Here's something I wrote and sent yesterday, when we were expecting Eid to be on Thursday - but then the 'shahadat' for the new moon was obtained and it was...
Here's a recent piece I did for Rediff (India's oldest and most read news website according to one of their editors), on Sept 26, 2008. My original headline...
If a woman or child who is raped seeks justice in Pakistan, he or she will be up against a long-drawn out, tortuous process that often ends in 'compromise'....
The Asian Human Rights Commission initially highlighted the case of Zulfiqar Ali, 38, due to be hanged for murder. Other groups, including the HRCP, took up...
Two thought-provoking pieces on the internal turmoil in India that is posing severe challenges to its secular fabric, by Badri Raina in Delhi & Javed Anand in...
Was in Lahore this weekend for a very vibrant conference involving women in media, mostly young women journalists. Here's the link to my report for IPS about...
I. A. Rehman in his op-ed in Dawn yesterday made an excellent point that I wish I had thought to include in my piece below - that the pressure to negotiate is...
Two recently pulished stories that I wanted to share: 1. The News on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 The 'Indian' threat By Ammar Ali Jan As a child of the nineties, I...
1. Link to a preview of Tehrik-e-Niswan's powerful Urdu adaptation of Waiting for Godot - http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/images2.htm - on in Karachi this...
As suspense about the upcoming US elections mounts, whistle blowers and those who have long been researching irregularities and stolen votes in America. They...
In 2005, the nation came together on an unprecedented level to help people affected by the Kashmir earthquake. Here's the story I just did for IPS, unedited. ...
1. QUAKE: My IPS story at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44502 According to reports, women and children have been the worst affected by this disaster...
1. Foreign Policy Challenges for the New US President – Part I Exploiting a lack of jobs, the Taliban rises in Pakistan's border region, threatening US...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44571 POLITICS: 'New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy' Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 4 (IPS) - Tensions...
Filed this morning - http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44598 PAKISTAN/US: 'Obama's Muslim Heritage Will Help' By Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 6 (IPS) - The...
This was published last week in The News on Sunday, Dialogue pages Nov 2, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/56ddo6 Saving another Zulfiqar A young man's life hangs in...
1. Uri Avnery of the Israeli Peace Bloc on Obama 2. US-based Pakistani analyst Ahmad Faruqui on Obama's options 3. A hockey mom sings for Obama (brilliant) 4....
CULTURE: Int'l Performing Arts Fest Spotlights Liberal Pakistan http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44740 By Beena Sarwar LAHORE, Nov 18 (IPS) - Some 370...
I started writing this a couple of days ago but didn't get around to sending. Now we're watching the horrific events in Mumbai with pain and grief for the loss...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44902 INDIA: Empathy, Grief in Pakistan at Mumbai Mayhem Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 29 (IPS) - The terrorist...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44915 INDIA/PAKISTAN: Pleas For Sanity as Sabres Rattle Over Mumbai Mayhem Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Dec 1 (IPS)...
I have come across several thought provoking articles and statements about the Mumbai nightmare, as well as information on vigils and meetings in Pakistan, and...
Information about vigils: DEC 4: Karachi, London, & Boston, Worcester (MA) & Providence, RI DEC 6: San Fransisco Already held: Dec 2, UPenn Forthcoming: Dec 4...
1. Link to my IPS story this morning, for which my original headline was - Hoax phone call, media hype fan hostility but conflict `not inevitable' -...
Eid greetings to all friends on this group. Looks like sanity is prevailing after all Indian voters showed maturity in rejecting the politicisation of the...
Karachi, Dec 11: I started compiling this posting on Dec 2, got overtaken by events and my own writing, but still really want to share these relevant and...
I haven't watched TV, read the papers or been near the internet for a few days – and believe me it feels good. But you can't stay away from reality for too...
New Year greetings to everyone! May 2009 be better than the previous year and bring us closer to peace and justice. Below: 1. Avaaz Gaza emergency petition -...
1. An important article about 1971 in The News International, Pakistan, that I had earlier missed. As the writer Raza Rumi points out, the greatest legacy of...
There have been several demos for Gaza in Pakistan. Another one on Jan 10, Karachi Press Club, 3,30 pm (white flags, banners & clothes). Below: 1. 'Molten...
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