Category: Pakistan

  • Expatriate Pakistanis react with Passion

    Ever since the Massacre of May 12th in Karachi which sadly claimed the lives of over 50 people, the world is abuzz with astonished outrage. The people living in Pakistan naturally go through hell with the day-to-day incidents but what people often tend to forget are the emotions of those Pakistanis living outside Pakistan who…

  • PEMRA Clamps Down on TV Channels

    The saga continues, the battle between the bureaucracy and the electronic media has now come to an interesting juncture. PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) has issued guidelines to all TV channels curtailing their freedom to cover LIVE events hence forcing them to seek prior clearance from PEMRA. The trojan horse has been camouflaged under…

  • Salman Ahmed speaks out against MQM

    An open letter by Salman Ahmed, a famous Pakistani singer, to all Pakistanis Altaf Hussain and his murdering accomplices deserve to be tried for their crimes against Pakistan. I’ve been threatened by them on many occasions in the past 15 years. One particular time was when I refused to perform at Altaf’s marriage function in…

  • Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12, 2007

    A narrative of the events of “Black Saturday and the “stop-the-blame-game argument Guest Post by Beena Sarwar article also published in The News on 27th May “Here in Karachi, we avoid name calling and finger pointing due to fear of having our knees drilled ON May 12, 2007, Karachi witnessed orchestrated mayhem. Such carnage is…

  • Pakistanis, Be a Part of the Change

    The political situation in Pakistan is literally in an uproar these days and its getting worse, its time that Patriotic Pakistanis have to step up and be a part of the change, we cannot continue to live behind closed doors and hope that ‘someone‘ would come along to change Pakistan for the better – No…

  • Mr. President, Please Shut Up!!!

    These are the very words that would come to ones mind if any of you were unfortunate enough to watch General Pervaiz Musharraf address the opening ceremony of Dawn News TV. It was a classy event and Hameed Haroon sat helplessly (and fuming) on the side watching the President ramble aimlessly on and on about…

  • MQM threatens 20 journalists

    Reporters Without Borders has issued a press release suggesting that Muhajir Rabita Council an integral part of the MQM leadership has threatened some 20 odd journalists for their reporting activities related to the 5/12 Massacre. The list of Journalists include Zafar Abbass, Mazhar Abbas, Shaheen Sehbai, and Dr. Shahid Masood. Ever since the fateful day…

  • The 5/12 Massacre

    For the past few days I have been writing quite openly on Karachi Metroblogs about the carnage served up by on the fateful day of 12th May 2007. The more I logically try to reason what happened I continue to fall deeper into the corner of laying the blame squarely on Musharraf who used MQM…

  • A TT to my head & a press pass in my Pocket

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog For those who did not have a glance at today’s Daily Times, Urooj Zia (UZi) our fellow Karachi Metroblogger has written an article titled ‘A TT to my head and…

  • I Love Karachi

    A set of amazing graphics created by Ejaz Asi, if you love Karachi copy these images and promote it. Spread Love, Not Hatred

  • 5/12

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog In the recent past, specially after 9/11, it has become a routine to disambiguate specific dates with numbers. I feel yesterday, 12th May 2007 was such a date on which…

  • Karachi Witnesses an Organized Massacre

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog It is indeed sad to see the situation in Karachi get progressively worse. It can be easily said that all this was bound to happen since MQM was destined to…

  • Benazir On Sale for Rs 75 ONLY

    While the city of Karachi is a witness to the standoff between MQM and the rest of the opposition which is gearing up for the arrival of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to Karachi. We take a short breather to enjoy looking at an interesting quarter page print advertisement which appeared in one of the…

  • Shahrai Faisal Blocked at Karsaz Tipu Sultan

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog In just a recent development I am told that Shahrai Faisal has been completely blocked going towards airport at the Karsaz Junction. This can be a great ploy to defeat…

  • A wolf among donkeys will always be the KING

    Analyzing the method behind the madness in Karachi Guest Blog by Munib Part – 1 Whether or not the final score goes against Musharraf or CJP, The possible clash tomorrow & if continued in coming weeks will make sure the President stays in power forever fooling all players,including lawyers, MQM, opposition & definitely the civil…