Articles with tag: Karachi
Fathers and Daughters
Fatima Mirza Sep 28, 2008 interacts: 189When Abu liked to talk of the moon, sitting by the sea, he was quite the man. He would tell me complicated things about life, and how to live it as a running clock with no hands. To feel its essential present.
Movie Review: Streets of Karachi
Ras Siddiqui Sep 23, 2008 interacts: 2Writer Shoieb Yunus successfully grasps growing up in a multi-religious Karachi of yesteryear where one lived in harmony.
The Cry of Karachi
Fatima Mirza Sep 12, 2008 interacts: 20“this is a city that can cry, look even the walls have become tears, I don’t know any other sea that is so distant.” I told you, sometimes I can’t let go.
School Days
FouzKhalid Khan Aug 20, 2008 interacts: 42I was passing through St Patrick’s the other day when quite out of nowhere memories of my time spent in that gentle and noble place came flooding in.
What Talibanization?
Nadeem F Paracha Aug 10, 2008 interacts: 69The moment I stepped out, my way was politely blocked by three young tableeghi jamaat recruits. "Aslaamulalaikum," said one of them in a swallowing Arabic accent. "Walaikum," said I.
Karachi Monsoon
Shiraz Mahmood Jul 29, 2008The rains are now bound to start where it’s almost non-stop. Half the roads are dug up. The drains are not complete. And the energy problem is only going to increase.
Why is Karachi Turning Into a Sell-Out?
Ahmer Muzammil Jul 17, 2008 interacts: 93Isn't this the same city that lost 20,000 of its young men in 1990's at the hands of this same military establishment that we seem to be so fond of these days?
Bionic Woman
Saroop Gul Jul 8, 2008 interacts: 13The corporate woman is such a powerful and inspiring symbol when you are studying. It’s a realization you get later that a married working woman is a warrior.
Mohajirs Are People Too
Atif May 13, 2008 interacts: 162It was quite obvious that unlike Punjabis and Pushtoons, mohajirs have figured out that if there is chaos in the airport it is not because of Allah’s will.
May 12: One Year Passed, No Lessons Learned
Mehroz Sadruddin May 11, 2008 interacts: 26On May 12, the entire nation would be mourning the death of forty-four innocent civilians on what turned out to be one of the darkest days in the history of Karachi.
Starting from the End
Ali Hashmi Mar 11, 2008 interacts: 16Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more misery for millions.
Rashidabad: Beginning Charity at Home
Mehroz Sadruddin Jan 15, 2008 interacts: 3Irrespective of race, religion, language and ethnic background, all children in the hostel and the orphanage are provided equal opportunity to prosper.
Remembering Old Clifton Top
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Jan 21, 2008 interacts: 4Qasim Bagh, anybody? With all the sounds of gunfire and deafening crescendo of siren wails??!!
Pakistani Artist Gulgee Murdered
Chowk Dec 19, 2007 interacts: 17Pakistan's renowned artist Ismail Gulgee was found murdered along with his wife Zarine and maid at their residence in Karachi (Clifton area) on Wednesday.
Cholesterol Say Paak
Nadeem F Paracha Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 129I usually get my news by driving around the city. I see a look of uncertainty on the faces of the people, but no great movement.
Thank You Suicide Bomber! No one is talking about my 1.5 Billion anymore!
Ahmer Muzammil Oct 23, 2007 interacts: 180Does anyone remember that this woman (Benazir Bhutto) facilitated a dictator(Pervez Musharraf) and gave him a new lease on his dwindling career for the price of 1.5 billion dollars?
The Muffled Rage
kashkin dabruski Oct 19, 2007 interacts: 4These fragmented sentences and paragraphs are like those human parts and our character as a nation dispersed all over these streets of Karachi.
Why We have to pay the price?!
Kiran Kanwal Oct 21, 2007 interacts: 10Who cares if someone has an exam tomorrow, if someone’s mother is in a state of emergency or if someone has an important business meeting its obvious all our country cares about is that Benazir must reach her house safe and sound
Of Carnage and Triumph
Dilawar Syed Oct 19, 2007 interacts: 146At least 135 innocent lives lost; hundreds of families devastated.
