MicroPakistanMicroPakistanMicroPakistan looks at Pakistan through a microscope. It doesnt concern itself with the big picture. There is no need for facts and figures here. This blog is about things that concern Pakistani people as a nation. It concerns human developement, not 
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Car-Bomb Discovered at Park Towers
2007-07-20 19:38:00 I hate to spoil the party that the reinstatement of Iftikhar Chaudhry has started… But I felt it was necessary that we all take a reality check. There have been a continous string of bombs in the country; the majority of these have been in the tribal areas resulting in heavy loss of life. The blast ... More About: Karachi , Park , Law and Order , Bomb , Covered
A landmark verdict: Chief Justice Chaudhry restored & reference set aside
2007-07-20 15:01:00 The decision made in the people?s court a long, long time ago has finally been affirmed by the Supreme Court. A thirteen member bench of the Supreme Court has decided (Order in detail below) on the petition submitted by CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry and declared the following (a detailed judgment will be delivered at a later ... More About: Justice , Chief , Musharraf , Judiciary , Reference
Bomb-Blast at CJ Reception in Islamabad
2007-07-17 20:44:00 Islamabad had recently seen a bloodbath of sorts. But with the rather unfortunate end to the Lal Masjid crisis, it seemed that things would slowly proceed back to normal in the normally tranquil and almost deathly silent capital. However, all such notions were rudely repulsed by the horrific bomb blast at the reception set for the ... More About: Pakistan , Islamabad , Law and Order , Blast , Bomb
Picking up the Pieces?
2007-07-16 20:16:00 As the nation slowly starts to recover from the events of the past month, we are once again faced with strife and unrest within the country…a fatal attack in Swat a sure reminder. Its hard to comprehend what has happened…it is no doubt a great tragedy. Though the implementation of the Lal Masjid operators ... More About: Society , Pakistan , Law and Order , Piece , Pieces
?Silence? Prevails?
2007-07-12 10:12:00 As the sun sets on yet another unneeded crisis in the country, the Army decides to rename their endeavour as Operation Sunrise. They can call it whatever they want, but that cannot change the darkness that we are experiencing at the moment. The minute by minute coverage of Pakistanis fighting their own and the Army ... More About: Politics , Islamabad , Law and Order , Silence
Lal Masjid?s Operation Silence & the forgotten lives
2007-07-10 11:16:00 Update: At about 4 a.m. today the army advanced into the Lal Masjid and according to some reports has taken control of 70% of the mosque. DG ISPR has said that 40 militants have been killed in the operation with no known women or children killed whilst Maulana Ghazi has stated that his mother was ... More About: People , Pakistan , Lives , Lal Masjid
A Time for Understanding & Tolerance
2007-07-06 21:25:00 The startling event of the past week have left many Pakistanis wondering as to the future of our country and how to percieve this latest happening. I have been reading the comments posted by our readers and they highlight the sharp contrast that exists in our society today. Whereas some suggest that the best solution is to ... More About: Society , Time , Tolerance , Islamabad , Law and Order
Rapid Developments and a Burqa Escape!
2007-07-05 17:40:00 There have been a number of developments in the Lal Masjid episode since the crisis finally boiled over. After the series of events I feel saddened at even referring to the institution as a masjid. More About: Politics , Islamabad , Law and Order , Rapid , Escape
Lal Masjid: the media?s coverage
2007-07-04 11:36:00 Yesterday?s events highlighted many aspects concerning the current situation in Pakistan and of course without the national media coverage none of the aspects would have been so clear. Too close for comfort More About: Media , The Media , Press , Masjid , Islamabad
Lal Masjid Crisis Boils Over
2007-07-03 19:25:00 The Lal Masjid crisis, which has proven to be quite a thorn in Musharraf’s side for the past six months, finally took an ugly turn today morning. Even though the media channels are having yet another field day and declaring this a blot on Pakistan’s reputation (frankly I think its just another one in ... More About: Government , Islamabad , Law and Order , Lal Masjid
Driven!
2007-07-02 23:34:00 Aitzaz Ahsan was a somewhat well-known PPP member and a not so well-known lawyer. As his party’s popularity, and subsequently his own, was gradually declining in the eyes of the public, he decided to try his hand at a different occupation. This new hobby has resulted in a complete reversal of fortune for Aitzaz! He is ... More About: Pakistan , Satire , Law and Order
A True Leader?
2007-07-01 17:44:00 “I have been given the authority over you, although I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Truth consists in loyalty and disregard for truth is treachery. The weak among you shall be strong in my eyes until i have secured his ... More About: Society , Islam , Pakistan , True , Lead
Karachi?s Latest Attraction
2007-06-27 20:04:00 The City of Lights (or rather UPS’s and Generators as my friend Ghafoor put it) has been in the news quite frequently for the past couple of months. Unfortunately most of the coverage has been negative, and I don’t think the saying “Any publicity is good publicity” applies in this case. Other than the countless protests ... More About: Satire , Attraction , Karachi , Late , Trac
Wimbledon: Aisam ul Haq storms into the second round
2007-06-27 04:34:00 Most of you would know about Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi who has become the first man after 31 years to represent Pakistan in the singles competition. The latest on his Wimbledon adventure is that he has won his first round match against Britain’s Lee Childs. He convincingly won the match 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) and will now ... More About: Sports , Econ , Round , Bled
Return of the Taliban: Taliban in Pakistan - Not looking good!
2007-06-25 05:02:00 Here is a PBS documentary from October 2006. It is called the Return of the Taliban . It is extremely insightful and shows some unseen footage that many of you would not familiar with. Also, it gives a very good idea of what the situation is in the Northern Areas of Pakistan where the tribal leaders ... More About: Army , Good
Caught In Action: Wasi Zafar Making Use Of His ?Long Arm?
