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Category Archives: civics and society
Fire
He was caught behind the fire, and I searched desperately for a source of water to douse the heat. I yelled at my husband, and he came running through the flames, both legs still flaming, until he reached carpet and stamped out the flames. By that time, the kitchen was ablaze. I flung open the front door and yelled at the top of my lungs, and my employee, still waiting at the elevator bank, came rushing back in. My husband and I were hanging over the balustrade, 9 floors up, yelling ‘Fire!’ Continue reading
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A Twisted Old Tale I
Capulet saw himself in a robe of softest silk, trailing on the ground behind him. Huge emeralds sparkled at his collar, and his sword shone blue from encrusted diamonds in the hilt. Behind him, in large swathes of movement, a crowd so immense that it stretched beyond the eye could see, the people of the continent roared out a chant of ‘Our Captain, our King’. Continue reading
Throttled by Fear
In Pakistan, we learn that might is right and when you have might on your side, why compromise? Use violence and political threats, and when you know that fear is a driving force in a nation, you will invariably get your way. Continue reading
Posted in civics and society, politics
Tagged fear, judiciary, media, MQM, nizam-e-adl, pakistan, PML-N, political parties, PPP, PTI, shanakht festival, Sufi Mohammad, Swat, taliban
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Social What??
In a meeting for Take Back Pakistan (TBP) several weeks ago, a gentleman approached our group and asked for help with his school at Shirin Jinnah Colony. Apparently, his school, run under the aegis of the Baseer Foundation, has been … Continue reading
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Tagged baseer foundation, education, lower income, poverty, school, social responsibility, take back pakistan, teachers
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Urgent Appeal From the KaraFilm Festival Organizers
The KaraFilm Festival has suffered an underhanded blow by its sponsors, who waited until the last possible minute (15 days before the scheduled opening) to walk away from an event that has been instrumental in reviving Pakistani cinema. 4 days … Continue reading
Posted in civics and society, design
Tagged appeal, donate, donations, Film Festival, Karachi, KaraFilm Festival, Mobilink, urgent
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Loose Ends Pakistan
Faisal Qureshi is an anchor on a TV show on Samaa – his show, Ankahi, discusses topics of social reform and civic revolution. ‘Loose Ends Pakistan’ was a show he anchored on another channel, similar to Ankahi, but with larger … Continue reading
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Cast Ye Doubt On My Faith?
Over the many conspiracy theories and hotly-debated views on various blogs and forums regarding Lal Masjid (LM), few have reacted to the notion that one Muslim has the power to doubt another Muslim’s faith. The common theme among many Pro-Lal … Continue reading
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Tagged assault, bloggers, christian right, collateral damage, community, Conservative, court, decadence, drinking, extremism, fundamentalists, gambling, God, hostages, Islam, Judgement, lal masjid, Liberal, media, molotov cocktails, morality, muslims, pakistan, pornography, Prophet, shame, suicide bombings, terrorism, theft, values, vandalism, weapons of mass destruction, women
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Clerical Islam
Over the past 5 days, we’ve seen the face of clerical ‘Islam’ in Pakistan: a hypocritical movement by power-hungry individuals who are willing to send our sons and daughters to their death, rather than face it themselves. If Abdul Rasheed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, Afghan, Blasphemy, Bugti, Christian Church, clemency, clerics, Council, Ghazi, Hindu, hostage, Hudood Ordinance, Imamhood, Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami, kafir, kalima, lal masjid, Law, maulana, media, military, MMA, mullah, muslims, politics, priesthood, Prophet, Qazi Hussain, Quran, religious parties, Sharia, subjugate, Ulema
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