The Karachi Brides
Anum Ali Oct 12, 2007 interacts: 5We have a package out here; culture, art and means of transportation.
Spit Syndrome
maryam ahmed Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 8One cannot even go for an uneventful stroll in the park without our spit sensors on high alert, getting the warning “SPIT ALERT!” now and then.
The Eclipse of the MQM
Zalan Alam Sep 1, 2007 interacts: 4It can be argued that the leadership and activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will remember the 12th of May 2007 as the moment a 10 year policy of the party came crashing down.
Suo Motu Action Against Corrupt Stock Brokers of KSE
Zoya Khan Aug 22, 2007 interacts: 10Investors lost more than $13 billion in stock market crash of March 2005. 88 stock brokers of KSE were found responsible but no action has been taken.
A Karachi Summer
Anum Ali Jun 15, 2007 interacts: 22A cool breeze blows during the early morning hours on a June summer; an ideal deceit because towards the day’s climax, the heat would have killed many Karachiites.
Month of the Gun
Nadeem F Paracha May 31, 2007 interacts: 184I am 22 years old and quite a sight. I have a ’revolutionary beard,’ and my hair is long; I wear a Che cap and my malaangi bangles go kling klang whenever I move my hands and wrists.
Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12, 2007
Beena Sarwar May 30, 2007 interacts: 95A narrative of the events of “Black Saturday” and the “stop-the-blame-game” argument.
The Great Betrayal
Karamatullah K Ghori May 22, 2007 interacts: 10What has changed Karachi’s chemistry so radically as to array this great metropolis, this former crucible of freedom and liberty in Pakistan, on the side of an autocrat in the struggle against one-man’s tyranny?
An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court Justices
Abrar Akbar May 20, 2007 interacts: 76It is time to write a new chapter in the badly chequered history of unfortunate country of ours.
Thirty Six Murders in Search of a Resignation
Farhan Jamalvi May 17, 2007 interacts: 40The perpetrators of May 12th may lie, but dead bodies don’t.
What Next After Karachi’s Carnage?
Pervez Hoodbhoy May 16, 2007 interacts: 1024Although Musharraf denies that he wants a postponement, a lengthy martial law may now be his only chance for a continuation of his dictatorial rule into its eighth year – and perhaps beyond.
Shaken and Stirred
Qasim Mirza May 15, 2007 interacts: 23As night fell over the cities of Karachi and Islamabad, two remarkably contrast pictures were seen. As dead bodies were being moved to morgues and injured to hospitals the popular General congratulated the nation on the glory it had achieved.
Media under siege in Pakistan
Mazhar Mazhar May 13, 2007 interacts: 131At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured in clashes when suspended chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry arrived in Karachi to address a bar council ceremony.
Dead End
Xari Jalil Apr 13, 2007 interacts: 12When Faraz Ehmad, a student of Karachi University, killed himself by jumping off one of the highest buildings in the city, his friends, though deeply saddened, were not surprised. They all knew, in fact had known for a long time, that Faraz was suicidal a
With or Without Musharraf – A Mohajir’s Perspective
Salim Chauhan Apr 11, 2007 interacts: 730Whether we stay in Pakistan, go it alone, or confederate with like-minded freedom loving Sindhis or Baluchis, there are many steps we can take in the interim.
Karachi: The Descent Into Alienation
Xari Jalil Mar 6, 2007 interacts: 26Surprisingly as many would think, the people of Karachi have not shown themselves to be suffering from mass paranoia, even after this newest series of suicide bombings in the past few years.
Recognising Student Unions
Xari Jalil Dec 7, 2006 interacts: 12Prohibiting political parties on campus is in actuality curbing students’ rights. That is why there are clashes and conflicts as well as demonstrations and strikes by these so-called ‘banned’ or rather, half-functional student parties.
Abnormal Norms
Salman Siddiqui Sep 3, 2006 interacts: 3With persistent awful conditions of our roads that are filled with bumps all year round, and now thanks to the recent monsoon rains, many pot holes as well, the risks of having an accident today are even greater; more so for motorcycle owners.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Shandana Minhas Sep 1, 2006 interacts: 63Did it really make sense to continuously invest belief into an enterprise that paid no dividends? Could a slaphappy PR job keep at bay the thought that it was called a ‘soft’ image because you had to be soft in the head to believe it?
