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Beyond the culture war
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 hour ago
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Pakistan ’s ‘culture war.’ The plot is a simple case of good vs evil. On one side, there are the Taliban who despise indigenous culture, kill dancing girls, and bomb music shops. On the other is a nation seeking to defend its artistic and literary heritage,...
Tags: Pakistani, cultural war, Pakistan, Karāchi, Inter-Services Intelligence, Entertainment Culture, Islamism, Islamic terrorism, Taliban
Smokers? Corner: Nauseous mumblings
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility I was fortunate enough to be a part of an excellent ten-minute news video prepared by the New York Times’ reporter, Adam Ellick. Tastefully called ‘Tuning out the Taliban’, the video has created the right buzz amongst young middle-class Pakistanis. Adam...
Tags: Pakistan, rock star, Karāchi, Pakistani culture, Nadeem F. Paracha, Ali Azmat, Music of Pakistan, Bourgeoisie, Entertainment Culture, French words and phrases, Social classes, Social groups
I've been arrested three times, tweets BBC correspondent's husband
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility George Arney, host of The World Today bulletin on the World Service, has also used the social networking site to describe Ms Iqbal as his 'witchy ex-wife' and the 'Punjabi controller'. The couple recently separated after 13 years of marriage, with Mr...
Tags: Mr Arney, BBC, Razia Iqbal, Ms Iqbal, George Arney, primary school, bbc arts, Pakistan, Karāchi, Muhammad Iqbal, The World Today, Twitter, Arney, Legality of cannabis, BBC World Service
Where are all these militant atheists ruining Britain? | Nick Cohen
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 4 hours ago
Credibility In a desperate attempt to secure its electoral base, the government is shamefully wooing religious extremists As every middlebrow with a newspaper column or Radio 4 slot to fill agrees, a vulgar "new atheism " is sweeping Britain. The readers of Richard...
Tags: Muslim Council of Britain, New Labour, John Denham, Arab Muslim Brotherhood, MCB, BNP, progressive society, Asian Jamaat-e-Islami, Dewsbury Muslims, Pakistan, Karāchi, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami, Islamist groups, Islamism, Religion Belief, Politics
New law saves 86 victims from forced marriages
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The girl was 12 when she was "married" to her 16-year-old cousin. Her "husband" then raped her, with the approval of her father, his brother and sister-in-law. It sounds like a horror story from the past in some remote part of the developing world. It...
Tags: London, Pakistan, Karāchi, Sikh, Jasvinder Sanghera, Karma, Sharia, Religion Belief, Family law, Demography, Honor killing, Rape, Forced marriage, Marriage, Violence against women, Human rights abuses, Human Interest, Law Crime
No NRO beneficiary resigning from govt office
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The present ministerial and government office holders intend not to resign or step down in the aftermath of the National Reconciliation Ordinance-beneficiaries list made public on Saturday. �Why should we resign as we have not been convicted by any court...
Tags: face cases, NRO, PPP, prime minister, nro beneficiary, Saeed Mehdi, Pakistan, Karāchi, Punjabi people, Ravians, Asif Ali Zardari, National Reconciliation Ordinance, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politicians, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League, Politics
Presidency to cross the bridge when......
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The Presidency on Saturday kept its silence by adopting a wait and see policy regarding the future line of action on the appearance of the list of beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) till the court decision. �The matter is before...
Tags: Pakistan, Karāchi, Pakistan Peoples Party, Farhatullah Babar, Babar, BaBar experiment, Pakistani politicians, National Reconciliation Ordinance, Pakistani people, Law Crime
The accused and accusations
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The Ministry of Law and Justice under the direction of the prime minister on Saturday released official lists containing names of government servants and others who benefited from the NRO. These include: (NAB-Punjab & NAB Rawalpindi) Govt servants & others...
Tags: govt servants, Pakistan, Karāchi, Khan, Quetta, Punjab
Ex-navy officer may head KPT; experts oppose decision
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Speculations that a retiring naval officer will be appointed to head the biggest port of the country has perturbed industry officials who say that an experienced professional should be the KPT chairman. It has become a norm that retired navy officers...
Tags: KPT, commercial ports, navy officer, civil servant, kpt chairman, ports business, Karachi Port Trust, karachi ports, navy, ports professional, Pakistan, Karāchi, Clifton Karachi, Karachi, Kai's Power Tools, Business Finance, Karachi District, Pakistan Navy, Port of Karachi
Cellphone users number up 6.3m in 2008-09
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Cellular subscribers rose 6.3 million in fiscal year 2008-09 as compared to 25 million net additions in 2007-08, suggesting that the saturation in the market, economic slowdown and heavy taxes could be major reasons for the slow growth, annual report...
Tags: million subscribers, Telenor, Mobilink, market share, Ufone, subscribers base, Pakistan, Karāchi, Warid Telecom, Communications in Pakistan, Pakistan￢ﾀﾙs Liberalization in Telecommunication, Communications in Bangladesh, Telenor Pakistan, Business Finance
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