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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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