicago http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-uLMjZISEA (thanks Hasan Zaid) And for a different kind of...
Two excellent op-eds in The News International today (Sunday, July 8) Lal Masjid: Wages of Extremism by Ghazi Salahuddin (former Editor of The News, now with...
Authories at a small village in Iran got stoned to death a man named Jafar Kiani on July 5. We need to act now to prevent a similar fate befalling Mokarrameh...
A few hours ago, Ghazi Abdul Rasheed was reported to have been killed in 'Operation Silence'. Here's something I just wrote beena July 10, 2007 Countering our...
The reasons behind 'Islamic militancy' are not just lack of education and American aggression, argues Pervez Hoodhbhoy, but the official sponsorship of jihad...
Rizana Nafeek, a 17 year-old girl from a village affected both by civil conflict and the tsunami disaster of December, 2004, went to Saudi Arabia as a domestic...
From Ainee (Syeda) Masood: Interesting figures in the latest World Bank Governance report showing the decline of political stability as well as voice &...
See: http://www.teeth.com.pk/blog/2007/07/14/white-phosphorus-used- in-operation-silence/ for a blog posting on White Phosphorus used in Operation Silence. In...
Thanks to Khalid Ali for forwarding this excellent report that tells the story of shattered dreams caught up in a global nightmare. Excerpt: "This is the face...
1. Check out this new channel from Toronto that I'm involved with, to be launched later this year: The Real News. http://therealnews.com Some raw footage...
"Behind the back-slaps and bonhomie, a plot is afoot to remove the current military leaders and revive an old Pakistani dynasty: regime change minus the shock...
Note from a friend in Karachi re: the Guardian piece on the 'deal' between BB, the West and Musharraf, followed by an appeal for public pressure to free 24...
1. Ayesha Siddiqa's analysis on the post-Supreme Court verdict scenario - Vaccum after Victory: "The decision on the CJ's case has come in an environment where...
1. Ahmad Faruqi did an informal survey on the Lal Masjid fallout: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\29\story_29-7-2007_pg3_5 2. Request...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of India and Pakistan's Independence and the simultaneous Partition of India that led to horrific violence - arson,...
India's respected "Frontline" fortnightly magazine's current cover story is Musharraf "Under Seige" - http://www.frontline.in/ Several good pieces there...
1. I met Michael a few years ago in Pakistan where he was working with a group of South Asian youngsters in Lahore, at the Youth Initiative for Peace. In this...
Another piece from Michael Shank: Greetings, Friends: Here's my latest article recommending that Obama pursue a different approach to Pakistan, with different...
First the good news: "All across India, thousands of children have been writing heartfelt letters to the students of Pakistan, and thousands of children from...
1. National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition, August 16, 2007 · Recent news out of Pakistan tells of a country at extremes ranging from a bloody siege at...
Even now, 60 years after Partition/Independence, struggles against a neo-colonial, undemocratic system continue all across Southasia (to use the term coined by...
1. Obviously there are many other pressing issues in Pakistan but the case registered against Dr.Nazli Saleem is a good example of how the 'religious right'...
Hello all - I feel proud and privileged to personally know Sadiqa Apa, whose email below my mother Zakia Sarwar (another pioneer in education in Pakistan)...
Here's the link to a piece I recently wrote published in The News on Sunday, Pakistan: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2007-weekly/nos-26-08-2007/enc.htm#2 text...
1. From Kanak Dixit in Nepal, a declaration re: the serial bomb blasts in Kathmandu 2. Bangladesh bloggers on Khaleda Zia's arrest (Naeem Mohaiemen in NY, to...
As the political circus in Pakistan unfolds - or 'unravels' - hundreds of political supporters of the Sharif brothers are detailed, and a Lahore anti-terrorism...
Greetings from sultry Karachi. Even as Mush dithers over the uniform and his cronies try and get him 'elected' as president while he's still in uniform on the...
