Fatima Bhutto and Women Hospital Larkana
Posted on March 5, 2008
Filed Under Opinion
Today, a fellow doctor of mine emailed me an article of Fatima Bhutto dated Oct 28, 2007 that got published in The News. This article is about Lady Doctors working in rural Sindh and it is titled as The Lady…
English translation of Altaf Hussain’s letter to Sindhis
Posted on January 18, 2008
Filed Under Opinion, Pakistan, Politics
This is an English translation of an open letter written by Altaf Hussain, Chairman Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), to Sindhis. This letter has started a heated debate in Sindh particular and Pakistan in general. I happened to read it in…
Domestic violence and death of Purposh in Sindh Pakistan
Posted on January 16, 2008
Filed Under News & Media, Opinion, Pakistan
The pain that she must have gone through can not be captured in mere words. When they brought Purposh to Karachi for treating her burns, doctors might have felt the agony while declaring that her 75% of body is burnt…
In Benazir’s Death
Posted on January 15, 2008
Filed Under Analysis, Guest post, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, South Asia
by Raza Rumi
It was in the dargah compound of Ajmer when our phones started buzzing with friends and relatives wanting to share grief on the loss of a woman who was both loved and hated but never ignored. This was…
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Posted on January 9, 2008
Filed Under Guest post, Opinion, Pakistan, South Asia, World Politics
by Aijaz Ali Soomro
The tragic deliberate assassination of Benazir Bhutto on 27th Dec 2007 marked in the history of Pakistan as the second event after the merciless killing of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on 4rth April 1979 which shocked whole the nation…
The stories of lust and traps
Posted on January 8, 2008
Filed Under Analysis, Discussion, Opinion
She was a student of a medical school, a lady from a respectable family with a feudal background from interior of Sindh. Once she told me that when she got admitted, it was a break from the convention and his…
Future of Pakistan Peoples Party after death of Benazir
Posted on December 31, 2007
Filed Under Analysis, Opinion, Pakistan, South Asia
When PPP started its press conference, almost everybody was sure to what will be the decisions. The enough of speculation was already around about the chairmanship of Bilawal Zardari, though no body knew about the change of surname from Zardari…
Politics in educational institutions of Pakistan
Posted on December 17, 2007
Filed Under Guest post, Opinion
by Aijaz Ali Soomro
The Politics of any state has a sound impact on each and every individual of the state. Whatever is going on in a country, whatever the future political planning is and the direction in which the country…
We shall see
Posted on December 8, 2007
Filed Under Analysis, Opinion, Pakistan, Thinking aloud
The independent Pakistan, that’s what we love to call our country. I wonder if we are independent. To me at the moment we are mere slaves, slaves to our ruling junta. A lot has been said and written about it.…
Beacon Techonology of Facebook is still a privacy nightmare!
Posted on December 1, 2007
Filed Under Opinion, Technology
Beacon advertising technology is a controversial service with Facebook. It is there to tell friends and businesses about the shopping habits of Facebook users. The trouble started when Facebook users started seeing Beacon as an intrusion in online privacy and…
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