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Author: Dr. Awab Alvi

  • Abdullah Saad > Operation Rah-e-Nijat: An operational assessment

    Abdullah Saad discusses the operational assessment of Pakistan Army’s offensive in South Waziristan Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation). A definite read to understand the dynamics of this offensive that Pakistan needs to take upon itself to possibly clean up the shit left by the Americans and their disastrous War on Terror

  • Pakistan Army kicks out Rehman Malik from GHQ

    Its a little old news but I still feel the needed to register my appreciation for the Pakistan Army when on Wednesday they refused entry / expelled / kicked out Mr. No-good Rehman Malik as he went to attend ‘a ceremony’ at the GHQ to pay homage to the army personnel who died during the…

  • Desperation or Challenge – Pakistan Must Act

    By Azhar Aslam When someone declares an open war, how must a nation react? How should they defend themselves? Have we forgotten the lessons from war with India? Why should we feel different now when we are being attacked from inside rather than from outside. By attacking various institutions of Pakistani state (in attacks of…

  • Telenor EasyPaisa Launch Event: Karachi

    Today a number of bloggers were invited to the launch ceremony of EasyPaisa at PC Hotel, Karachi. EasyPaisa is a new service launched by Telenor for its subscribers allowing them to pay utility bills across any retail outlet in Pakistan. EasyPaisa comes in partnership with Tameer Bank allowing general retailers to signup and serve their…

  • US Joins Arms Trade Treaty but at a High Price

    The United Nations is at the moment undergoing a very important debate on the Arms Trade Treaty which more or less has a very direct impact on the lives of everyone, specially in countries like Pakistan where there is an abundance of unregulated arms and ammunition. The Arms Trade Treaty is to control the conventional…

  • Murree Peace Statement: Aman Ittehad

    Aman Ittehad: insaf, adm tashadud aur barabari ki jiddojehad Representatives of 35 organizations from across Pakistan belonging to trade unions, media, youth organizations, minority groups, NGOs, academia, business, and the legal profession, gathered in Murree from 9 to 11 October to deliberate over the current situation in the country and to discuss pathways to peace.…

  • Laidback Show – Episode 03 – UpShorts

    The third edition of The Laidback Show – UpShorts, by Fasial Kapadia and Awab Alvi. Enjoy the discussion but would love some feedback on how we can improve this casual discussion podcast Show Notes after the jump

  • Indian bloggers welcome the Pakistani delegation to TEDIndia

    Indian technology blogger TechGirl welcomes the Pakistani delegation to TEDIndia. This can possibly be a great opportunity to spread the message of friendship across the digital divide. Here’s to TechGirl, may this meetup in November be the start of a long lasting friendship between the two nations

  • Peoples Resistance: Protest against Army Brutality

    Location: Karachi Press Club Date: Tuesday 7th October, 2009 Time: 5:00 PM The People’s Resistance strongly condemns the Army brutality captured on video recently as illegal and despicable behaviour on the basis of violation of the understanding of our human rights and our laws. In no sense can this strong condemnation be understood as support…

  • Video on Human Rights Abuses by Pakistan Army leads to Censorship

    For the past few days a specific gut wrenching video has been making its way around the Pakistani web-sphere which shows a Pakistani Army Major conducting an interrogation of two people suspected of harboring Talibans. During the Question and Answer session the Major steps back and orders his crew to ruthlessly beat the person punching,…

  • Guftago – In Conversation

    Another must watch podcast by a good group of friends Faisal Qureshi and his wife Reema Siddiqui along with Faisal Khan and his wife Anika Khan, sit casually in Faisal Qureshi’s den to have a 45 minute in-camera conversation. This is definitely a must watch podcast – Guftago – Pilot

  • The Laidback Show Episode 2

    The second episode of our podcast / videocast with Faisal Kapadia and myself has been released. This comes as the second episode after our first attempt to podcasting when the unnamed NoNam show which was initially uploaded, we now have a name > The Laidback Show. Check out the Episode 2 (there is definitely room…

  • Who’s actually running Pakistan? The Americans or Pakistanis?

    Ammar Faheem lashes out without mincing any words US Ambassador Patterson MUST be EXPELLED which comes in response to Anne Patterson’s statment regarding the Quetta Shura yesterday “You cannot tolerate vipers in your bosom without getting bitten our concern is whether Pakistan really controls its territory. There are people who do not threaten Pakistan but…

  • A Grave Error: Letter to the Editor in Response to ones own Obituary

    On 27th September Dr. Farhat Taj in the article titled “The Taliban and Salarzais” reported that Malik Munsaib Khan had died in an attack to say “The same day they informed me on telephone that Malik Munasib Khan, the spokesman of the Salarzai lashkar, had been killed. They held the ISI responsible for his killing”…

  • Pakistani media’s corporate interests > Abdullah Saad

    Abdullah Saad talks about Pakistani media’s corporate interests and our threat perceptions, discussing how the media reacted to Saad Khan’s tragic death, Annie Pattersons secret (but leaked) letter to Rehman Malik and more importantly (for me) the hot topic ie Blackwater-Xe. Abdullah Saad: LINK