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Tag: Riots

  • Riots in Karachi

    There are reports of wide spread ethnic riots in Karachi – the clash started of in Lasbella area where three people have been reported as dead, Rangers have been seen in certain areas best way to keep an eye on the situation is to sign up on Twitter and follow #Karachi or #PEN my Twitter…

  • When Justice does not prevail…..

    Yesterday an Urdu daily Khabrian published this shocking image which showed three people being burnt alive whilst a large crowd stood watching. A Daily Times reporter wrote a story without the gruesome image. For the record I must fully condemn this incident and my sharing this story is only to highlight the failing morals of…

  • Altaf Hussain Steps Down as MQM Chief

    Don’t know if its good news or bad news but Altaf Hussain Steps Down as MQM Chief He is at the moment addeasing a jalsa on TV right now and is blaming yesterdays riots and the killing of 5 lawyers who were either workers or sympathizers of the party for his resignation Its more then…

  • Karachi Riots: MQM & The Establishment – To Blame

    I would like to share with you an analysis shared by a lawyer who claims that MQM deliberately started the fight and then took the battle onto the streets if Karachi So far as I have been able to ascertain, the turmoil started around 12.00 in the Karachi Bar Association when a group of lawyers…

  • Karachi Riots: Call for Pictures, Videos and Personal Experiences

    Yesterday Karachi faced yet another gloomy day, last count was that around eight people have been killed in the riots that broke off starting from the City Courts and then engulfed the rest of the city. A few dozen cars were torched and hundreds of vehicles damaged. Whosoever is to blame to yesterdays carnage must…

  • 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…

  • A New World Order

    Guest Blog by Faisal K – Deadpan Thoughts In the last 10 years or so we have all watched in horror as disaster after disaster has struck the world. The events I am referring to are mostly man made ones which have left an indelible mark on our history and our conscience, they have also…

  • Sindh is angry and Punjab is not helping – Shaheen Shehbai

    Call me paranoid, call me crazy, but the way things have been unfolding for the past few months indicate that the top leadership aka General Pervaiz Musharraf and his party of thugs will do anything and everything to hold onto that seat of power. In the recent past there seems to be a deliberate attempt…

  • About 200,000 people Arrested in Sindh

    There are reports which are coming in for the past few days that a major crackdown is underway in Sindh specially targeting the workers of Pakistan People Party to an extent that there are official reports of around 0.2 million people that have been arrested for their involvement and activities in the rioting following the…

  • Report: ISI was diverting US aid to Rig the Elections

    This news report to many does not come as a surprise, as many independent observers including this scribe have been screaming all along that these elections are no where near the notion of being free and fair – these elections were being carefully heavily rigged and the results planned in the favor of the ruling…

  • Review of the Political Situation at the Dawn of a New Year

    With Sunday’s decision by the Pakistan People’s Party to contest the elections, it instantly threw the PML-Q and the ruling elite into a frenzy, the PML-Q had predicted this move and a day before had announced a complete stoppage of their election camping taking the excuse of deteriorating unrest in the country following the assassination…

  • The only Good Thing said in the Press Conference

    Since the Press Conference in Larkana this blog has been a witness to my discontent on watching Asif Ali Zardari assuming control of Pakistan Peoples Party, not that he did not have control but simply watching him at the helm scares the shit out of me. The thought of one day Pakistan will be ruled…

  • STOP, This Nonsense Please

    Credit for this version of Graffiti Karachi goes out to Asim Butt of the SOS (Subversive Operations Services) team, to venture out in these tense three days where we saw street battles and riots in Karachi to send out a strong message to everyone. All this must STOP

  • Pakistan morns the Death of Benazir Bhutto

    Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a suicide attack today in Rawalpindi outside the Liaquatbagh rally she addressed moments earlier. In all honesty, I was never a fan of her style of politics corruption but on hearing this sad news it leaves me and the entire nation in shock, quite literally forgiving…

  • Comedian of the Year

    The article titled ‘Comedian of the Year’ was written by Ahmad Faruqui for the pages of Daily Times but the editorial board found this ‘unsuitable for publication’. In an effort to get the word out Ahmad Faruqui has shared his article via emails and briefly introduces the writeup ‘I have been writing for Daily Times…