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Maya Khan and My Bermuda ShortsBy Saad Shah: The streets of Pakistan abound with informal, but highly effective moral policing, enforced by a snide comment here, a leery look there. And to those who think it applies only to women (well, it does mostly), think again. The amount of times I was told not to wear shorts! Not just any teeny tiny chaddi, but good ol' respectable Bermuda shorts. And ... From Guest Posts Intolerance and VigilantismBy Kalsoom: Firings and getting shows that encourage intolerance and vigilantism off-air are a short-term fix, but they ultimately don’t solve the greater issue – the need for independent checks and balances on the media. While Pakistan’s electronic media boom has been an important phenomenon, there also needs to be measures to curb that rein, so that it ... From Changing Up Pakistan Matchmaking ProcessBy Catgirl: I am recently going through a match making process – rigorously and religiously with me being presented as a trophy ready to be won. The phone call never comes- as they say. I’m not sure if guys go through the same process. The problem is the groom-judging scenario comes after the girl has been selected. Plus it is said that a man is judged by ... From The Emotional Lava Virtual SatanBy Rija: You need nothing but the raw, naked earth. The classes and the creeds are self-illusions to make you feel better or worse. The construction worker in his dirty gloves and the chief architect in his shiny suit are the same. The money we created and the money we can destroy. Everything on the web will vanish with the blink of the deadliest virus inje ... From Battery Acid A Chest Pounding, Hairy CreatureBy Farheen Zehra: I am a woman. Yes, I get angry, especially when I’m hungry but THAT does not make me a chest pounding, hairy creature with huge nostrils. A fire spitting dragon maybe but definitely not a gorilla! Here are the problems I have with this ad. Firstly, there is the setting. The typical rishta aunty, the larki walay (parents of the girl) and the prosp ... From Beanbag Tales Urdu > English EquivalentsBy Muhammad Shakir Aziz: So what I've done is changed the English > Urdu wordlist to work for Urdu > English purposes. It is a dirty solution, there are still lots of problem in the word list, and ideally there should have been a word list typed specifically for Urdu > English purposes. But this quick dirty solution works in most cases for me. And I am sharing it here onli ... From Linguistics Learner Half-assed RantBy Nadia Hussain: And so begins my half-assed rant. The painter is condemned to please. Bataille, here we go again. You bite me, you do. He (the other, watching me) uses words like succinct and reductionist and I’m watching his mouth. I watch mouths and I watch myself. I wonder how they see me. A friend recently told me that they (the proverbial them) only see ugli ... From Art Ka Pakistan Islamabad NuisancesBy Sarah Hasan: Among many other nuisances (use of loudspeakers, urinating in public etc. ), what I have noticed is a new trend of wall chalking which is a crime under Pakistani law. See here. Every single sector without an exception has fallen to the abusive and at times painful marketing strategy of "wall-chalking"? I have NOT seen a single moment during my stay ... From Sarahinsouthkorea Saving Face Nominated for OscarsBy Riaz Haq: What Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her fellow social entrepreneurs are doing in Pakistan's unhealthy culture of complaints is truly inspirational. Let's hope others will follow in her footsteps to light candles and not just curse darkness. Emmy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest film Saving Face has won an Oscar nomination in the category "B ... From Haqs Musings A Fresh EpisodeBy Shoaib Ahmed: Recent summoning of Pakistani Prime Minister in Supreme court, regarding re-opening of corruption cases against the President is a fresh episode. Media's singular focussing lenses magnified the issue for the Nation. Prime Minister walked in and out of court, waving the legislative clause from the constitution of Pakistan providing the President com ... From Shoaib Ahmeds Diary Ghairat Brigade AuntiesBy Sonya Rehman: Racing through the park, out of breath and eager, the holier-than-thou host was out to catch unsuspecting victims – young couples – sitting on park benches to interrogate whether or not the couple were married, or, were dating. Like frenzied, trigger-happy hunters, these idiotic women amidst throaty cackles began chasing (literally) frightened ... From Sonya Rehman Turned 16By Raindrops: I turned sixteen yesterday, it was a great day, really. G was gonna get me a new cellphone but mom didn't let her which I really don't mind because I know G's