Tag: America

  • The Lal Masjid Stage Play

    A few months back in April I shared my gutt instinct which continues to prove itself correct on a blog post titled Lal Masjid Issue & Its Blocked Website where I wrote In my opinion, I feel the ISI / GHQ / Musharraf are the stooges behind this Lal Masjid uprising, the stimulus had been…

  • Blood Bath at the Lal Masjid

    Tuesday’s clash in Islamabad at Lal Masjid left 10 dead and over 160 people injured if not more. I stand here dejected yet again at seeing my country in a state of turmoil, its sad but 2007 has been a rocky road for Pakistan. It started in early March when the state attempted to assault…

  • ‘Sir’ Salman Rushdie, Up Yours!!!

    This recent move to (dis)honor the author Salman Rushdie with the highest British award of Knighthood a bold step which attempts to continue to alienate the Muslims of the world. Since 9/11 the Muslims have been in the cross-hairs of all investigations in any unforeseen mishap in the world, the first thing that the media…

  • Kashif Memon Americas Got Pakistani Talent

    It was by accident that I bumped across this video of a Pakistani performing a dance on the show America’s Got Talent, and while I was composing this for my blog I was delighted to see that Adil Najam remained as usual a step ahead even during his travels to China and wrote a well…

  • Coalition For Restoration Of Democracy In Pakistan

    A fresh new initiative called CRDP has been launched by Pakistani Americans who want to help convince the US decision makers to aid in the demilitarization of Pakistani politics. The Coalition For Restoration Of Democracy In Pakistan plans to hold rallies and discussion groups across the US to raise awareness to help bring democracy in…

  • Kick the Killer out of UK Petition

    A group of Pakistanis have started this online petition to convince the British Prime Minister that enough people care that this Karachi Killer should be sent out of the UK. We all know that Imran Khan is there in the UK discussing with lawyers about preparing the case to file in the UK courts, rumors…

  • I Support, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa

    The Government of Pakistan (read Pakistan Army) has been trying its best to suppress the release of the book titled Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy which was written by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa. Since Friday, the proposed release date the military has pulled all stops to prevent the release of this all-exposing book going to…

  • Military Inc.: Banned in Pakistan

    The latest book Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy, written by Ayesha Siddiqa is a tell all narration of the highly profitable company called The Pakistan Army. The book estimates the militarys share of the economy at over 200 billion rupees, besides owning 11.58 percent of all state land. Military Inc. was due to go…

  • Digg takes on DCMA

    The moment anyone hears of DCMA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) one suspects some issue related with copyright infringement. In 1998 the United States Senate passed this bill unanimously which criminalizes the production and dissemination of technology, devices &/or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted material. So in short it…

  • Orkuting in Pakistan

    There is little doubt that Pakistanis simply love to Orkut and I would not be wrong to state that Orkut.com is probably one of the most visited sites from Pakistan second only to search engines like Google and Yahoo. I personally have been orkuteering since 2004 when there was not much awareness in Pakistan about…

  • Lal Masjid issue and its Blocked Website

    I am sure many have heard and read about the Burqa clad women armed with sticks who were protesting in Islamabad. The set of images has been displayed across millions of websites showing yet another extremist element in Pakistan. I have a slightly different take on the entire issue, but before you start rapping me…

  • Nasim Ashraf & his Resignation Bull Shit

    PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME THE BULL SHIT ABOUT NASIM ASHRAF RESIGNING!! Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan: Nasim Ashraf offered to resign, trying to follow the footsteps of Inzamam-ul-Haq who can be considered valiant enough to have accepted responsibility for the World Cup disaster. Nasim Ashraf, the supposed leader of the Pakistan Cricket Board literally ran…

  • Interviewing the Interviewer: Kamran Khan & VOA

    Voice of America did an interview today at 10:00pm PST of Kamran Khan who was accorded the opportunity shed light on his interview with General Pervez Musharraf. In a very interesting show format Murtaza Solangi of VOA decided to talk to Kamran Khan and then he opens the lines to callers to shed their own…

  • CJP & the Politico-Constitutional Crisis

    By Amicus Part One Presently President Musharraf is faced with the most serious political crisis since he assumed the power on 12 October 1999. Briefly the unfolding of the events may be recorded in a chronological order. Read the lines and read between the lines. March 9: 1. President General Musharraf summoned the Chief Justice…

  • Voice of America covers Pakistani Bloggers

    Voice of America did a one hour round table discussion calling in four different bloggers from across the world into a telephonic round table discussion The guests were Adil Najam of Pakistaniat.com, Ramla Akhtar of Next> by Ramla blog, Hakim of micropakistan.org and wrapping up the talk with myself as the fourth speaker. The host…