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· April, 2009

Stories about Pakistan from April, 2009

Pakistan: Pak Voices

Pak Voices is a crisis reporting tool for Pakistan based on the Ushahidi engine. The website is mapping the recent unrest in Karachi city. “Submitted incidents will appear online [pending...

Written by Rezwan
29 April 2009

Pakistan: This Is Not Islam

Pakistani blogger Faisal K. at Deadpan Thoughts questioned an enlightened scholar of Islam to confirm that what the Talibans are preaching is “hardly the Islam brought by the Quran and...

Written by Rezwan
29 April 2009

South Asia: Coping With The Heat And The Rolling Blackouts

Heatwaves during this time of year is not uncommon for countries in South Asia. But the recent dry weather has kept sufficient rain away from the region keeping the mercury rising. And load shedding (rolling electricity blackouts) due to power crisis in several countries have made the lives of millions of people unbearable.

Written by Rezwan
26 April 2009

Pakistan: An Open Letter To The President

Pakistani blog Deadpan Thoughts posts an open letter to the President of Pakistan on the recent SWAT Taliban deal: “My Dear President, Kindly review your decision – think for the...

Written by Rezwan
24 April 2009

Pakistan: Terror Has A New Name

Faisal K. at Deadpan Thoughts realizes: “not a day goes by without some sort of threat in Pakistan to its citizens by these mysterious men we have come to know...

Written by Rezwan
20 April 2009

Pakistan: Talibans Violating Constitution

Yasser Latif Hamdani at Pak Tea House reacts to the news that “Sikh families living in Orakzai Agency have left the agency after the Taliban demanded Rs 50 million as...

Written by Rezwan
17 April 2009

Pakistan: Job Opening At Taliban

Beenish Khan at Kaleidoscope posts a hypothetical job advertisement for recruitment of Taliban members which concludes with: “Come and join us, because we just don't give you a job, we...

Written by Rezwan
16 April 2009

Pakistan: Clamp On SMS Services

Jazba's blog reports that the Pakistan government is considering to suspend sms services in Pakistan to prevent the terrorists, who uses sms to execute their attacks. At present 70% of...

Written by Rezwan
14 April 2009

Pakistan: The Root Cause Of The Problems

Bilal Qureshi at Pak Tea House opines that denial is the root cause of the problems in Pakistan and comments: “Unless Pakistanis agree that Taliban are not the answer to...

Written by Rezwan
13 April 2009

Pakistan: No Respite

Adil Najam at All Things Pakistan reports that troubles are brewing all over Pakistan. Quetta is burning due to riots, violence spreads in Balochistan and Karachi is tensed due to...

Written by Rezwan
10 April 2009

Pakistan: Impact Of Daylight Saving Time

Hina Safdar at Chowrangi discusses the impact of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on human health. Pakistan has decided to advance clocks by one hour from 15th of April 2009.

Written by Rezwan
9 April 2009

Pakistan: GPS Navigation

Shahid Saeed at All Things Pakistan writes about the status of GPS automotive navigation in Pakistan.

Written by Rezwan
6 April 2009

Pakistan: Fanaticism on Radio

Amardeep at Sepia Mutiny reports: “In some regions of Pakistan, including the Swat Valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), militant Islamists have been particularly effective in spreading their...

Written by Rezwan
6 April 2009

Pakistan: Is This Sharia Law?

After watching a video of a woman being publicly lashed in the northern areas of Pakistan, Deadpan Thoughts questions: “this is what we have reduced Islam to, this is what...

Written by Rezwan
3 April 2009

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