Archive for April, 2009
Crystal Bags Exhibition
Well this post is a marketing plug for an exhibition by my wife Sadiqa. She is scheduled to display her exclusive collection of evening bags ranging from over sized clutches to beautifully embellished Swarovski crystal bags including a collection of some stunning feather laced bags tomorrow. Date: Saturday April 11th 2009 Location: Nina Lotia’s Salon [...]
Baluchistan, a golden goose that could have been
Guest Blog by Insouciant Baluchistan, which earned the status of a separate province only in 1970, comprises of 44% of the land of Pakistan. Buried with vast resources of natural gas, copper and gold, it has a unique geo-political importance in the region. The landlocked Afghanistan and energy rich Central Asia is in its north, [...]
Open letter to Sindh Minister for Culture | Shanaakht Festival
by Khawer Amir Khan shared via Facebook Note on his profile Open letter to Ms. Sassui Palijo, Sindh Minister for Culture Madam Minister, I write this open letter to you with a heavy heart. Workers of your party have betrayed the message of Benazir Bhutto, who very recently gave her life but refused to be [...]
The image that led to the ransacking of the Shanakht Festival
The controversial image of the Shanaakht Festival has been taken down from this post due to repeated insistence of the organizers as they continue to receive threats from various sources, so in light of the seriousness of the issue I must condemn these instigators but take down these images for the sake of public safety. [...]
Victims of Feudalism on Hungerstrike – 18-days [and counting]
Posted via the Peoples Resistance Network Day and night for the past eighteen days, anywhere from a dozen to two dozen farmers from a village in Sanghar have been gathered outside the Karachi Press Club, protesting the violent excesses of a neighboring feudal who has been eyeing their land–his name is Varyaam Faqeer, an ex-MPA [...]
Nestle Nesvita – Women of Strength 2009
For the past few days womens issues have been shoved into the spot light, it initiated a huge debate sparked by the flogging video which aired across the nation and consequentially many issues arise as to how Islam treats Muslim women. With all the hype surrounding the womens issue I was intrigued by the advertising [...]
The Long Road to Talibanisation
By Nosheen Ali Published initially in The News on April 7th 2009 The crisis in FATA and Swat has increasingly become reduced to a narrative of the evil Taliban versus the helpless state and society. That the Taliban have instituted a horrendous regime of terror is beyond question. But it is evasive and dangerous to [...]
The Twitter Revolution for Activism
The twitter revolution is being seen as a tool to help gear up for country changing activism – recently Foreign Policy magazine published an article on how twitter is helping young Moldavian fight for their rights, Foreign Policy: Ever since yesterday’s announcement that Moldova’s communists have won enough votes to form a government in Sunday’s [...]
An Incomplete Revolution
by Ameer Bhutto son of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto Given the repeated sellouts and betrayals of politicians masquerading as awami leaders, it is a miracle that Pakistan has not only survived but still holds the possibility to flourish, given some measure of integrity and honesty in those who haunt the corridors of power. But though the [...]
Em[POWER] Project: Karachi – Needs your Vote to win $50,000
They have recently entered the Dell Social Innovation Competition to hopefully win the Grand prize of $50,000 for Project Karachi. These funds would greatly help with start-up costs for materials and such to help them succeed to bring this bounty for Karachi They need your VOTE Here are the steps that will help them win! [...]
Pakistan Youth Alliance – A Ray of Light In Darkness
I grew up in a country plagued with uncertainty. A country whose bases of formation, clear as a mirror are fogged by stains of provincialism, sectarianism, feudalism, terrorism and exploitation. The high frequency of crisis which this piece of land has seen in its nascent years has resulted in an exodus of people who would [...]
Imran Khan’s political ‘short selling’
Guest Blog by Islamabad Observer Short selling is a term widely used in financial world and equity markets. In simple words it is promise of selling something which you don’t own actually. Every year many traders gather fortune through short selling. Infect last year half of top 1000 richest of the world were traders and [...]
The ultimate FATA and PATA policy
Guest Blog by Insocuient Much has been already written criticizing the performance of the government in FATA areas as Pakistan fights as the ‘major non-NATO ally’ of the U.S. in this so-called ‘war on terror’. Discussions have largely been focused on the growing resentment against collateral damage and the increasing extremism that is now engulfing [...]
Swat Flogging and PTI’s Stand
Guest blog by Dr. Arif Alvi Secretary General Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf There has been a lot of sadness and condemnation of the Swat flogging incident. The day on which Mr Imran Khan’s statement was issued by me there were many press reports in Frontier newspapers in which some elements of the Taliban had condemned the incident [...]
Misogyny, Patriarchy & Imperialism
Guest blog by Abira Ashfaq posted via the Peoples’ Resistance Mailing List Pornography I reacted with horror, and resisted seeing the flogging video on youtube, only to be bombarded with it later on television. I got angry with my mother who recounted the scene with full emotionalism, saying it brought tears to her eyes. I [...]
