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Chai Chahiye
2009-09-22 05:33:00 Owais Mughal I am sitting in front of my computer, listening to my favorite “Vital Signs” song: Ye shaam phir nahi aaye gi (This evening won’t come again) I am smiling and sipping on my favorite Lipton Tea, while my fingers are keying in this moment in time. All in all, a very coordinated effort is going on between my ... More About: Chai
Eid is?
2009-09-20 15:41:00 Owais Mughal and Adil Najam From all of us at All Things Pakistan (ATP; Pakistaniat.Com) we wish our regular readers, our contributors, and all passers-by Eid Mubarak. We wish you happiness, prosperity and all things good; now and forever. Today, we want all of you to help us write this post for us. Tell us, please, what Eid ...
Saadat Hasan Manto: A Tribute
2009-09-19 14:43:00 Adnan Ahmad Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the greatest short story writers of the 20th century was born on May 11, 1912 in Ludhiana district of Indian Punjab. I could have referred to him as one of the greatest short story writers in Urdu but many would agree that given the depth and the quality and ... More About: Literature , People , Books , Tribute
Performance of Pakistani Players in IPL
2008-06-07 17:08:00 Owais Mughal First edition of IPL twenty-20 tournament finished six days ago. 12 Pakistani players also took part in the tournament. Following was their performance. While Sohail Tanvir was declared the best bowler of the tournament, we didn’t see many match winning performances from Pakistani batsmen. More About: Players , Performance
Go East ? Go West
2008-06-04 18:06:00 Owais Mughal Following photo is courtesy of _tunnel_. The photo was taken on May 14, 2008 in Landhi, Karachi. Private educational institutions have become big business in Pakistan, but this picture is also about so much more. What comes to your mind when you see this? More About: East , West
Naai: Much More Than a Haircut
2008-06-03 10:01:00 Bilal Zuberi I now live in Boston, USA and among the personal things I simply have to find time for (besides eating and doing my laundry) is getting a haircut every few weeks or so. I got a haircut today and despite paying many times more than what I would typically pay back home in ... More About: Society , Haircut
Suicide Attack at Danish Embassy in Islamabad: Dastardly, Cowardly, Inexcus
2008-06-02 15:47:00 Adil Najam The cowardly suicide attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad which has led at least eight people dead is not just an attack on a foreign embassy in Pakistan, it is an attack on Pakistan. There is and there can be no excuse for this dastardly action, and to make excuses is to become part ... More About: Society , Law and Justice , Suicide
ATP Poll: What Lies in Gen. Musharraf?s Future?
2008-06-01 17:50:00 Adil Najam Noises drenched in that uniquely Pakistani mix of rumor, spin, speculation, and analysis suggest that something is afoot in Army House, Rawalpindi. Some suggest that spurred from the US as well as the new political dispensation in Pakistan, but largely because of their own accord, the military leadership is finally ready to ease Gen. ... More About: Politics , People , Future , Poll , Musharraf
Daylight Savings Introduced in Pakistan: Is This A Good Idea?
2008-06-01 00:17:00 Adil Najam As of the stroke of midnight Saturday-Sunday (May 31-June 1, 2008) Pakistan officially advanced its clocks by one hour. This “daylight savings” move is a bid to conserve energy in a increasingly energy strapped economy in conditions where everyone agrees that the energy situation is going to get worse well before it gets any ... More About: Development , Idea , Daylight Savings , Daylight
The Poetry of Dilawar Figar
2008-05-30 22:10:00 Shahran Asim As part of my effort to introduce humorous poets of Pakistan on this blog (here and here) I am bringing a post on Dilawar Figar today. My personal recollections of Dilawar Figar was in 1996 when he was invited along with other noted personalities in a Roo-Baroo program. He recited his very interesting poetry which ... More About: Humor , Poetry , Urdu
Tyranny of Democracy
2008-05-30 03:32:00 Deeda-i-Beena The public pronouncements made thus far by the Chief Justice Iftikhar have emphasised two themes viz. Supremacy of the Constitution and, the Rule of Law. He has left his own restoration and that of the superior judiciary to his minions, Aitzaz and Nawaz to pursue. Together his two themes represent the foundation and the essence ... More About: Society , Politics , Tyranny , Democracy
Harnessing Wind Energy in Baldia Town
2008-05-30 03:15:00 Owais Mughal Following photo appeared in both Jang and Dawn of May 29, 2008. It shows residents of Baldia Town Karachi have resorted to harnessing Wind Energy to produce electricity. We’ve discussed Electricity shortage and alternate ways to produce electricity in Pakistan in several posts here. I am happy to see this indiginous effort on part ...
