September 14, 2011
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For the past several months, some enemies of Pakistani liberals and free media have been involved in a defamatory campaign against some most respectable, independent journalists, portraying them as proxies of Pakistan army / ISI.
Kudos to my friend Omar Waraich for calling a spade a spade. In his article in The Time, Omar Waraich explains how journalists like Najam Sethi, Hamid
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September 14, 2011
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The tragedy is that the international media has been ignorant of the massacre of religious minorities in Pakistan.
Editor’s note: After the recent reporting of Pakistan Blogzine’s petition in the Wall Street Journal, slowly but surely international media is paying some attention to the silent mass murder of Shia Muslims which is ongoing in Pakistan for last sever years. We are cross-posting an editorial by the Daily Outlook Afghanistan, which clearly supports our stance on this topic. For example:
The tragedy is that the international media has been ignorant of the massacre of religious minorities in Pakistan. Local representatives of the international rights groups have also ignored and under-reported the
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September 14, 2011
by Schimi
Pakistan Flood Victims 2011 Call For Help
Floods in southern Pakistan have caused more than 200 deaths, a million homes have been destroyed and more than four million acres of cropland have been affected. And still the devil is to come. More heavy rain is forecast in coming days. The coastal city of Karachi suffered the least where educational institutions have been closed for two days and work came to a halt the previous day after heavy rain. Unusual weather patterns caused heavy rains in Sindh and according to the BBC poor drainage exacerbated the problem.
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