Stories about Pakistan from September, 2007
Pakistan: Musharraf in uniform
All Things Pakistan on the Supreme Court ruling that Musharraf will be allowed to contest the upcoming elections in uniform.
India: Cricket and Religion
A comment by a Pakistani Cricket player doesn't sit well with Indian Muslims.
Pakistan: Trams in Karachi
Light Within has a wonderful post on the trams in Karachi, which are no longer around.
Pakistan: Twenty20 Finals
Twenty20 couldn't have had a more spectacular final match. All Things Pakistan has an interesting comment thread on the India-Pakistan match.
Pakistan: The Twenty20 Final
A thrilling final match at the Twenty20 World Cup between India and Pakistan. Kaleidescope liveblogs the entire match in two parts – Part 1 and Part 2.
Pakistan: Interview with Fahd Mirza
The Pakistani Spectator has an interview with Fahd Mirza who has been blogging for a grand six years.
Free Speech Roundup: Turkey, Russia, Pakistan, India
For the second time in a year, a Turkish court ordered, on Tuesday September 18, to block access to YouTube.com over videos deemed insulting to the country's leaders. In Russia, the 23-year old LiveJournal blogger, who wrote a fictional story on his blog inspired by the Virginia Tech shooting, could face up to three years in prison for "falsely warning of a terror threat." In Pakistan, access to the popular blogging platform blogspot.com has been blocked again. And Mumbai's police are planning to install keystroke loggers in cyber cafes.
Pakistan: The Military and Business
Mash on the plundering of Pakistan by the military and the ties with commerce in the country.
Pakistan: Dr Awab Alvi
The Pakistani Spectator has an interview with Dr Awab Alvi, an active Pakistani blogger also involved in the information campaign surrounding the block on accessing Blogspot blogs in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Trams in Karachi
All Things Pakistan remembers the days when Karachi had trams.
Pakistan: National Art Gallery
Metroblogging Islamabad on a visit to the National Art Gallery, and the surprises within, including portrayal of homosexuality and nudity.
India: Democracy and Pakistan
Empty Head on the future of democracy in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Deporting an Ex-PM
All Things Pakistan on an ex Prime Minister being deported soon after he landed in Pakistan.
Pakistan: The war in 1965
All Things Pakistan on the various version of the 1965 war between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan: Defense Day
The Pakistani Spectator on defense day in Pakistan. “On 6th day of September 1965 Pakistan army had to defend the sovereignty of the country against the aggressor India army.”
Pakistan: Getting used to it all
Metroblogging Islamabad on what appeared to be not too much movement or panic because of the blasts in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan: War and Extremists
All Things Pakistan reflects on the recent bomb blasts in Rawalpindi, commenting that the country is at war with extremists.
