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dil wale geyseria le jaaeN ge..…and the Jet Rickshaw
2008-01-28 16:11:00 Owais Mughal Following photo appeared in Dawn of January 13, 2008. It shows yet another use of rickshaw. After a sudden drop in winter temperature, this guy bought a water heating geyser from Saddar, Karachi and is seen hauling it in the ever-versatile carrier of Pakistan, the rickshaw. The Jet Rickshaw? When I first saw the title photo of this post, it reminded me of an episode from ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ children series about a jet engine. (more…) More About: Wale
Book Review: No Space for Further Burials By Feryal Gauhar
2008-01-27 16:19:00 Raza Rumi Decades of imperialism have left Afghanistan and its people devastated. But the fall of the Taliban, and the much touted “liberation” of Afghanistan, has produced a new spate of novels, films and other artistic media dealing with the “Afghan victim.” And when I say “Afghan victim,” I mean a nauseating overdose of burqa-oppression, Taliban brutality ... More About: Books , Space , Book Review , Review , Book
Silencing the Chaudhries: Iftikhar and Aitizaz
2008-01-26 17:59:00 Adil Najam Much has happened in Pakistan over the last many weeks. Too much. Amidst all the chaos and tragedy it has become difficult to keep track of just all that is happening, let alone make sense of it. It is clear that the dust has not settled yet. Far from it one can be sure ... More About: Politics , People , Law and Justice
The Leaping Oxen of Kanjwani
2008-01-26 06:14:00 Owais Mughal Kanjwani is a small town on Nankana Sahib-Shorkot Cantt Railway section. By road it is connected to the next big towns of Samundri (15km) and Faisalabad (55km). Kanjwani is famous for its annual cattle fair where people from all over the area bring their cattle to show-off. The festivities include tent pegging, Kabaddi, horse ...
Late hours in office? Pakistani Corporate Culture?
2008-01-25 13:53:00 Syed Ahsan Ali After a hardwork and serious studies of 4 years, my friends and I got our Economics degrees from the University of Karachi. Before jumping into the job market we were all afraid of our future because we had heard stories that in Pakistan, good jobs are only landed by using bribery, influence (sifarish) ... More About: Society , Culture , Office , Development , Corporate
Two Poems by Rehman Baba
2008-01-24 16:44:00 Aadil Shah Abdur-Rehman (1650 ? 1715 A.D) widely known as Rehman Baba was a great Pushtu Sufi poet who is regarded as the most read and quoted Pushtu poet of the larger belt of Afghanistan and the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan. There isn?t much known about his life due to the lack of ... More About: People , Poetry , Poems
A Phoenix Rises From the Ashes of Bakhshapur
2008-01-23 17:55:00 Owais Mughal and Agha Waseem After the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan witnessed widescale burning of Government and public property. Pakistan Railways got its share of bad luck. On the fateful night of December 27, 2007, the locomotive shown in the photo below was hauling Chiltan Express between Quetta and Faisalabad. When the train was ... More About: Phoenix , Ashes
GEO is Back in Pakistan: Writing on the Wall?
2008-01-23 02:15:00 Mast Qalandar Geo News is back on cable TV in Pakistan ! It was banned along with two other popular TV channels on November 3 last year when Emergency was imposed in the country. We don’t know on what conditions the channel has been allowed to operate again. We also don’t know how much dent the 77-day ban ... More About: Society , Politics , Writing , Wall
Repost: Made in China: Samosa and Paratha
2008-01-22 14:04:00 Owais Mughal ATP is always searching for tips on good Pakistani food (see here), and as I have a long history with food experiments myself (see here). So here is my new discovery. On our last trip to buy oriental grocery we were surprised beyond words to find ‘Tsingtao Curry Samosa‘ and ‘Paratha - which taste like ... More About: China , Made , Made In China
SIM-Nation: 76.6 Million Mobile Subscribers in Pakistan? Could this be righ
2008-01-21 08:44:00 Adil Najam Our friend Babar Bhatti reports on his blog State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan that in 2007 the total number of mobile subscribers in Pakistan reached 76.6 million. He is reporting from an interesting statistical compilation of achievements compiled by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA); (more number from this report are included below). I ask ... More About: Society , Technology , Mobile , Development
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe: We Need A Few Cricket Victories!
