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Articles with tag: rote

Aitzaz’s Monumental Blunder

saeed qureshi   Jun 15, 2008   interacts: 351

There is all quiet in Pakistan after the lawyers’ long march. The struggle of more than one year was wasted away in matter of hours.

Long March

kashkin dabruski   Jun 11, 2008   interacts: 42

In thousands, we will march, for change
Hear you will my friends, not far away
The days of change and nights of comfort
Walk with me, as each step gathers its storm

Race to the Finish

Feroz Qutabshahi   Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 778

60 years ago, when Jackie Robinson, first Black Man to play in US Major League Baseball, walked onto the field, he was taunted, ridiculed, and booed, but despite all adversity, he delivered.

Why Me?

Awais Memon   Nov 30, 2007   interacts: 1

He created the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS, received the first Annual AIDS Leadership Award, and addressed the United Nations on World AIDS Day.

Resist, resist, resist: ‘The gift of a crisis’

Beena Sarwar   Nov 24, 2007   interacts: 197

General Musharraf’s announcement of an ‘emergency’ on Nov 3 stunned many among this otherwise complacent generation -- enough to finally act upon their convictions.

Muffled Voices on Campuses

Ahsan Raza   Nov 23, 2007   interacts: 2

As private universities are abuzz with anti-emergency chants, students of Government College and FC College, Lahore have also adopted ways to express themselves politically.

Pakistan: Media Under Siege

Beena Sarwar   Nov 23, 2007   interacts: 138

Police have attacked and arrested journalists demonstrating all over the country. Over a hundred journalists offered themselves for mass arrest in Karachi on Nov 20.

Kolkata on Fire

Torsa Ghosal   Nov 21, 2007   interacts: 70

On 21st November the protest was more violent than any imagined in recent times in Kolkata and almost all our lives have been violently affected by it.

Pressures Mount on Pervez Musharraf

Beena Sarwar   Nov 15, 2007   interacts: 11

"The judges by not taking oath, the lawyers and civil society by resisting have shown the way. The media is standing by them. This is one battle the General is sure to lose"

Cholesterol Say Paak

Nadeem F Paracha   Nov 8, 2007   interacts: 129

I 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.

Where's the news?

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 14, 2007   interacts: 83

The so-called "movement against Musharraf" and the unfolding "democratic revolution" seems like a shrinking reality no bigger than a 26-inch TV screen.

Rote Learning Vis-à-vis Physical Comprehension

Mohammad Gill   Jul 19, 2007   interacts: 66

It’s beautiful to design an experiment. It’s equally beautiful to construct a working theory from the empirical information.

Women's Protection Bill is Not Enough

Nuzhat Malik   May 2, 2007   interacts: 5

Hudood Ordinance enacted in 1979 by a military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq has been an issue in Pakistan. General Zia suspended all fundamental rights guaranteed in the 1973 constitution.

A Nation Reborn

Shaheryar Akbar   Mar 20, 2007   interacts: 71

Just when I thought my people would once again silently ignore this new form of oppression, and resign themselves to a fate written by politicians and generals, they responded! They awoke! They said in one voice, “enough is enough!” I have ne

The Spirit of Pakistan is Failing

Mubashir Butt   Dec 30, 2006   interacts: 33

Our great General-President himself admitted in a televised interview that the federation has weakened in the recent past but did anyone question why?

Celebrity Courts and Kangaroo Justice

Farzana Versey   Apr 18, 2006   interacts: 116

I protest against this abuse of a cause by people like Aamir Khan, for it is gimmicky and counter-productive. News channels are behaving like nautch girls and social butterflies as the nawabs of vigilance. Page 3 justice is the latest fad

Protecting your ICT Software Rights

Fouad Bajwa   Feb 3, 2006

Are all of us thieves?

Notes from Latin America

Rezwan Bajwa   Oct 14, 2005   interacts: 27

A teacher of mine once said that if Intezaar Hussein were a Spaniard or an Englishman he would have been acclaimed as a phenomenon.

The State Strikes Back

Rezwan Bajwa   Jun 16, 2005   interacts: 7

Many expected this to take a bit of time but the State pulled a surprise this past Saturday. The Rangers moved in to occupy all PTCL installations in the country and the Army signals core moved in to take over operations so that the workers could no long

The Book is also Just a Book

Farzana Versey   May 23, 2005   interacts: 349

Forget about killing myself. I felt no anger, no hurt, no disgust when I read the Newsweek report regarding the ’desecration’ of the ’holy Quran’. The Quran is at various levels merely a symbol, and an individual one at that.

Graffiti

Nima Shirali   Oct 21, 2004   interacts: 4

Officer Don said this was a sign that the same kids who painted the school walls ended up in jail. I thought it was the silencing of free voice that led to a colorful outbreak of anger.

The Responsibility of Students

Nima Shirali   Sep 16, 2004   interacts: 15

I started my university studies with the expectation of elevating my level of academic understanding. I was of the notion that I would be entering a “sanctuary for free thought”. Yet, the notion of this “sanctuary” was violently br

Loudspeaker Victory

Beena Sarwar   Apr 25, 2004   interacts: 15

Most people suffer the loudspeaker menace in silence.

Adrift

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur   Apr 22, 2004   interacts: 10

The path of violence seems to be the easiest path to follow ... Only if countries could grow stronger and prosperous on murder and mayhem!

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