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…
Craving for Kot Diji
Posted on December 1, 2007
Filed Under History & Culture, Opinion, Pakistan
I think most of restless souls from amongst you, who love to travel, might be familiar with Kot Diji fort located in Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. For those of you, who know nothing about the place, I would say it’s a…
Do we really need one laptop per child?
Posted on November 28, 2007
Filed Under News & Media, Opinion, Technology
In an interview with the BBC, Nigeria’s education minister questioned the need for laptops in poorly equipped schools. Dr Igwe Aja-Nwachuku said: “What is the sense of introducing One Laptop per Child when they don’t have seats to sit down…
Sonofabitch: Is this freedom of speech?
Posted on November 12, 2007
Filed Under Freedom of Expression, Opinion, Pakistan
My attention was drawn by a fellow blogger to this post at Islamabad Metroblogging by A for [pine]Apple and I felt disgusted with the word sonofabitch. Here is my immediate reaction without any alteration or adulteration:
Honestly, President Musharraf has done wrong to an extent that…
He got arrested!
Posted on November 11, 2007
Filed Under Current Affairs, Diary, News & Media, Opinion, Pakistan, South Asia, Thinking aloud
This is a post to pay my respect to my dearest friend, Kazim Ali Abbasi, who got arrested few days back after proclamation of emergency in Pakistan.
Kazim is son of Haji Munawar Ali Abbasi the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA from Larkana Sindh and…
Presence of Sindhi blogs in Blogsphere?
Posted on November 5, 2007
Filed Under Analysis, Opinion
Sindhi is regional language of Pakistan along with Punjabi, Pashto and Balochi side by side. Apart from this, several other languages are also being spoken in Pakistan e.g. Siraiki, Hindko etc. Urdu claims the status of National language. Since blogging, even in English, is not that…
Pakistani Bloggers after emergency
Posted on November 4, 2007
Filed Under Current Affairs, Freedom of Expression, Opinion, Pakistan, South Asia
With declaration of emergency rule in Pakistan, the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan are suspended as guaranteed in 1973 constitution of Pakistan. Along with other articles, the article 19 of the 1973 constitution of Pakistan that provides the…
Karachi under attack again
Posted on October 19, 2007
Filed Under Current Affairs, News & Media, Opinion, Pakistan, South Asia, World Politics
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