2007-06-24 06:31:00 Firstly, viewer discretion is strongly advised. Children and women should definitely avoid it. Now, generally I would not put up this kind of video, but as much as I am absolutely disgusted and embarrassed at calling this man my country’s law minister I would like to bring to people’s attention what he did on live ... More About: Government , Action , Long , Caught , Maki
M.A. Jinnah, MP
2007-06-23 04:15:00 This is a ‘what if?’ poem about what it would have been like if Jinnah had become an MP in Britain during his time in the 1920s-30s in London instead of going back to British India and creating Pakistan. Feel free to comment and interpret. The land of his birth is but a distant memory. All that ... More About: Poetry
Before the Law by Franz Kafka
2007-06-22 04:09:00 Ok, though this is a very interesting story I am still not absolutely certain about what I THINK it means. So I am putting it up for the readers to put forward what they think it means before I comment on what it means to me. It is not very simple to interpret the meaning ... More About: Franz , Fore , The Law , Franz Kafka
Pakistan Ranked 12th among ?failed states?
2007-06-20 03:55:00 More news that just confirms how bad the situation is… LAHORE: Pakistan has been ranked the 12th most unstable country in the world ? worse even than North Korea at 13th ? in the 2007 Failed Stat e Index issued on Monday by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace. For the second year in a ... More About: States
Pakistan pilots get bravery award
2007-06-19 04:43:00 As some of you might remember this was big news a couple of years ago when the Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar was stranded on top of Nange Parbat. Two Pakistan pilots carried out a deadly rescue mission to save him. They are now being awarded Slovenia’s top award for bravery. People of such courage who ... More About: Pilots , Army , Award
NEWSFLASH: Imran (Khan) and Altaf (Husain) to battle it out on the football
2007-06-17 06:56:00 [For all those who are not aware this is a satirical piece as part of a series called NEWSFLASH (here, here and here). In my previous post I spoke about how Imran Khan will soon be filling a case against Altaf Husain in England. It will be very difficult to collect evidence in this case ... More About: Football , Satire , Imran Khan , Battle
NEWSFLASH: Imran and Altaf to fight it out in a football match
2007-06-16 19:54:00 NEWSFLASH: Imran and Altaf to fight it out in a football match It has been decided that Imran Khan and Altaf Husain would battle it out on the football field to resolve their current stand off. This idea was suggested by Mr Husain who expressed his unhappiness towards the legal proceedings initiated by Mr Khan by ... More About: Football , Fight , Match , Ball , Lash
Imran Khan vs. Altaf Husain and the MQM: Round Two
2007-06-16 03:46:00 Initially when I posted on this issue Imran Khan was in Pakistan and coming on local news channels discussing his plans to file a case against Alta f Husain while calling MQM a terrorist and fascist organisation. He is now in the UK and has done all the preparatory work for filing the case. His legal ... More About: Politics , Imran Khan , Round
Poverty: the worst form of oppression, suppression and exploitation
2007-06-15 03:52:00 Poverty, in my opinion, is the curse that needs to be eradicated from this earth. Poverty is the worst form of oppression, suppression and exploitation. For a poor person it hardly matters what is happening around him. Survival is the only thing that he cares about. Nothing matters to him more than feeding himself and ... More About: Society , Exploitation , Poverty , Form , Vert
Pakistan?s Stock Boom: Finally some good news
2007-06-14 06:28:00 This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Finally some encouraging news. Pakistan ’s Stock Boom Rally Rolls On Despite Political Woes Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is caught in a political maelstrom as an election looms and popular criticism of the military-installed leader mounts. Yet Pakistan’s stock market is soaring to record levels. More About: News , Economy , Good News
Imran Khan at LSE
2007-06-13 06:35:00 Imran Khan spoke at the London School of Economics and Political Science today (12 June 2007) to a packed Old Theatre. The event lasted for one and a half hours and Imran gave a hugely captivating speech, which was followed by a long series of questions. Imran came out all guns blazing and the crowd ... More About: Politics , Imran Khan
Legal profession: Unhealthy indicators
2007-06-13 05:37:00 A lot of people in Pakistan have been hailing the legal profession as a winner in the current crisis. However, even though the legal profession is considered one of the most educated and honourable professions, it is in dire straits these days. There is no doubt that it is being led by a group of ... More About: Profession , Legal , Indicator , Indica , Heal
The real inside story of Justice Ramday and the PIA Reference
2007-06-11 03:42:00 I got an email recently that talks about the government using covert tactics to pressurise Justice Ramday, who is heading the full bench hearing the CJ’s case. I really can’t confirm how much of this is true, but considering the way things are going, you never know. At the moment there is no way of ... More About: Government , Story , Judiciary , Real
Update on the CJ issue
2007-06-10 04:41:00 False affidavits filed by Musharraf’s team claims Aitzaz WPvideo 1.10 An analysis of the affidavits on Live with Talat Husain by the famous lawyer/judge/Federal Law Minister Frakhruddin G. Ebrahim. Gives a good explanation of the relevance of these affidavits, which are being given huge importance. However, they don’t have much evidential value without oral testimony. WPvideo 1.10 More About: Update , Judiciary , Issue
Anti-Musharraf SMS? do the rounds
More articles from this author:2007-06-07 09:06:00 I got a few myself: na tera pakistan hai na mera pakistan hai yeh uska pakistan hai jo sadar-e-pakistan hai and aao milke sab iss mussalman mulk ke liye insaaf ki dua karain bhagwan se Referring to Justice Bhagwandas. Daily Times reports: ISLAMABAD: With the government taking increasingly stringent measures to gag the media, text messages, popularly known as SMS, critical ... More About: Media , Musharraf , Anti , Round , Mush 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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