been wanting to get a new cellphone for a pretty long time but she still hasn't gotten one for herself yet. It was really awkward in tuition. I knew my cousin brother knew it was my birthday s ... From Motivate Me NCA Battle TurfBy Saira Ansari: Visual Arts at NCA has popped its 11th baby. The Class of 2010-2011 graduated last week. I might sound like a broken record when I relate the same stories that we suffered when our batch graduated. Space wars, display date dilemmas, nervous breakdowns and respect issues. All fought and sustained on the NCA battle turf. Yet again the show seems to b ... From The Sa Project World's Most Dangerous Place to be JournalistBy Kalsoom: There’s been a lot of emphasis on intelligence services attacking journalists, but the fact, if you look at the journalists slain in the last few years, is that the ISI is only one of the actors that is putting pressure on journalists, threatening them and responsible for their deaths as well. The Saleem Shahzad Report came out. And it was inconc ... From Changing Up Pakistan Arfa Karim's LegacyBy Riaz Haq: Born in 1995, she achieved celebrity status after becoming the world's youngest computer expert at the age of 9, passing a tough series of Microsoft tests designed for software professionals. Her success brought her an invitation to Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, where she met its chairman, Bill Gates, and discussed her idea for a self-navigati ... From Haqs Musings Turning 28By Mahvish Tahira: One nice evening, I was having something with tea that I had a call, it was a formal acquaintance, somebody who wanted my help with something, while I picked that call up, I went into the washroom to wash my hands, and while I was doing that I gripped the phone pressing my shoulder with my ear before I bent over wash-basin and GUESS WHAT! Without eve ... From And We Shout Graveyard NightmareBy Sarah Hasan: The nightmare begins at H-8 Graveyard when all sort of grave cleaners, gardeners and sort start stalking a visitor as soon as one enters the gates. These people market all sort of skills they have - which is an extra source of income apart from being employed by CDA for the maintainence of the graveyard. What is upsetting is the fact that visitors ... From Sarahinsouthkorea 152 Billion Text MessagesBy Riaz Haq: While there are some reported instances of the abuse of mobile phones by criminals and terrorists to harm people, I believe the net result has been that it is empowering individuals and society to become better educated, healthier, more informed and more productive to build a better Pakistan. Pakistan's 152 billion text messages and Rs. 40 billion ... From Haqs Musings Sim Sim HamaraBy Sonya Rehman: Even though ‘Sim Sim Hamara’ only went live in December, 2011 (on PTV Home airing Saturdays at 5:30pm), the overall packaging of the show – from the content to the puppets and the colours-that-pop set design – seems highly promising. Concerning the show’s content, the Content Head and Education Directors sit with the show’s writers for ... From Sonya Rehman For Ibn-e-InshaBy Farheen Zehra: There was almost no mention of you in the morning news on any television channel. It is heartbreaking but you’ll be pleasantly surprised to know that PTV is no longer supreme. In fact, it is on the list of endangered species as far as television channels are concerned. We have, now, many private channels spewing news, views and abuse all day long ... From Beanbag Tales Cause of Our Bleak FutureBy Masood Raja: A deeper look at our system suggests that military itself has become the main cause of Pakistan’s instability and bleak future. This isn’t something new; one look at human history is enough to prove that eventually it is always the high military expenditure that brings nations and empires down. At the height of its power, the Roman Empire relie ... From The Pakistan Forum Lies and Legacy of Zardari & GilaniBy Mani Devaj: In three and half short years the economic engine that was Pakistan has come to a grinding halt as Zardari and his cohorts declared open season on Pakistan and looted its wealth. While corruption is nothing new in Pakistan and in most developing countries, corruption that paralyses and entire nation (and prevents economic development at a time when ... From Guest Posts Lowest Levels of Tax CollectionBy Riaz Haq: Lieven argues that the "levels of trust in Pakistani state institutions are extremely low, and for good reason. Partly in consequence, Pakistan has one of the lowest levels of tax collection outside Africa. On the other hand, charitable donations, at almost 5% of GDP, is one of the highest rates in the world". The donations help organizations like ... From Haqs Musings |
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