Theatre in Karachi
Zainab Mahmood Jun 16, 2006 interacts: 12Picture this. A reclaimed warehouse turned into an art gallery cum venue for artists and writers to meet and perform, is hosting a “recital” by an unknown group of people with a title that has people’s tongues rolling and to add to the a
Is Another World Possible?
Henna Arshad Apr 3, 2006 interacts: 8The best part of the World Social Forum held in Karachi recently was that a woman from a rural village from interior Sindh was sitting next to highly modern elite lady. This is the amalgamation our nation has been looking for since ages
Anatomy of a Karachi Bomb Blast
Adil Mulki Mar 2, 2006 interacts: 63With so many issues whipping the air like a tornado on the national canvas it is impossible to assign responsibility of such terrorism to any single group unless someone claims it and provides a signed affidavit to that effect
Karachi Back in Business
Adeel Khan Dec 21, 2005 interacts: 3Cricket teams were wary of Karachi after the 2002 bomb blasts. But now the melting pot of Pakistan is back on the international cricket map
Here We Go Again
Nadeem F Paracha Nov 15, 2005 interacts: 553I have yet to see a lot of Pakistanis marching in protest against these terrible jihadi outfits, like they do, against, say, women marathon runners, or supposed Christian blasphemers?
I Miss You Chili Chips!
Yasir Ahmed Nov 10, 2005 interacts: 7Her Urdu was worse than Benazir’s yet that didn’t stop me from dreaming about her – in English.
Karachi Odyssey II
Temporal Aug 14, 2005 interacts: 14those fishermen were true
to their sea
these days it helps not
being true
Vanity is My Favorite Sin
Humeira Kazmi Jun 4, 2005 interacts: 26I still had to tell them how rich we were but the party was almost over. O well, maybe next time. Goodbye humility.
O’ Karachi Part III
Shahzad Kazi May 13, 2005 interacts: 11Shopping malls killing Karachi’s cinemas.
Seventy Days in Karachi
Sameena Iqbal Mar 31, 2005 interacts: 33I never really realized how quickly time would run out like sand in an hourglass...
Land grabbing, the American way
Shandana Minhas Mar 9, 2005 interacts: 23The old U.S. Consulate, with its cement and barbed wire garland creating an effective stranglehold on a once busy road, has been a thorn in Karachi’s side for years now. A new one, if built at the proposed site, would go far beyond creating traffic
The Adventures of Sharfu Oregano
Jameel Khan Dec 6, 2004 interacts: 17Am I dreaming? Sharfu thought and tried to shake off his assumptions about the lady’s attention towards him. But it seemed too obvious. The eyes didn’t move. He returned her stare and the lady smiled.
A Passion for Reading
Zainab Mahmood Oct 9, 2004 interacts: 23With the number of galleries that have emerged and a throng of art lovers lining the halls, we can rest assured the same would happen if we were to create such a place for avid book readers who crave a literary environment.
Questions About Thursday’s Attack
Omar R Quraishi Jun 12, 2004 interacts: 62how in the world does a bullet-riddled van full of armed assassins get away so easily in rush-hour traffic.
Karachi Burning
Asif Memon Jun 11, 2004 interacts: 8I yearn for the day when this unholy mess and the blood shed will stop.
Plight of Karachi Journalists
Fazil Jamili Jun 10, 2004 interacts: 9The working conditions in most of the newspapers have deteriorated with more than 75 per cent of journalists working either on contract or without appointment letters ...
Mein Aur Meri *STARLINE Aksar Yeh Batay Kurtay Hain Agar Tum Na Hoti…
Rubab Abbas May 15, 2004 interacts: 8The so-called road-killers, the public buses not only provide an “unsafe” means of travel but they rather generate a whole different and diverse set of occupations.
