before and after of 2010 pakistani floods. photo daniel berehulak
the picture with the babies!
(via karachi2delhi)
care bears- camp candy- denver, the last dinasaur- night rider- super mario bros- richie rich- rainbrow brite- scooby doo- Silver hawks- thunder cats- pound pound puppies, Mr T- Gumby- Back to the future- Donald duck- Mickey Mouse- Captain planettt- The jetsonss- Peter pan-.
does any one remember NTM? i miss nice cartoons.
This list is not exhaustive.
Anti Polio Campaign—Four health workers shot dead
WHO halts campaign…while one would expect such an act to take place in FATA…its occurance in Karachi is a clear depiction of how Khi is completely out of control. My prayers for the victims..you are the real heroine.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/481472/anti-polio-campaign-in-sync-attacks-on-polio-vaccinators/
http://dawn.com/2012/12/19/six-polio-workers-shot-dead-in-pakistan/
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Pakistan’s legendary columnist and critic Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926 - 2012) passes away today
Famous (and even notorious) for his fearless, unapologetic views on his country Pakistan, Ardeshir Cowasjee was a man who did not think twice before uttering the truth. “Cowasjee was appointed by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in 1973 but was jailed for 72 days in 1976 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for which no explanation has been given to date; it is said that Prime Minister Bhutto did that to rein Cowasjee because the latter was becoming increasingly vocal about Bhutto’s authoritarian ways. Cowasjee subsequently started writing letters to the editor of Dawn Newspaper, which led him to become a permanent columnist. Since then, his hard-hitting and well-researched columns in Dawn have continuously exposed corruption, nepotism and incompetence in different local, provincial and national governments for the last twenty years.In 2011 Cowasjee bid farewell to Dawn by publishing his last article in the newspaper on 25 December 2011, however he has hinted that he may write rarely for the newspaper in the coming future.” [x]
I grew up reading his brilliant views, I saw him on national TV making anchors and hosts ever so uneasy with his bluntness, often saying, “Yeh sala log (Loosely: These bastards)” about the various governments of Pakistan. He was never afraid to call a spade a spade. It is said that he was once threatened by a judge to “watch his mouth” but Cowasjee did not budge, he did not change a single thing about his moral take on issues. He was an inspiration to many.
Ardeshir Cowasjee sahab was a “columnist extraordinaire, bane of landgrabbers, humanist, philanthropist,” as Human Rights Watch’s Ali Dayan correctly put him. Another Pakistani legend bites the dust. A golden piece of Karachi died today. May his soul rest in power.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdzv5sn2pr1qamcl6o1_400.jpg)
Pakistan’s legendary columnist and critic Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926 - 2012) passes away today
Famous (and even notorious) for his fearless, unapologetic views on his country Pakistan, Ardeshir Cowasjee was a man who did not think twice before uttering the truth. “Cowasjee was appointed by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in 1973 but was jailed for 72 days in 1976 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for which no explanation has been given to date; it is said that Prime Minister Bhutto did that to rein Cowasjee because the latter was becoming increasingly vocal about Bhutto’s authoritarian ways. Cowasjee subsequently started writing letters to the editor of Dawn Newspaper, which led him to become a permanent columnist. Since then, his hard-hitting and well-researched columns in Dawn have continuously exposed corruption, nepotism and incompetence in different local, provincial and national governments for the last twenty years.In 2011 Cowasjee bid farewell to Dawn by publishing his last article in the newspaper on 25 December 2011, however he has hinted that he may write rarely for the newspaper in the coming future.” [x]
I grew up reading his brilliant views, I saw him on national TV making anchors and hosts ever so uneasy with his bluntness, often saying, “Yeh sala log (Loosely: These bastards)” about the various governments of Pakistan. He was never afraid to call a spade a spade. It is said that he was once threatened by a judge to “watch his mouth” but Cowasjee did not budge, he did not change a single thing about his moral take on issues. He was an inspiration to many.
Ardeshir Cowasjee sahab was a “columnist extraordinaire, bane of landgrabbers, humanist, philanthropist,” as Human Rights Watch’s Ali Dayan correctly put him. Another Pakistani legend bites the dust. A golden piece of Karachi died today. May his soul rest in power.
(via mehreenkasana)
One Vintage Pakistani Travel Item A Day: Alitalia Travel Pakistan poster from 1950s
Unfortunately couldn’t find a higher resolution of this.
Vintage Collections / One Vintage Pakistani Travel Item A Day / Pinterest
One Vintage Pakistani Travel Item A Day: Indian State Railways poster for Kashmir (1940s)
Disputed area between Pakistan and India, and just for the record I am all for Kashmir’s independence from both.
Vintage Collections / One Vintage Pakistani Travel Item A Day / Pinterest
"A recent study conducted jointly by the law schools at Stanford University and New York University found that drones used by the US in Pakistan essentially operate as instruments of terror in civilian communities, killing unnecessarily large numbers of innocent people. America’s culture of intellectual freedom in its universities, which enables such a report to be produced, disseminated, and discussed, is to be lauded. In contrast, the human rights culture in the US or globally is constitutionally incapable of providing a basis for questioning the US, Barack Obama, or Leon Panetta about their moral culpability for the deaths of Pakistani civilians by drones."
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The End of Human Rights: The rhetoric surrounding the protection of human rights has been appropriated by Western nations that are only too complicit in the derogation of values once cherished around the world, writes Rohit Chopra.
The banal, everyday affirmation of America’s right to intervene in the affairs of sovereign nations, the justifications for military strategies such as drones, and the selective invocation of human rights as a principle of US foreign policy have given the imprimatur of legitimacy to a grossly unequal vision of the world in which powerful nations can capriciously decide the fate of weaker ones with no answerability to any higher standard or body.
One of the most comprehensive articles I’ve read.
(via mehreenkasana)KFC shuts down in Pakistan?
Pakistan ‘Day of Love’ protests erupt in violence, leaving over a dozen dead
(Photo: Arif Ali / AFP - Getty Images)
NBC News staff and wire reports — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence on Friday, with police firing tear gas and live ammunition in an attempt to subdue rioters who hurled rocks and set fire to buildings in some cities.
crazzzzzy
(via nbcnews)
