Teeth Maestro

Category: Pakistan

  • Western Union for Adsense in Pakistan

    Google Adsense has finally finalized the work for allowing Google Adsense publishers to receive their check via Western Union Quick Cash. This option is available to only individuals based in Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Philippines and five other countries, I assume these were those sore spots where publishers were facing a genuine problem in receiving their…

  • Free Burma

    The junta in Burma (aka Myanmar) may have blacked out public internet access in the country in an attempt to prevent information about the military’s violent crackdown on protesting monks from getting out, but the move is proving to be too little too late. Now Free-Burma.org has announced an International Bloggers’ Day for Burma on…

  • Statement by Article 19 on Burma

    For the past few days I have been out of contact since I am on a traveling spree going to Siem Ream, Cambodia and now taking some time off in Kuala Lampur for a few days before heading back to Karachi. The Siem Ream meeting was the 8th Informal Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Seminar on Human…

  • 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…

  • Quinge.com

    As some of the readers of my blog and those in the Pakistani blogoshpere may well know, Omer Alvie and I have been involved in a number of projects together. It started from raising funds for earthquake victims at Help-Pakistan.com, followed by the Don’t Block the Blog and the subsequent launch of Bloggers.Pakistan, with a…

  • Understanding the E-Crime Bill

    A few days I had posted about the Draconian Cyber Crime Law in Pakistan where I attempted to discuss a small part of the bill trying to convey the gravity of the issue in that short write up, but I feel it probably did not do enough justice to the actual presentation made by Zahid…

  • Google Criticized for Honoring Anti-Israel’ Author

    Last Thursday, Google put up a special Roald Dahl logo on its main page google.com to celebrate the birthday of the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Some hours later the logo was gone, not getting its customary one day in the spotlight. The company acknowledged that it took down the decoration known as…

  • Teeth Maestro Interviewed by Pakistani Spectator

    I was recently interview by Ghazala Khan at The Pakistani Spectator – here is the published version as found on their website – I thank her and the entire Pakistani Spectator team for all the kind words they have repeatedly mentioned about me. Interview with Dr. Awab Alvi : Blogging Maestro Teeth Maestro is one…

  • Sehba Musharraf, Covering Candidate for Musharraf

    In a country of over 160 million people, a cabinet with hundreds of members, a National Assembly with over 300 leaders. Gangster General Pervaiz Musharraf in a recent attempt to announce his candidacy for President of Pakistan has also filed nomination papers for Sehba Musharraf as his covering candidate. The Nation reports “President General Pervez…

  • Supremacy of Institutions

    Guest Post by Syed Omar Ahmed Sixty years on, and carrying a baggage of injustices, divisions and corruption in all ranks and layers, Pakistan has a chance to be guided out of the path of self-destruction by the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. It is a wonderful change of roles for an…

  • May 12th HRCP Report – Carnage in Karachi but the Saga Continues

    A few days back Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (blog) has published a fact finding report on the events of May 12th 2007 which is without doubt a tragic day in the history of Karachi (DOWNLOAD). It was a day when goons were deliberately let loose on the streets to enforce their concept of law…

  • Nawaz Sharif Deported !!!!

    In yet another embarrassing situation in Pakistan – Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been deported from the country, after a stand off which lasted a few hours. The aircraft from London PK-786 landed in Islamabad early today morning. After a few hours being holed up in the aircraft he was allowed to enter…

  • Nasim Ashraf tells Players to Shut Up

    Nasim Ashraf, the chairman of PCB Cricket has issued a gag order on all PCB player to not discuss Shoaib Ahktar and his assault on Mohd Asif. “Shoaib was sent home and handed an indefinite ban following a dressing-room scuffle, during which he hit Asif on the thigh with a bat. On arrival in Pakistan,…

  • Draconian Cyber Crime Law in Pakistan

    Yesterday a few concerned Pakistanis gathered together at The Second Floor to discuss the Cyber Crime Bill (Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2007). The event was hosted at T2F and sponsored by Alchemy Technologies allowing Barrister Zahid Jamil an opportunity to explain / interpret in simpler terms the impact of this bill on our daily…

  • Shoaib & Asif, Cat Fight !!!

    In hot news coming in from South Africa where the Pakistan cricket team is in their final preparations for the upcoming Twenty 20 World Cup. Apart from cricketing news it seems two Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Asif have made headlines when they have had a war of words in the dressing room leaving…