Articles with tag: pop
10 Best TV Shows in 90's
Ali Chishti Jun 18, 2009 interacts: 9At #10, Ainak Wala Jin – PTV, anyone growing in the 90’s in Pakistan was addicted to this program. Targeted towards children it was based on "Alif-Laila", something like the Harry Potter of Pakistan in the 90’s.
King of Pop Silenced at 50
Anum Ali Jun 28, 2009 interacts: 46
As the music fraternity gathers round to grieve their beloved King of Pop it is true when their words echo: “There cannot be another Michael Jackson.”
Wake Up Already!
Amna Chaudhry Feb 14, 2009 interacts: 10“What happened to the dream of a girl president? She’s dancing in the video next to 50 Cent? ... they are destroying what took the women before them an eternity to gain.
Music: Muslim Madonna
Arun Reginald Jun 29, 2008 interacts: 51Performing seated alongside notable ghazal maestros of the subcontinent was the eight years old Deepika Thathaal known by her stage name Deeyah.
Can Religious Leaders Redeem the Future of the World?
Mohammad Gill Oct 12, 2007 interacts: 235138 prominent Muslim scholars have written an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI calling for religious harmony between Christians and the Muslims.
Pakistan Shinning III - Population and Literacy
Zarrar Said Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 17There is no precedent in history of any nation demonstrating double-digit (or even high single digit) GDP growth while spending next to nothing on its human capital.
One Man’s Religion as Another Man’s Belly Laugh
mehul kamdar Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 6The funny side of the Pope’s comments - why can’t people laugh anymore?
Infallibility No guard Against Stupidity
Patrick Masih Sep 18, 2006 interacts: 317I’m not sure what is more vexing, the fact that the pope said what he did, or the calim that he didn’t mean to cause offense.
The Fertility Debate
Aisha Sarwari May 12, 2006 interacts: 35The role of women in determining their fertility is also a factor of politics and power established by the clerical class rather than what Islam actually specifies. Many Muslim countries assert that women do not have a right to deny pregnancy
Which Road will the Pope Take?
Adeel Khan Apr 28, 2005 interacts: 47Major inter-faith issues lie ahead of Pope Benedict XVI, he succeeded Pope John Paul II, a man who supported religious relativism and worked to enforce better relations with Jews and Muslims.
Linking Poverty and Population
Kamal Siddiqi Apr 24, 2005 interacts: 41Currently Pakistan is the sixth most populated country in the world. It also enjoys the dubious distinction of having the largest people under the poverty line, estimated at over 50 million.
Vide ’made’ the Radio Star
Mehreen Malik Oct 9, 2004 interacts: 3In the Pakistan video industry, love isn’t considered sincere unless it is professed with a sachet of your favourite paan masala in hand...
The 20 Best Pakistani Pop Songs … ever!
Nadeem F Paracha Aug 6, 2004 interacts: 79Fuzon are still a new story and if they keep their egos intact and don’t fall early for the glitzy and amoral ways of corporate pop, they have a future that can only become bigger and better.
Junoon Ltd.
Asif Memon Jan 10, 2004 interacts: 32Who knows, maybe Junoon will release some better music soon. Hopefully the cola hasn’t gone to their heads. They might even prove me wrong with a good english language album.
The Sheep Dilemma
Madiha Waris Jul 31, 2003 interacts: 48I just HAVE to meet another of those alarmingly-increasing-in-number pseudo intellectual freak-shows with all the latest best selling Kamila Shamsie
I’m With Stupid
Haroon Moghul Jul 3, 2003 interacts: 6thought to myself, as I searched for the right kind of chocolate fudge cake, that I was now living in an ascendant empire, the most powerful country on earth and perhaps in all of human history. An empire!
Bari Imam’s Republic of Peeristan
Hala Malik Jul 2, 2003 interacts: 46Before, this disease was limited to the illiterate population of Pakistan, but now it’s becoming more of a fashion for literate and well-known people to be seeing some Pir or Sufi. It’s the latest new trend.
Lanka - A Small Sashay
arti buxi Jun 27, 2003 interacts: 15On a fine March morning, I too packed my passport and landed into the hassle free Colombo airport. The way I see it, supreme happiness is ‘Visa on Arrival’.
Yesterday and Tomorrow in India Today
Dost Mittar Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 166Here was, then, the India of yesterday: poor, hungry, mired in poverty, highly dependent upon the vagaries of weather and yet full of life with colour, dance and music.
Women in Religious Scriptures
Sushil Bhatnagar May 15, 2003 interacts: 315Gender relationships in religious frame-work
Air Cdre Rizwanullah Khan Shaheed Memorial Trust
Samina Rizwan May 4, 2003 interacts: 26how will we make sure that the contribution to this world happens anyway, in the name of the dearly departed
As the Bald Eagle Tries to Rule
Veeresh Malik Mar 21, 2003 interacts: 127I knew some guys who hitch-hiked this route.
My Two Pence on the W-word
Maryam Ansari Mar 20, 2003 interacts: 68I can't swallow how half a million people are scheduled to die in a period of three weeks
Musings Of A Suspected Terrorist
Beynaam Badshah Dec 20, 2002 interacts: 168I admit I have hated America...but there is another side to this story.
The Endangered Species
Bina Shah Nov 15, 2002 interacts: 146I’m just waiting for the day when South Asian women are added to the WWF’s endangered species list.
Worldwide India-Pakistan peace movement begins?
Ras Siddiqui Jul 15, 2002 interacts: 285It is time for Indians and Pakistanis worldwide to re-humanize their enemies
A Pakistani School’s Visit to India
Alia Amirali Aug 16, 2001 interacts: 1051Nowhere else in the world can one enter an enemy country and feel so at ease.
Lahore is Bombay
Rehan Ansari Oct 25, 1999 interacts: 66Dish antennas, sexy DJs and breathless Lahoris
Pagans and Competitive Conversions
Murad A Baig Mar 12, 1999 interacts: 68On conversions and reverse conversions
The Never-Ending Story
Kaneez Rehman Jan 23, 1999 interacts: 117A womans take on being a ’druggie’ in Pakistan
Intolerance in Official Practice
Raza May 3, 1998 interacts: 17Why is it necessary to condemn someone’s personal beliefs in a place as irrelevant as the passport form?
Selective Islam in Pakistan
Imran Khan Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 50I feel there are certain western countries with far more Islamic traits than us, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens.
