Teeth Maestro

Month: March 2009

  • Guest post on ThinkProgress.org | Attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore

    I have jsut penned an artcile for ThinkProgress.org featured on The Wonk Room “A Pakistani Perspective On The Current State Of Pakistani Society” and simultaneouls an excertp being featured on the main ThinkProgress.org blog “Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan rouses anger against militants”

  • Open letter to citizens of Sri Lanka

    by Samad Khurram and Sara Seerat Published in Daily News (Sri Lanka) This letter is our expression of deep sorrow and grief at the savage attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team while they were touring our country. As Pakistani citizens, we are shocked, angered, and greatly embarrassed at being the source of such anxiety…

  • Declaration by the National Conference for the restoration of Independent Judiciary

    Declaration adopted at the National Conference for the restoration of independent judiciary held at Islamabad on 4th March, 2009 This National Conference having deliberated upon the need for the restoration of the independent judiciary in the country and for that purpose it was necessary to undertake a peaceful and non-violent Long March to Islamabad and…

  • Media barred from NWFP senate elections

    It is being reported on various media outlets that the Senate elections in the NWFP region have been barred from the media. GEO.TV The journalists have been disallowed entering into the assembly hall for the coverage of the polling underway, while scores of them kept waiting outside the assembly. It may be recalled that the…

  • This is Not Cricket

    Guest blog by Temporal from Baithak Blog The Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in Lahore yesterday by terrorists. SSS terms this a “shift”. I think it is a “deterioration” or “escalation” of lawlessness. If Pakistan is to retain its independence this tide will not be curbed easily by a solitary act (like the restoration…

  • Attack in Lahore – Qui Bono [who benefits]

    Guest Blog by Azhar Aslam and Shaista Kazmi Pakistan is in a classic ‘cry wolf’ situation. Now that the wolf has come one risks shouting about it at the peril of being called paranoid, liar, crazy or conspiracy theorist. But this unfortunate ‘wolf cry’ of the ‘foreign hand’ may have given a room to manoeuvre…

  • Secret Investigative report emerges [22nd Jan] showing threat to Sri Lanka team

    A secret investigative report has just surfaced prepared by the Additional Inspector General of the Crime Investigation Division, Punjab on 22nd January 2009 outlining the potential threat to the Sri Lankan team. It outlines very briefly the following four points It has reliably been learnt that “RAW” (Indian Intelligence Agency) has assigned its agents the…

  • Mr. Zardari remained Mr. Zardari afterall

    Guest blog by Amjad Malik, MA, LLM I wrote on 7 September 2008 that the litmus test for Mr. Zardari to prove whether he is an ‘don’ or an originator of a new dawn of democracy in Pakistan depends on his progress on 5 things: a) how he handles absolute power, b) his party, c)…

  • POLL: Who would you blame for the Lahore Attacks

    With so many conspiracy theories floating about, who in your opinion is to blame for the Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan players today [poll id=”5″]

  • Sri Lankan players attack amid a ‘political’ security lapse

    Early today morning a number of terrorist people on foot attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it was approaching Gaddafi Stadium the bus was brutally attacked by almost twelve gunmen as it passed through the Liberty Roundabout. The bus was miraculously shielded from about two rocket attacks and serious damage was avoided as Police…

  • Mass arrests likely in the days leading upto the Long March

    Reports are emerging across a few networks that there are likely to be mass arrests across the country leading up to the Long March slated to arrive in Islamabad on March 16th. Indications arise from the latest decision by Mr. Asif Zardari to setup mobile courts on Sunday by promulgating an ordinance to amend the…

  • Offroaders trip to the Dureji & Sorh Valley

    These past few days while the political turmoil was unfolding in Islamabad I was actually busy exploring Pakistan with the offroad enthusiasts from OffroadPakistan.com. We departed Friday morning in a convoy of 12 offroad vehicles to venture into the wilderness of Sindh and Baluchistan. Rounding the Dureji Valley we went headlong into the mystical terrain…