Category: Pakistan

  • We can change our fortunes, The way we won the final

    Guest post by Azhar Aslam and Shaista Kazmi So how did we do it? Was it sheer luck? Hardly any one would agree. Was it Faith only? Some would argue for that. Was it the sheer talent of Afridi, Akmal, Razzaq and Gul? Many would vouch for that. As I write this, my mother has…

  • We are the Twenty20 World Cup Champions !!!

    Little words can express the happiness with which I celebrate the fact that Pakistan are the World Champions of the Twenty20 world cup. To have defeated Sri Lanka with a comfortable margin of eight wickets and many balls to spare. Pakistan erupted with a roar of celebrations heard not only in Pakistan but practically every…

  • Monitor #PakCricket LIVE

    Keep an eye on the conversations going on online via this Live Blog, if you choose to take part then either join twitter.com and use the hashtag #PakCricket [which will pull your message into this live blog] alternatively you can leave a comment in the CoveritLive application re and after approval it can be shared…

  • #PakCricket Appears on Twitter Trending

    The #PakCricket twitter rally started late Saturday night an attempt to rally behind the Pakistan Cricket Team when it was due to face the Sri Lankan Cricket team on Sunday in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup at Lords in London. Simply having the team featuring in the Twenty20 Final was a godsend morale boost for…

  • e-Rally in support of Pakistan Team in Twenty20 World Cup Final

    Sunday evening the Pakistan Cricket team will face off Sri Lanka at Lords Cricket Stadium for the Twenty20 World Cup Final. Naturally our prayers are with the team, many supporters will actually be at the venue to support the team, while many will rally in front of their TV sets amongst friends and family, rooting…

  • The women who walked – and walked

    This is an abridged version that was published on 4th June in The News extracted from a recent report by AIRRA (Aryana Institute for Regional Research and Advocacy) based in Peshawar, whose members traveled to the IDP camps for these interviews. We write here some of the stories the women of Swat told us. They…

  • A Global issue of Terrorism – Stop Criticizing Pakistan

    Pakistan has been in massive fluctuations since the Pakistani government started operation in Swat and the other heaven like valleys in Northern Areas against Taliban. Some of the parties are criticizing the Government owing to operation. All the International countries like US, European etc are also in the favor of operation against the militants. Before…

  • IDP Crisis, More transparency, please

    Voices of reason and critique are often drowned in the sounds of gunfire and heavy artillery shelling. This current operation ‘Rah-e-Rast’, or what is being termed as a ‘War for Pakistan’s survival’, has resulted in an exodus of almost 3 million people which might just be another number for those who are at the helm…

  • Khashkelis Feudalism Issue at a standstill

    Have been silent about the many developments that have been taking place with regard to the regularization and restoration of the village to the Khaskelis as they were so confident of “winning” this final round — because one of their own representatives whom they trust implicitly (and who has since become a minister without portfolio)…

  • Dorab Patel on Judicial Aloofness – CJP’s meeting Richard Holbrooke

    Mr Shakil Jafri editor of The Financial Daily asked me to reproduce as an article what I had written on CJ meeting Richard Holbrooke. With the intention to expand on these few paragraphs I chanced upon some reflections of a past judge which I added to my statement and am reproducing it below. Members of…

  • CJP Iftikhar meets Holbrooke?

    There is a news item which may go unnoticed that the Chief Justice of Pakistan had a meeting with Mr Richard Holbrooke in his chambers on Friday. We as members of the civil society have struggled long and hard for his restoration and we continue to respect the Supreme Court, but for matters of dignity…

  • TEDIndia invites TED Fellows applications from Pakistan

    For those who have been dotting the internet arena for sometime must have bumped across one or more inspirational presentations on TED.com. Only recently Faisal Chohan had been selected as TED Fellow 2009 and it is through his efforts that we extend an open invitation to Pakistanis. The selection to this TED Fellows group is…

  • IDP Crisis: A tragedy of errors and Cover-ups – HRCP

    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has published a very comprehensive report on the IDP situation in NWFP titled A tragedy of errors and Cover-ups:The IDPs and outcome of military actions in FATA and Malakand Division its quite a comprehensive report. I have taken the liberty to extract some critical sections which caught my…

  • Bilawal Zardari bumps a seat in the Pakistani Delegation to the White House

    A casual glance at this picture above taken a few weeks back one would generally not have seen the anomaly but a careful look reveals the problem, a high level meeting in Washington between the respective Presidents of The United States of American, Afghanistan and Pakistan, seems ordinary enough. Generally such a meeting is attended…

  • IDP Relief Drive from Karachi to Mardan – a Detailed Report

    IDP Relief Drive from Karachi to Mardan The IDP Relief Drive DAY 1, Thursday May 21th DAY 2, Thursday May 22nd DAY 3, Thursday May 23rd Conclusion The IDP Relief Drive On May 15th, 2009, a good friend, renowned blogger and dentist Dr. Awab Alvi emailed his contacts for collecting and distributing relief goods to…