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Pakistan; The Ongoing “Soft Revolution” towards a “Welfare State” – Part II
Guest Post by Silence Part I of this series can be read here The first Cultural Revolution in history of sub-continent was the Sufi movement, from the 13th century A.D. Sufism increasingly attracted the creative social and intellectual energies within the community and with the passage of time it acquired new dimensions and began to…
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Pakistan; The Ongoing “Soft Revolution” towards a “Welfare State” – Part I
Guest Post by Silence A welfare state is a government that provides for the welfare, or the well-being, of its citizens completely. Such a government is involved in citizens’ lives at every level. It provides for physical, material, and social needs rather than the people providing for their own. The purpose of the welfare state…
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Is Dr. A Q Khan a thief?
Guest Post by Zubair Ahmed After reading Mr. Shakir Husain’s “Our Heroes” published in The News on 11th June 2008, I immediately dismissed one of my own hypotheses that said: ‘only’ senior military officers, given a chance to speak on high technology; reveal an uncanny ability to churn out opinionated nonsense. Mr. Shakir fears “Essentially…
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Long March and… a new generation learns to Mobilize
Burhan and Riaz Ahmed International Socailists of Pakistan History made an entire cross section of civil society of Pakistan learned and transformed from its own struggle against rules from above. Long march ended today at 6 am with thousands of agitators sending a strong message to those in corridor of power that they know how…
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Reporters Without Borders question GEO blockage in UAE
RSF issues an immediate press release questioning the blockage of Capital Talk and Meray Mutabiq on GEO tv PAKISTAN-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai-based satellite TV station GEO News censored again Reporters Without Borders calls on the governments of Pakistan and United Arab Emirates to explain how GEO News, a Pakistani privately-owned TV station that broadcasts by…
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Capital Talk & Meray Mutabiq blocked in UAE
Reports are coming in that Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk and Dr. Shahid Masood’s Merey Mutabiq on GEO both programs have been banned by UAE govt. Hamid Mir on Aaj says it is because of Rehman Malik What’s the latest gossip? And why? It truly irks me to see Rehman Malik interfering with Pakistans affairs
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Guantanamo Bay Prison in the Long March to Islamabad
A special truck customized to represent the illegal prison run by the US Army at Guantanamo Bay is seen to be en route to Islamabad along with the Long March. Some student volunteers were rallied across various student networks to join on the float as mock prisoners. Catch the Live updates of the Long March…
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Citizen Journalists cover the Long March
I mentioned a few posts earlier that an initiative has been launched to help cover the Long March procession through its journey from Karachi to Islamabad. The first day I personally reported on the details of the journey from Karachi to Hyderabad and then Sukkur, it was later followed up by frequent SMS and Phone…
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Ahmed Rashid at Asia Society
Asia Society in New York recently hosted Ahmed Rashid the author of the latest book Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Rashid talked about complex geopolitics of the region in the aftermath of 9/11, focusing on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States, sharply…
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Dawn Op-Ed: Marching into History by Cyril Almeida
Published today in the DAWN Op-Ed section by Cyril Almeida Cyril does well to decipher the Constitutional mess being created these days by various individuals in Islamabad, the chaos of the Double A’s, Double B’s, Triple A’s and what not have been deliberately designed to perpetually confuse Pakistanis of their real implication. This article helps…
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Citizen Reporters needed for Online Coverage of the Long March
ACTION ALERT FOR LONG MARCH Pakistanis through out the country have today embarked upon a historical Long March for the restoration of the Judiciary. There are hundreds and thousands of people who will participate in the procession witnessing history in the making, taking pictures and capturing priceless videos from their cell phones as the rally…
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People’s Resistance Update of the Long March
Posted by Faris Today, PR crew assembled at Agha’s Super Market in the morning and departed to the High Court. Other members of PR were already present at the High Court, while some joined us later. Awab (with his beautifully decorated truck and black flags) and PR bus with posters and stickers all over them,…
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Reached Hyderabad
The carvan from Karachi has reached Hyderabad Toll Plaza at around 3:00PM and was greeted by a reception by the local PML-N leadership
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Long March updates
10:00am Left.high court in a large procession of 100 cars few trucks and a large number of bikes 10:45 we have reached Quaid Mazar 11:00 a few speeches I hope they leave quickly 11:15 reaching jail chowrangi 11:30 crossed civic center 12:40 leaving sohrab goth welcome camp massive rally we hope to make a difference…
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Long March starting from High Court Karachi
The Long March procession is about to depart from the High Court Karachi
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