Teeth Maestro

Author: Dr. Awab Alvi

  • Pakistani Blogosphere Accounts Hacked during Summit

    On Saturday Karachi witnessed the first ever Pakistan International Social Media Summit where 300 or more social media experts aggregated at Avari for a day long conference on upcoming social media in Pakistan organized by PC World Pakistan. In my opinion it was a great experience, and there are many raves about it across many…

  • Pakistan Rangers impart Justice in 10 seconds

    Words fail me, after I watched this video of a Sarfaraz Shah being shot down by our paramilitary law enforcement agency imparting justice in a mere ten seconds. Sarfaraz Shah was apparently brought to the Rangers checkpost positioned inside Benazir Bhutto Park across Boat Basin Karachi accused of holding a family hostage. A heated exchange…

  • Nation on the verge of a nervous breakdown – Fatima Bhutto

    Fatima Bhutto addresses the Sydney Writers Forum shares her opinion on why Pakistan is on the vergo of a nervous breakdown. Can we expect more from her? Or will she continue to remain sidelined?

  • Sharmeela Farooqui Continues to Abuse, Kindly banish her

    On a flight from Islamabad to Karachi Advisor to the Chief Minister Sharmeela Farooqi was found abusing fellow passengers before take-off and then after landing. Considering her rude character which she continuously displays on TV I have little doubt that she has behaved out of character yet again and has abused her fellow passenger. The…

  • Save the Nukes

    In the past few days I and perhaps many of you have felt exactly the same as we felt 40 years ago in December 1971, when Gen Niazi surrendered to the Indian Army. Some of you were not even born, so lucky you, but most of this group had to face such a humiliation for…

  • Karachi, Navy, Terror, Dharna

    Waking up once again to the news of a terrible blast– the third in 48 hours in Karachi, all three on Naval buses! Two things make these blasts distinct from the others that make the daily news in Pakistan: one, the death toll (that is different for every blast of course) and two, this time…

  • Solidarity with Mukhtar Mai at 4PM today at Karachi Press Club

    In wake of the Mukhtar Mai verdict, citizens in collaboration with War Against Rape (WAR), Aurat Foundation (AF), Womens Action Forum (WAF) and other like-minded organizations are holding a press conference on Tuesday April 26th, at the Karachi Press Club at 5pm. Members from the legal fraternity, women’s groups, human rights activists and citizens are…

  • The Deal Undone: Pakistan, its Army and the Americans

    The deal undone explores the strenuous relationship between the Pakistan – US military establishments. The documentary analyzes a specific period in the history of this relationship during the, following the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. From the heights of friendship during the early years of the war on terror to the falling out with the…

  • Deciphering the attacks on Pakistani Nationals in Bahrain

    After posting the two write-ups on the blog here & here about the threats on Pakistanis living in Bahrain, its important to share my own analysis over this issue that I have gained over the past two days thanks to a number of friends in Bahrain and around the world. There is a large population…

  • Letter from a Pakistani Journalist in Bahrain appealing for Help

    I write this in great distress. As the world knows, there has been a wave of protests in Bahrain that has rocked the entire country. While most of the world, including our brothers in Pakistan and media want to see it as a sequel to the incidents in Tunisia and Egypt, let me assure you…

  • Shocking Attack on a Pakistani in a Hospital in Bahrain

    This is an email I received from Bahrain sharing a shocking detail of Human Rights abuses against Pakistanis in these riots. I personally cannot verify the contents but talking to a number of Pakistanis based in Bahrain all attest that such incident did occur and this incident is being widely reported. What is actually happening…

  • Raymond Davis goes free after paying $2.34 Million in Blood Money

    As expected the Americans finally had their way, the CIA operative who had shot dead two Pakistanis on the streets of Lahore in January was released by the an additional session judge Yousuf Ojla in Kot Lakpath Jail. He initially found Raymond Davis guilty of the double murder but immediately the lawyers presented the families…

  • March for Education Emergency in Pakistan

    The education task force in Pakistan has launched a push to create awareness on the education crisis in Pakistan, a mere look at the highlights of their detailed report would scare the beejeepers out of everyone. A few salient points have been extracted below to better understand the issue, while some graphics were also extracted…

  • Citizens for Democracy: “Silence Means More Blood” Letter signing campaign

    Thousands of people from all walks of life joined hands with Citizens for Democracy (CFD), by participating and signing letters in the interfaith harmony drive “Silence Means More Blood” launched by CFD on Saturday, March 12, 2011. At a camp set up in front of Jahangir Kothari Parade, opposite Park Towers, Clifton, Karachi, people signed…

  • US in a total Diplomatic fallout over Raymond Davis

    Mohammad Malick of The News has shared one of the biggest news stories of his investigative journalism career, he has dug deep into the Raymond Davis issue and has produced some very interesting facts, if most of what he shares is true then I think he has been instrumental in changing the fate and destiny…