Strange Tales of a Strange House - Al-Kausar
Zia Ghory Mar 10, 2004 interacts: 11They say the house is haunted. By the ghost of the old man who built it. By the ghost of the one who had sat there at the old man’s bedside as he lay dying, and by the ghosts of those who sometimes return to walk through its corridors once again.
Mapping Karachi’s Charms and Contradictions
Zeynab Ali Nov 7, 2003 interacts: 136Kamila Shamsie spoke about ‘spider-plants’, the literary scene in Pakistan, an absence of ‘stone throwing fundamentalists’ in her work and inevitably about Karachi.
My City Bleeds
Saroop Gul Oct 3, 2003 interacts: 77Every day, I live with the hope that things will get better, peace will return and normalcy shall prevail. This does happen occasionally though and then history repeats itself ... 6 killed today in Karachi
The Largest City
Bina Shah Sep 8, 2003 interacts: 10Their wounds and scars speak to us in code
We are deafened by their quiet moans
Terminate This
Shahid Mahmood Jul 9, 2003 interacts: 19How ironic is it that Arnold Schwarzenegger was sent on a morale-boosting tour of US bases in Iraq.
Many Questions, No Answers
Shahid Mahmood Jun 25, 2003 interacts: 37Solutions do not rest in either Democracy or in the Shariah. The answers are in Education and Social Equality. Only this will invalidate the Bush Doctrine and Extremist Fatwas.
Haseena and Jannat (on earth)
Shandana Minhas Jun 15, 2003 interacts: 45even her grim demeanor cannot hide the fact that she is very attractive
The Truth About Karachi
Bina Shah Jun 13, 2003 interacts: 202Rejoinder to the Time article about Karachi
Survival of the Fittest
Urstruly Apr 23, 2003 interacts: 366If Pakistan is next then what are the options?
Ich bin ein Mussulman
Rehan Ansari Mar 25, 2003 interacts: 98the conquest of the Middle East is only a smart aleck way of referring to what is true
What Would Baynard Rustin Say?
Rehan Ansari Feb 14, 2003 interacts: 13In our casual GAP knockoffs and Old Navy clothes, we convey the idea that we are rebelling against suburban middle class proprieties
The Urdu Press in New York
Rehan Ansari Jan 31, 2003 interacts: 30We never thought we would flee America
Towards Greater Tolerance
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jan 30, 2003 interacts: 281Anti-Pakistanism and neo-Indian Nationalism
A Work In Progress
Feroz R Khan Jan 6, 2003 interacts: 95Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world
The Unmaking Of Gujrat
Farzana Versey Dec 11, 2002 interacts: 263The key players in these elections and therefore Indian polity seem like characters in a drama of the absurd.
Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley
Ras Siddiqui Dec 3, 2002 interacts: 67Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India
Games Generals Play
Nafees Ghaznavi Nov 24, 2002 interacts: 71the General deserves to be applauded for forcing a semblance of democracy to the working of political parties
Land Reforms: A Landlord's Perspective
Shahzad Kazi Oct 23, 2002 interacts: 78It is incorrect to say that the tillers of the soil are at the mercy of the landlord.
Analysis of Stunning Gains by Religious Parties in Pakistan’s Elections
Arshad Alam Oct 22, 2002 interacts: 67Pakistan’s Elections: An Unintended Consequence of US War against Terrorism?
Sobho: the struggle continues
Beena Sarwar Oct 16, 2002 interacts: 15I still believe in the revolution, in a society that provides justice for all
The Election Burp
Saima Shah Oct 16, 2002 interacts: 40Don’t stand around wondering what to do, trying to please everybody—take a stick and throw it.
Shadowlines (Part I)
Rehan Ansari Jun 30, 2002 interacts: 181Ehsan Jafri was killed, his decapitated head carried around the streets.
The Pattern of Violence
Beena Sarwar May 12, 2002 interacts: 21if the man at the helm sees the larger picture
Tattoo diary: Queens, New York
Rehan Ansari Feb 19, 2002 interacts: 128Where is the South Asian image in film and television?
A Reason For Change
Feroz R Khan Jan 1, 2002 interacts: 21What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said
The Price
Shandana Minhas Nov 19, 2001 interacts: 443the Taliban are gone, crowds line the streets to greet victorious soldiers of the Northern Alliance. What are they saying..