2008-01-20 17:20:00 Syed Ahsan Ali When a newspaper editor told me to do a piece on tour of Zimbabwe cricket team to Pakistan for five limited over internationals before we get to the serious end of the things when Australia is scheduled to play a three Tests and five ODIs series in Pakistan in March-April, 2008, I ... More About: Cricket , Sports
10 Moharram - Ashura
2008-01-19 06:15:00 Adil Najam NOTE: In some parts of the world (e.g., Europe) today is the 10th of Muharram. Ashura . In other parts (e.g., Pakistan) Ashura will be tomorrow. We reproduce today the post we had done on Ashura last year. My sentiments today are the same as they were last year. Given the events of the year, ... More About: Society , Religion
Are Ringtones Unislamic? (Please Don?t Answer!)
2008-01-18 06:26:00 Adil Najam Pakistan is a land of creative cell-phone ringtones. Sometimes, I feel, a little too creative. You are sitting in a meeting with some very self-important and staid people - officials, businessmen, buzurg grandfather types - and one of their cell-phone rings: and the ring-tone is a computer synthesis of “Sanou Nehr Waaley Pul Tey Bulla ... More About: Society , Religion , Answer , Law and Justice , Ringtones
Are Mobile Companies Using Deceptive Marketing In Pakistan?
2008-01-17 18:30:00 Babar Bhatti I have been observing a trend of aggressive marketing and advertisement by the mobile operators in Pakistan . 50 paisa, 3 paisa, 1 paisa. Trying to one-up other competitors, the advertisements emphasise the lowest possible rate to grab attention. In reality the low rates being advertised come with many conditions. To figure it out one has ... More About: Marketing , Companies , Technology , Mobile
School of Leadership Foundation (SoLF)
2008-01-17 01:08:00 By Shireen Naqvi and Darwaish Back in June, I wrote about Education For All program initiated by the Government of Punjab with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It was just one example of some of the great work going on around us which mostly goes unnoticed and gets very little attention. There are ... More About: Health , Foundation , Development , Leadership
Fiction@ATP: Rishta
2008-01-16 05:14:00 Pervaiz Munir Alvi PurDil Khan had been under a lot of pressure lately. Even before the month of fasting had started his wife was nagging him on a number of issues. She wanted his help to stock essentials like sugar, rice, flour and ghee before the prices would shoot up for the holidays. She also wanted ... More About: Society , Fiction
Technological Wonder: This Mess Of Wires Actually Works
2008-01-15 13:56:00 Owais Mughal This photo is a working telephone distribution box of an apartment complex in Karachi. At one end, the box is connected to the local telephone exchange and on other it makes individual connections to several homes. l had initially chosen this photo for its photographic quality and subject but since then many random thoughts keep ... More About: Works , Mess
10+ Dead in Karachi Blast: Aaj aisa nahin, aisa nahin honay daina
2008-01-14 19:39:00 Adil Najam Having to write regular posts of ATP can sometimes become a heavy burden. Not because of the workload. But because of the pain and hurt that can come with following the daily struggles for survival. Today, once again, too many did not survive those struggles. The News reports from Karachi : Death toll in the bomb blast ... More About: Society , Law and Justice , Dead , Blast
Are Mobile Companies Using Deceptive Marketing In Pakistan?