The Politics of Kalabagh Dam and Pakhtunkhwa
2008-05-29 06:32:00 Owais Mughal Kalabagh Dam, which has been a dead project for all practical purposes, got a stir yesterday when Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the project has now been shelved for ever. On the same day, another interesting development happened about NWFP where it was decided to change the name of ... More About: Politics
Juvenile Delinquency in Pakistan
2008-05-28 14:19:00 Irum Sarfaraz The state of juvenile delinquency in Pakistan is reaching epic proportion with neither the law nor other people associated with it willing to understand the continual and serious dangers being rendered to the health, social and moral development of these children and society. The majority of these delinquents are ?street children? who are increasing rapidly ... More About: Society , Juvenile
Pakistani Rupee?s Record Slide Versus US Dollar
2008-05-25 15:04:00 Owais Mughal According to money central at msn, Pakistani Rupee was traded at US $68.25 today. Just around January of 2008, Rupee was quite steady at around 61 rupees to a dollar but in the past 4 months, the depreciation has been alomst 10%. That too at a time, when US dollar is also weakening as ... More About: Dollar , Slide , Versus
Adil?s Father Passed Away
2008-05-24 21:02:00 Owais Mughal Father of Adil Najam passed away in Pakistan on May 23rd. inna-lilah-e-wa-inna-ileh-rajeoon. Please pray for the ‘maghfarat’ of deceased soul and ’sabr’ to his family. It is also a part of our ‘Pakistaniat’ to join eachother in our times of sorrow and provide support to eachother.
Toshangi Gorge - The Grand Canyon of Sindh
2008-05-23 06:31:00 Owais Mughal The landscape of Sindh Province is mostly associated with deserts as well as agricultural and coastal table lands. Sindh however is endowed with much more than that. Few days ago we introduced the highest peak of Sindh called Gorakh - where it snows in winter - and today we’ll introduce another road less ... More About: Gorge , Grand Canyon , Grand , The Grand
A Mini Post: Rising Food Prices - A Silent Tsunami?
2008-05-22 06:50:00 Owais Mughal Many people are calling the recent inflation of food prices world wide a silent tsunami. As we have covered it at ATP before, Pakistan is obviously a part of this crisis. A friend recently forwarded me the food price list of a ‘bachat bazaar’ of Pakistan. It was an eye opener for me. That sample ... More About: Food , Tsunami , Post , Mini , Silent
The Haunted House of Hill Park
2008-05-22 02:45:00 Owais Mughal mohallay waalay naa-haq khafaa ho gayay woh to ek andaaz tha os ke pyar karne ka If you visited Hill Park many years ago, you may remember the presence of a haunted house inside Meraj amusement park. It was a small igloo shaped structure covered in bougainvillea and on the entrance there was a plaque displaying ... More About: House , Haunted
A Rare Video of Aug 14, 1947
2008-05-21 14:03:00 Asma Mirza The video to the right is from BBC urdu and is making runs on Internet these days. It shows the Independence Day events of August 14, 1947. One can see rare glimpses of people and events here including Mr. Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten, Liaqat Ali Khan, Fatima Jinnah, Lady Mounbatten etc.The video does not ... More About: Video , Television , History , Film , Rare
Business Diversity in Rahimyar Khan
2008-05-21 02:29:00 Owais Mughal Following photo appeared in the daily Dawn of May 18, 2008. It sohws a small business stall in Rahimyar Khan , Pakistan. What caught my attention to this photo is the sheer diversity of business being caried out from this small stall. The Urdu words written on the stall advertise for ‘desi’ Eggs, a public ... More About: Business , Diversity
Is the Judges? Issue Impeding Progress on the Economy?
