Category: Technology

  • Chairman CBR dancing away…. [Updated]

    Abdullah Yusuf (Chairman CBR) seen doing an exotic dance in a suit in front of an excited crowd which also had Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz seated in the front rows. I just found it amusing… Enjoy Credit Faisal Khan | Download Clip Video updated with the longer version and a clearer image

  • Teeth Maestro v 4.0

    Welcome to the new design of Teeth Maestro’s Blog, it is for the record the fourth major re-design of this blog since 2004 when I first started to blog on the world wide web.. The v3.0 had been running for almost an entire year and saw us through some serious political debates here in Pakistan…

  • Lahore Electric Supply Corp (http://LESCO.info) – Honeypot for Privacy leaks

    ReallyVirtual, a fellow blogger from Lahore accidentally stumbled across a major security flaw, a few weeks back, within the website of the Lahore Electric Supply Corporation (LESCO) http://www.lesco.info/. It must be kept in mind that LESCO’s original public page is at http://lesco.gov.pk, but this alternate website seems to be geared towards the support personnel. Accessing…

  • Wukla Cola – a Geo.tv spin of ‘Brrr’ Coke commercial

  • Mainay Uss Say Yeh Kaha – Habib Jalib

    A poem by Habib Jalib called “Musheer” (advisor) [lyrics]. Jalib wrote it as a satirical piece against Hafiz Jalandari in the period of Ayub Khan. It is equally valid today. Credits: Shahram Azhar – Vocals Taimur Rahman – Music Mahvash Waqar – Backing Vocals Taimur Khan – Director Producer Dita Peskova – Assistant Director Jamie…

  • Geo News blocked in Karachi – MQM election rigging allegations

    It is being reported throughout the city of Karachi that Geo News was suddenly taken off-air during the Capital Talk show where Ansar Abbasi stated that MQM won the election due to massive rigging. This statement apparently aggravated the leadership in Karachi forcing the channel off-air in Karachi. More updates to follow First updated on…

  • Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets Slapped with a Shoe

    Today at the Sindh Assembly Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets a royal treatment with a shoe slapped across his forehead. It may seem funny for many, sweet revenge for others but all said as members of a democratic and sane society we must condemn this act as this is no way to treat an elected parliamentary…

  • Geert Wilders to edit ‘Fitna’ for Copyright Infringement & Dutch businesses threaten to sue

    Geert Wilders the creator of the anti-Quran film which drew worldwide condemnations will edit out a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad after complaints of copyright infringement. He had used the cartoon by Danish artist Kurt Westergaard twice in the film “Fitna.” The drawing, which depicts Islam’s prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a lit fuse,…

  • Karachi Metroblogs pulls an April Fools prank

    The cat is finally out of the bag, and the entire Karachi Metroblog team has come clean accepting the April fools joke being played on its readers. The plan was hatched barely two days ago on our internal mailing list, a number of ideas were floated to finally settle with two options one was for…

  • RIP – KMB Going Down

    Well its not news to anyone who regularly follows Karachi Metroblog but at this moment all of our current batch of authors are effectively sidelined and trashed. Sean the co-founder from Metrblogging wrote a post after he disabled all authors from the system where he states that the ongoing bickering and fighting amongst the authors…

  • YouTube Blocked again in Pakistan

    It is being reported on the mailing list for the Society Against Internet Censorship in Pakistan that YouTube is yet again being blocked here in Pakistan. Though no notification has yet surfaced from the the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority but most users are reporting a total blackout showing error pages while accessing youtube.com A little investigation…

  • Geert Wilders uploads Fitna, but host forced to delete video a day later

    The Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film critical of Islam’s holy book, the Koran, on the Internet. I personally have not seen this video and do not plan to watch it simply in protest of his deliberate attempt to spark hatred along religious lines. Generally when reading the description of the…

  • Blog on the Move >> UPDATE: We have successfully Moved

    UPDATE: We have finally moved over to the new host, I hope things are a ‘bit’ faster Since the past few days I have been having nightmares with my host (dreamhost) either due to a fault in my system or their lackluster response to attending my frantic cries for help. Yesterday I finally pulled the…

  • Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Release as covered LIVE

    Courtesy: Noman

  • Aitzaz Ahsan vs Malik Qayyum debate

    This debate between Aitzaz Ahsan and Malik Qayyum was featured on Hamid Mir’s show Capital Talk on 19th March. Its an hour long discussion divided into nine parts but a definite must watch