2008-01-14 06:30:00 Babar Bhatti I have been observing a trend of aggressive marketing and advertisement by the mobile operators in Pakistan . 50 paisa, 3 paisa, 1 paisa. Trying to one-up other competitors, the advertisements emphasise the lowest possible rate to grab attention. In reality the low rates being advertised come with many conditions. To figure it out one has ... More About: Marketing , Companies , Technology , Mobile
No More Guilt Trips on Currency Notes in Pakistan
2008-01-14 02:40:00 Deeda-i-Beena ATP Editor’s Comment: It turns out that, in fact, the said line (husool-e-rizq-e-halal ibaadat hai) does still exist on the new note. Our thanks to the readers who were able to catch the oversight that we failed to. However, we have kept the post live partly because the discussion is itself interesting and partly because ... More About: Society , Pakistan , Development , Currency , Notes
Arts Pakistan - A Place to Visit
2008-01-12 17:44:00 Raza Rumi The art world of Pakistan is not given the attention it deserves. But amends are being made. Arts Pakistan, or Artspak, is a recently developed website, with an exclusive collection of videos, paintings and photographs that depicts the country’s vibrant art scene. The website has been developed by Khalid Sherdil, a motivated civil servant. The ... More About: Place , Visit
Roti in Pakistan
2008-01-11 16:00:00 Wasim Arif/ Other Pakistan azal se Adam-o-gandum meiN ae dost ajab andaaz ki khat-pat rahi hai barabar baRh raha hai narkh-i-gandum bani Adam ki qeemat ghat rahi hai The classic movie Roti starring the legendary Rajesh Khanna begins with his character Mangal stealing roti as a child from a restaurant to fill his empty stomach. This event transforms him for ... More About: Society , Food
Terrorists Hit Lahore with a Suicide Attack: We Should All Take This Person
2008-01-10 19:26:00 Adil Najam Militant suicide bombers brought their mayhem and murder to Lahore today. The well-planned terrorist attack has left at least 26 people dead and some 70 injured. According to Dawn: A suicide bomber blew himself up among police outside the Lahore High Court building Thursday, killing at least 22 policemen and 4 civilians, and wounding ... More About: Society , Politics , Suicide , Terrorists
The Colorful Mil vs Dil Relationship in Pakistani Society
2008-01-09 23:26:00 Irum Sarfaraz What is a discussion on contemporary Pakistani society without a discussion on the relationship of mother in laws and daughters in laws. Though this unique relationship is a bitter fruit in all cultures across the globe; regardless of race, class and ethnicity; in few other places it is as prominent as it is in ... More About: Society , Humor , Relationship , Colorful
Coconut Seller
2008-01-09 06:28:00 Pervaiz Munir Alvi Traveling on the GT road some where near Hassan Abdal we pulled into this filling station. The tank was almost empty and had to be refilled. A moment later this child appeared at the car window. A beautiful child who could not be more than twelve years old. His face was devoid of ... More About: Society , Education , Seller , Coconut
Being a Patient in a Pakistani Hospital
2008-01-08 11:42:00 Syed Ahsan Ali Being a chronic cardiac patient, I get severe pneumonia often which usually takes me to one of the largest private health facility in the largest city of Pakistan. I have been to the same hospital three times in the past five years so I understand how things operate there. But this time, things ... More About: Hospital , Development , Pakistani , Patient
Thatta Kedona - A Self Help Project
2008-01-07 23:15:00 S.A.J Shirazi The cluster of mud and brick houses in the plains of Punjab, Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka (TGD) looks like a typical Pakistani village about 80 kilometres away from Lahore and 40 kilometres from Indus civilization ruins in Harappa. There is no gas or telephone in the village. No asphalt roads lead to it. Yet it ... More About: Society , Education , Heritage , Development , Project
Reshma and Son: The Voice of the Desert
2008-01-06 16:06:00 Adil Najam I have always been mesmerized by Rashma’s voice. It is a voice unlike any other I know. Truly it is the voice of the desert - unending in its breadth and unrelenting in its depth. A voice that comes from the heart and a one that always touches the heart. Although she is probably best ... More About: Television , Women , Music , People , Film
Election 2008, Pakistan: Who Do You Support, and Why?
2008-01-05 01:24:00 Adil Najam We want to do a blogging experiment and really let our readers write this post for us. What we are doing is not unique, but there is a twist to how we wan to do it. First, here is the question we want you to answer for us: Please tell us which political leader or ... More About: Society , Politics , Pakistan , Support , Election
More Crises in Pakistan ? Electricity, Flour, Sugar, Water, Sui Gas Crises
More articles from this author:2008-01-04 04:35:00 Darwaish Everyone these days seems to be talking about the elections, the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto and its impact on federation of Pakistan , the ever high anti Pakistan and anti Army sentiment in Sindh, Balochistan and FATA. The ordinary Pakistanis, middle and lower class in particular, are faced with a long list of other serious ... More About: Politics , Poetry , Electricity , Sugar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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