Category: Personal
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OffroadPakistan: Goran Gatti Trip 2008
A few weeks back in the middle of January I went on an off-road adventure trip to Goran Gatti one of the highest mountain deep within the Hingol National Park. It was a four day trip filled with adventure fun and excitement. The group had over 13 tough off road vehicles with over 35 people…
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BBC Radio Five Interview: Pods & Blogs
Sabeen Mahmood and I were interviewed late last night (election night) by BBC Radio 5 it can be heard here while the show notes can be read on the BBC Radio 5 website (we are in the first 10 minutes of the show) [audio:pods_20080219-0343.mp3]
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People’s Resistance Activists Inteviewed in GT (Good Times) magazine
The latest publication of GoodTimes has around 36-pages of pictures and interviews with various civil society activists from Karachi and Lahore predominantly from the Karachi based People’s Resistance network. For the sake of posterity I have scanned the relevant pages (in low quality) and is now available for download, but to really enjoy the entire…
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Teeth Maestro on Breakfast with Dawn
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Teeth Maestro off to Hingol, Baluchistan
Just a personal update for my blog readers, I am off to a four day 4×4 adventure cum camping trip to Hingol, Baluchistan. An estimated 14 off road vehicles are set to brave the dunes of Baluchistan in an attempt to reach Goran Gatti a mountainous region deep inside the Hingol National Park The group…
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A Very Happy Eid Mubarak & My Sincere Prayers for Pakistan
For all my regular readers, it will not be too hard to figure out my Dua for this Eid-ul-Adha. I sincerely wish each and every Muslim in the world a very happy and joyous Eid, while at the same time I urge them to take a moment to pray for Pakistan asking Allah, God Almighty…
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People’s Resistance faces Police Resistance
A flurry of SMS’s were posted on this blog which started of first on that I might actually be arrested by the police and my car impounded and a good 30 or so minutes later I posted that I was free to go credit to some intense on street side negotiations by the men and…
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Eid Mubarak
I would like to extend my warm greetings to all my readers, on this Eid-ul-Fitr wishing you all a very Happy Eid Mubarak. At this joyous occasion please take a moment to offer a prayer for the hundreds and thousands of innocent lives being lost in North Waziristan for the sake of ‘someone else’s [read…
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Travelogue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
In the past few days I have been out of Pakistan traveling to Cambodia and Malaysia. In the due course I have visited four cities and hope to do a small travelogue about the city and my observations and pictures to boost. Cambodia for many may very well me an odd place to head off…
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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…
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Musharraf & his Hair Pulling Fenzy
The Economist recently published an image in their August 16th issue which was a perfect reflection of the emotional roller coaster faced by General Pervaiz Musharraf and his feeble attempt to remain in power by a thin thread. Last week the Supreme Court of Pakistan handed him yet another lethal blow by nullifying all agreements…
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…to Pakistan
…. the 60th Independence Day of Pakistan is about to end, and I, like a number of Pakistanis sadly are not exactly ‘hip’ with joy celebrating this all important event. In 60 years we were supposed to be progressing with leaps and bounds, we were supposed to be competing shoulder to shoulder in the world…
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Teeth Maestro v3.0
Barely over three years back on July 6th 2004 was the release of the first ever post made by this blogger on the world wide web. Three years seems like a long time, but it has been fun. This fad started off like just one of those geeky itches, an attempt to explore the latest…
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ABCN Interview
It has been purely by coincidence that I was invited to another radio show to share my opinions on the Chief Justice issue. This time it was by Asian Broadcasting Network in Chicago which airs on 1590 WONX. A weekly Urdu show which airs every Sunday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm (CST). I was invited into…
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Sign the Petition for Justice in Pakistan NOW!!!
MAIN HYPERLINK TO THE PETITION ON PROUD-PAKISTANI.COM A petition has been created by Pakistanis condemning this recent attack on the judicial system in Pakistan, if you believe in the sovereignty of Pakistan then you must definitely sign the petition and forward it to all Pakistanis who may join the effort to raise their voice and…