The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney
Rehan Ansari Nov 8, 2001 interacts: 585Anything is better than Bhutto, he said
Benazir Bhutto in Sacramento
Ras Siddiqui Oct 30, 2001 interacts: 219the terrorist’s greatest fear is the spread of information, social equality and democracy
In Search of the Moderate Muslim
Farzana Versey Oct 28, 2001 interacts: 563Indian society’s latest fad
Bahr-e-Zulmaat
Rehan Ansari Sep 19, 2001 interacts: 158a mother who wears the hijab suggested to her 28-year-old daughter she take it off
Coming Home to a Foreign Land
Kirtida Oza Jul 29, 2001 interacts: 567Kirtida Oza recently crossed the border from Ahmedabad for a three week trip to Pakistan
Welcome to the Dark Side
Irfan Husain May 24, 2001 interacts: 57Uncensored .... But until we openly debate and denounce the corruption in journalism, we cannot really condemn it in other institutions.
Al-Quds Divided: The Politics of Hatred
Ammara Durrani Oct 2, 2000 interacts: 135The Arab-Israeli conflict is multi-dimensional
Negotiating Human Rights
Chowk Contributor Sep 11, 2000 interacts: 73arrested in Pakistan for saving the life of a battered woman
Faith, Religion and National Direction
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Aug 16, 2000 interacts: 208A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises
The People’s Initiative
Beena Sarwar Jun 27, 2000 interacts: 19Exposure to ordinary people serves as a powerful perception changer ...
TIEcon 2000 Generates Hope
Ras Siddiqui May 18, 2000 interacts: 14Entrepreneurship in the 21st. Century
Talibanization or the Turkish Model?
Omar Mirza Mar 2, 2000 interacts: 199My son is a U.S Citizen, and he is going to Afghanistan to join the Taliban.
The Millenium Manifesto or ’Ikeesween Sadi Dastoor’
Zeemax Jan 8, 2000 interacts: 332Kashmir does not belong to Pakistan regardless of historical events during partition...
Diary of a Coup
Bina Shah Oct 14, 1999 interacts: 37A coup d’etat had taken place and everything was going on as if nothing had happened?
ADB Cancels Sewerage Loan
Aly Ercelawn and Perveen Rehman Sep 22, 1999 interacts: 4An article welcoming the cancellation of a $70 million Asian Development Bank loan for the Korangi-Landhi area.
Karachi, a City Born of Dreams, Bred with Love and Left to Rot
Kamran Khan Jun 28, 1999 interacts: 19Only Karachi can define Karachi the way it is
Nuclear powers can count too!
Mohammad A Syed May 13, 1999 interacts: 9Can we implement a new census at the dawn of the new millenium?
Nawaz Sharif Plays Lady Macbeth
AA Apr 20, 1999 interacts: 16Pakistan government is an accomplice in domestic violence and the death of Samia Sarwar.
Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh
Jamal Hasan Apr 7, 1999 interacts: 346The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu
Waiting Upon the Prime Miniterial Burp
Rehan Ansari Feb 25, 1999 interacts: 9In Lahore we are expecting to hear a burp
Rise and Fall of a Silver Screen Hero
Abdul Nadir Feb 24, 1999 interacts: 12Of the late, great Waheed Murad
An Interview with Naseeruddin Shah
Rehan Ansari Jan 12, 1999 interacts: 663 pages of Manto tells you what you want to know [about Partition]
India is South Asia’s Natural Hegemon
Sadanand Dhume Dec 7, 1998 interacts: 47Pakistan is more an army with a state than a state with an army.
Urdu: The Language of the New Criminal
Saeed Jaffer Dec 1, 1998 interacts: 16Tauba, tauba ... but, were they Urdu-speaking?
Builders’ Mafia
Shandana Minhas Nov 20, 1998 interacts: 20Travails of Karachi’s people and skyline.
