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160 Million Nelson Mandelas
Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and fight to get visas to visit, live and study in believe that Pakistanis are “barbarians,” [...]
Renewable Energy to Tackle Pakistan’s Electricity Crisis
One of my favorite blogs is Haq’s Musings. Riaz Haq has posted an interesting piece on using renewable energy for Pakistan’s electricity crisis. Good reading and info for us all to understand. Sphere: Related Content
Hard Times – Chris Cork
Oddly, it is the price of eggs that seems to stick in my mind every week. Last week they were 55 rupees a dozen, this week they are 58. As I ride a bike and do not drive a car I am less observant of the price of fuel than I am of eggs, but [...]
Who Owns Karachi? – Bina Shah
I like our city nazim Mr Mustafa Kamal’s ‘can do’ spirit with regard to his belief that it’s up to the citizens of Karachi to take responsibility for the upkeep and civic health of this city. Forward-thinking and progressive, the nazim has created a website for the project which boasts the tagline ‘My City — [...]
Would You Permit Me? – Nizar Qabbani
I found this posted on a blog last week and thought it was very fitting for Pakistan. We post this for your consideration: In a country where thinkers are assassinated, and writers are considered infidels and books are burnt, in societies that refuse the other, and force silence on mouths and thoughts forbidden, and to question [...]
The Hope Express
The Hope Express is a great initiative for the citizens of Pakistan. Started by a group of people that are passionate about saving Pakistan, The Hope Express will be pulling into your city soon. There currently is no website to gather additional information, but you can stay tuned to this blog or email us at [...]
Loose Ends and Ankahi
Faisal Qureshi is an anchor on a TV show on Samaa – his show, Ankahi, discusses topics of social awareness and civic responsibility. ‘Loose Ends Pakistan’ was a show he anchored on another channel, similar to Ankahi, but with larger groups of people at a time. This evening, he had Samina Peerzada (respected filmmaker in [...]