2008-05-20 04:09:00 Aqil Sajjad It is being said by some people that the present economic crisis is a result of the uncertainty created by the lawyers? movement. Some other people are saying that the judges issue? is diverting attention from more pressing national issues. Such arguments are being given for ignoring the judges? issue so that the economy ... More About: Society , Politics , Economy , Judges , Progress
Shoaib Akhtar - A Fallen Hero?
2008-05-19 03:30:00 Raza Rumi I am not concerned with the technicalities of Shoaib Akhtar ’s sentence, which have been the subject of much debate across Pakistan and indeed wherever cricket is played and followed. There have been some avoidable outbursts by both Akhtar and his disciplinarians. Akhtar has a chequered past in the conventional sense; and perhaps his tragic ... More About: Sports , People , Hero , Fallen
Inspiration Pakistan: Nehr Waaley Pul Tey
2008-05-18 04:25:00 Adil Najam I must confess that the goriness of my last post still leaves me drained and shaken. I offer this picture post on the simpler pleasures of life in Pakistan , partly as a way of shaking myself off the shivers but much more as a way to highlight that not only is another Pakistan possible, ... More About: Society , Music , Inspiration , Picture of the day
Vigilante Justice: Horrible, Horrifying, Horrendous (Reader discretion advi
2008-05-16 17:49:00 Adil Najam For nearly two days now I have been debating whether to put up this post and, especially, the accompanying photograph. A shiver runs through my body to think about, let alone see, this picture. But as we have done before (here, here, here, here, here, here) we put up this picture of mob vigilante violence ... More About: Society , Politics , Justice , Development , Reader
Polio Resurgence in Pakistan
2008-05-16 06:17:00 Owais Mughal Last year we carried out this post on Polio Vaccination Drive Facing Threat in Pakistan . In a disturbing development, polio which had almost been eradicated from Pakistan is making a resurgence. The target of getting Pakistan polio free was for 2010 but according to Dawn news report of May 15, 2008, eight cases have so ...
The F.E. Choudhry Gallery: A Story of Normalcy, or of Displacement?
2008-05-15 00:55:00 Nadeem Omar Thisphotographs from F.E. Chaudhry depicts Chacha’s ability to turn a news story into a human story. A narrative photograph of the Punjabi victims of the 1950 flood in the wake of which nearly three thousands perished. Their villages and homes submerged, a family has taken refuge in a railway bogey, which serves as a kitchen ... More About: Society , History , Story , Development , Gallery
?Why Can?t We All Just Get Along??
2008-05-14 13:24:00 Syed Ahsan Ali Recently PPP?s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari told media categorically that we were not elected for the restoration of judges but for basic issues such as roti, kapra aur makaan. Since then factions in media have been trying to build up an argument about what is more essential, our basic necessities or restoration ... More About: Society , Politics
ATP Comic Quiz: What Have They Been Thinking?
2008-05-13 07:40:00 Adil Najam Sometimes the only way to deal with a really serious situation is to make it funny. So, here is our little experiment to see what words you would put into the “leaders” mouth (please, no batameezi!). So, basically, here is the storyline we all know so well. What we do not know is what these ... More About: Quiz , Politics , Humor , Comic , People
PML(N) Quits from Cabinet (and, maybe, from coalition?)
More articles from this author:2008-05-12 14:32:00 Adil Najam Not unexpectedly, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz Group has decided to quit from all cabinet positions in the coalition government it had so recently formed with Asif Zardari’s PPP. According to The News: Following the failure of London talks on the reinstatement of judges; Pakistan Muslim League (PML)-N has decided to resign from federal cabinet ... More About: Politics , Coalition , Cabinet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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