A Beggar From Karachi
Ras Siddiqui Nov 4, 1998 interacts: 3And the loss has now reached the healer Hakim
Talking of Talks
Udayakumar Oct 22, 1998 interacts: 9...the Prime Ministers have had a telephone talk
Hakim Said Assassinated
Chowk P Room Oct 17, 1998 interacts: 22A nation mourns an inexplicable tragedy
Pakistan Cinema 1947-1997: A Review
Rehan Ansari Oct 7, 1998 interacts: 11Gazdar gives a first rate literary analysis of Maula Jat against the backdrop of Zia’s Martial Law
Academic Freedom in Pakistani Universities
Amar M Tipu Sep 29, 1998 interacts: 2Warning: Voicing your views may be detrimental to your health.
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
Modern Armies and Their Invincible Plans
Shandana Minhas Sep 6, 1998 interacts: 24The minister was apparently on lunch break and had been for some years
Reconfiguration of the South Asian Polities
Udayakumar Aug 31, 1998 interacts: 35Mr. Sharif wants to transform himself into Amir-ul-Momineen....a title used by the Taliban chief.
Cry my Beloved Country
Feroz R Khan Aug 29, 1998 interacts: 7Thoughts on the nature of democracy in Pakistan.
Kentucky Fried Bookstore
Chowk P Room Jul 30, 1998 interacts: 7The Pak-American Bookstore makes way for Fried Chicken
Damming Kalabagh
Aly Ercelawn and Muhammad Nauman Jun 23, 1998 interacts: 8Is the state acting wisely in its insistence upon building Kalabagh Dam?
Devil’s Seminaries in feudal Pakistan
Mutahir K Almansoor Jun 15, 1998 interacts: 2When six-year-old Abdul Rehman of Multan was rescued from a deeni madarassa (religious school), he had 27 deep wounds on his body ...
To Quota or Not to Quota
Mian A Waheed and Naseem Majeed May 15, 1998 interacts: 2A look at the divisive quota issue.
Dreams and Promises
Nisar S Khara Mar 3, 1998 interacts: 6Young Riaz had come to Karachi with the hope of a better life and a brighter future for his family.
The Ehtesaab Gold Medal
Nisar S Khara Feb 19, 1998 interacts: 3He got the offender out of the lock up, collected all seized evidence of the offence, and walked out of the police station triumphantly, but not before finishing his cup of tea...
The Exploding Cities of the Developing World
Ayesha Tahir Feb 11, 1998 interacts: 6With ever-increasing global integration, problems that arise in one city can quickly spread throughout its region and even worldwide.
A Bad Day For Ahmeds
Nisar S Khara Jan 19, 1998 interacts: 3The boy, Ahmed Mallah, made an abortive bid to cross the road pushing his wheelbarrow loaded with bananas, while a convoy of VIP bird hunters, was about to pass through.
Bebee Phool Nahin Lo
Bad Girl Jan 9, 1998 interacts: 22Can this poor, raped, ravaged, depleted, sick earth take the burden of industrializing China, India, Pakistan and other third world countries?
Gender and Literacy in Pakistan
S Y Hussain Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 2By looking at agendas and practices of some organizations involved with women’s literacy in Pakistan this paper attempts to clarify ideas related to gender, assumed or consciously advocated in their various approaches.
The Pakistani Connection: An Opinion
Ras Siddiqui Dec 12, 1997 interacts: 8Pakistani media watchers have to be concerned today because people and the newspapers in this country have recently started mentioning Iraq and Pakistan in the same breath.
Time For Contempt
Jamal A Rasheed Dec 1, 1997 interacts: 3In today’s Pakistan, the word Contempt is what the Government of Pakistan thinks of the people of Pakistan.
Sana Khwaan-e-Taqdees-e-Mashriq Kahan Hein?
Chowk Press Nov 17, 1997Sana Khwaan-e-Taqdees-e-Mashriq Kahan Hein?
Pakistan’s Golden Jubilee
Saleem Islam Aug 14, 1997 interacts: 3Even now, the Mian has a cabinet of 41 ministers. FORTY ONE (count ’em)!! I can’t even think of thirty things that would need a minister.
From the Continuum
Kew Aug 1, 1997 interacts: 1Get an omniscient alien race’s view of our little world in general and of the land of the pure, in particular.
