Category: Pakistan
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Extraordinary Pakistanis: Dr Arif Alvi – Express Tribune
Express Tribune: Dr Arif Alvi is an acquired taste. He isn’t your typical flash in the pan Pakistani politician who rides his 1,000-watt charisma to answer difficult questions. Instead, Dr Arif is that rare Pakistani politician whose substance overwhelms his style. He quotes ideas from Plato, Maulana Maududi, Marx and Thomas Piketty with equal ease. Even…
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The Railway School almost ready
It was truly a ghost school before – Insha’Allah now with the involvement of The Citizens Foundation – TCF imparting good quality education it should become a proper school – impacting the lives of children in the area. Funds to revamp this school were raised from kind donors and supporters – and slowly in the…
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MetroSexuals Re-defined in Sharifistan
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The Axact Controversy – Whodunnit?
Admittedly – for the past two days it seems I’ve been obsessed with the Axact story – I honestly have no personal vendetta, don’t even know any person there, but it pisses me off when someone bullies another into silence and Axact has been notorious for this game since too long to remember. Any attempt…
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Axact Landing in Hot water over Degree Mill Scam
Today early morning New York Times Pakistan Desk editor Declan Walsh publishes an expose on Axact and its Degree Mill Scam that has been under the covers for many years. Previously any attempt to expose this company usually ended up in a legal cease and desist letter issued to anyone whosoever published anything negative on Axact.…
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Precautions to be taken to avoid Naegleria Fowleri contamination
As summer approaches Karachi – there is some confusion amongst the public on how to cope with the fatal amoeba called Naegleria Fowleri, many updates are posted, some true and some more in the terms of mere panic. I share this brief update on how to prevent being contaminated by Naegleria Fowleri, sadly my father-in-law succumbed to this…
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Election Tribunals Justice Delayed is a Loss for Pakistan
“DAWN: Analysis: Justice Delayed for PTI” – Having been mentioned in the article for the tweet “Dr Awab Alvi tweeted: sad fact what the election tribunal should have decided in 120 days, takes one year, 11 months and 23 days — justice delayed is justice denied.” What bothers me, is critics still see this as…
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Audio Conversation Leaked – a Privacy Issue Discussion
As many may have heard about the conversation between Imran Khan & Dr Arif Alvi, truly in my opinion there is nothing incriminating in the conversation so the contents are in the political discussion domain which I do not want to open up on Linkedin – the political discourse can be continued on my blog…
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Confessional Video of Saulat Mirza – exposing MQM
Only a few hours before his hanging (MQM leader / Activist) Saulat Mirza, a confessional video is aired which exposes the MQM fully as a Terrorist party that has besieged Karachi – he confesses to having killed KESC MD on the direct instructions from Senator Babar Ghauri and Altaf Hussain – amongst other many confessions.…
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British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team in World Cup
So it seems that the British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team appearance in the World Cup? Ironic that they bomb a country to hell under the garb of “War on Terror” only to rebuild a cricket team? How thoughtful !!! is this English notion of Charity? Or laying the breadcrumbs towards a…
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KPK Govt renames 107 schools after slain APS students
KPK Govt renames 107 schools after slain APS students #Education #PTI “The provincial government has renamed 107 existing government schools across the province after students slain in the gruesome terrorist attack on Army Public School (APS) last year.” Read full story on Tribune
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PTI wins Senate seats by a Whisker, but will the Senate Elections Change in the future – NO
Im happy, that PTI has successfully defeated the horse trading attempts in the KPK assembly (literally by our whiskers) – but what worries me more is that the status quo leash on Pakistan has yet to be challenged and chopped to bits. We cannot & should not let them continue this mess on Pakistan –…
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Help us rebuild the Railway School at Kalapul – an NA250 & ICWS Project
Insaf Community Welfare Society partners with The Citizens Foundation to adopt this Railway school near Kalapul – work is fully underway for the initial handover to TCF in some respectable state in the coming month, but we need generous support to rebuild and rehabilitate this school to its old glory – taking it from the…
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Forgotten Tragedies – The Nation
The Nation Editorial > One would think that terrorism and militancy is our biggest concern, but political espionage and plotting has been our curse since the very beginning. So many lives have been lost over the years, from the infamous bori-band corpses of Sindh to the massacre of Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers in Punjab, we…
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Update on the APS Injured Student Ahmed Nawaz
For quite a few days Social Media was abuzz with concerns about the medical treatment of one of the school children injured in the APS attack in Peshawar named Ahmed Nawaz – ever-so Vigilant Media carried reports of an enraged father pleading to the govt of medical assistance (or lack of). I personally had been…