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  • The Flag’s Complaint : a Poetic Pledge!

    Guest Post by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi In this poem, the flag of Pakistan summons the common Pakistani citizen and expresses its grief on the countrywide mourning of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, moreover it levels some complaints and reminiscences old times! 17 crore people asleep and someone cried wake up from apathy, Bhutto died! Sea of…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Three

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here It is with a heavy heart that I write today. My condolence to her immediate family and to all who looked up at her and I fear for…

  • What choices do we have?

    Guest Blog by Naeem Sadiq posted on the People’s Resistance Network One hopes that we have finally realised on a day as sad as this one, that the violence of the state and of fundamentalists can only take us to darker destinations. Never before have I witnessed such intense pain and sorrow, shared so much…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Two

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part One has already been published by Teeth Maestro last week and which was subsequent to a letter written by me to the Chairman NAB requesting for either…

  • Woh Eid e Nazzara

    Guest Blog by Sophia Ali Fellow Pakistanis, I am outraged like many of you by the sheer brutality of the treatment meted out to Aitzaz Ahsan, and that too on Eid! My salutations to you Aitzaz and to all the heroes of the resistance. May Allah bring our struggle to fruition! Woh Eid e Nazzara…

  • A Macro-Analysis of Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsans Open Letter

    Guest post by Hassan Baig Hassan analyzes the realistic implication of the open letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan to the Pakistan Bar Council on Dec 5 Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a leader in his own right. A populist leader even. Moreover, his read of the political spectrum and all developing eventualities is sensible and…

  • The Silence of Friends

    Guest post by Salman Ahmad “In the end, what we will remember is not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends – Martin Luther King Jr The Chinese proverb goes May you live in interesting times and the past week has been nothing if not that. The openly accusatory e-mail exchange…

  • Musharraf’s Economic Deception – Part 1

    Guest Post by Dr. Tariq Naeem General Musharraf took over the reigns of power in 1999 from Nawaz Sharif with the Pakistan economy on the verge of bankruptcy. So desperate was the situation Nawaz Sharif toured the world visiting Pakistanis with a begging bowl requesting them to invest in Pakistan due to the sanctions imposed…

  • CodePink – Vigil Outside a “Sub-Jail” in Lahore

    CodePink activists were in Karachi for a few days and later headed off to the northern areas to take more part in the Anti-Martial law activities. Reaching Lahore they have already started making a ruckus and an article by Medea Benjamin on their visit to Aitzaz Ahsan’s house where he has been placed under house…

  • Aik Mehkoom Apney Neem Hakeem Se

    Guest Post Sophia Ali Does anyone remember the incomparable Malika Pukhraj singing “Abhi to main Jawan hoon”? I have evoked Hafeez Jalandhari sahib’s hypnotic cadences with a dash of black humour and a burning question about missing Pakistanis. I use the word Hakeem on purpose rather than Hakim to denote the self appointed Dictator/Doctor of…

  • This Grain Of Truth – A tribute to Muneer Malik

    Guest post by Sophia Ali An immeasurable wave of rage and pride rises up in me every time I watch the video of Muneer Malik speaking from his hospital bed. Here is a Pakistani hero whose voice was tortured to a whisper, yet they couldn’t subdue the volume of his incredible spirit, a radiance that…

  • The Path of a Patriot

    Guest post by mhb Opposing General Pervez Musharraf is not a cause worth endorsing solely by itself. General Pervez Musharraf is not the man he was when he first usurped the seat of Pakistan’s government. Over time as his political age has advanced, he has undergone a staged metamorphosis: from an amateur idealist, to a…

  • Goonj Uthti Hai Des Kay Har Dareechay se

    Guest post by Sophia Ali Goonjh uthti hai des kay har dareechay se Bahar e majma e awaam khilti hai Kheench lo is lamhay ko, waqt kay gariban se Yeh ghari chooti, to phir wapis, laut ke nahin milti hai Har firaun kay din girvein hain Yeh baat tali kab tak? Bol kay ab nahin…

  • Goonjh – An Anthem of Freedom dedicated to the People of Pakistan

    Guest post by Sophia Ali My fellow Pakistanis, I am an a poet and artist who left for exile in the eighties after my incorruptible father’s career was destroyed under the rule of our last military dictator, Zia ul Haq. The present events have stirred me to return to Urdu Shairi after a long hiatus.…

  • Inside the mind of a Supreme Court Judge

    Supreme Court of Pakistan is about to give its verdict on Qazi Hussain Ahmed’s petition and it should be interesting to find out what possibly would be going through the mind of a supreme court Judge sitting not only at one of the most important and respected position in Pakistan but also at the brink…