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  • Resilient till the End… SSP Chaudhry Aslam

    Resilient till the End… SSP Chaudhry Aslam

    19th September has been one another day, when 200 million Pakistanis have woken up to the reality that the motherland is burning, being attacked by an invisible but a lethal and barbaric force. Karachi was the target of today’s attack by Tehreek e Taliban Fidayeen (Highway to Hell) squad, in the most settled residential area…

  • Dengue and Floods because of Sins?

    Dengue and Floods because of Sins?

    There is some speculation on blogs and social networking websites as to whether the floods and dengue are due to sins. I think it is ridiculous to say that they are a result of sins. Dengue is a result of an ineffective government which wasn’t prepared while the floods are a result of not having…

  • Rain damages, clogged water at Nursery Karachi

    Rain damages, clogged water at Nursery Karachi

    Following pictures are of Nursery Furniture Market area in PECHS Karachi. They give a glimpse of prospective damages by recent rain in Karachi. Water was clogged due to inefficient drainage system and lack of disaster management planning by local administration. Images received in Email

  • Karachi Rain Photos

    Karachi Rain Photos

    After a long while, Karachi had a real downpour today. And as usual, the roads turned into rivers, drains overflowed and electricity feeders started to trip over. Following are some of the photos of the rain in Karachi, and its aftermath. From: Zohaib Akhtar From: Ummat From: Ummat If you have captured Karachi in rain,…

  • Mirza’s Conscience or Weapon of Mass Deception (WMD)

    Believe it or not, Zulfiqar Mirza is the star of today, let it be our media or the masses on the street. The former Interior Minister (Sindh) as well as one of the most closest aides of the President is no new to controversies as well as moving out of ordinary. But undoubtedly his latest…

  • MQM and the Muhajir Myths

    MQM and the Muhajir Myths

    MQM, founded as Muhajir Qaumi Movement, is now known as Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The change in name came after its decision to join national level politics as a main stream party. When MQM went through this shift it was assumed, and appreciated by many circles, that MQM has stripped out of its racist core. However,…

  • KESC introduces bill payment convenience for customers

    The Karachi Electric Supply Company has made alternative arrangements for payment of monthly electricity bills for those customers who have not received physical bills around their usual due date, given interruptions caused in the regular process by the union miscreants. The KESC has developed this system as a supplementary support to facilitate the customers who…

  • Individual Insanity or Institutional Negligence!

    “It takes an instant to cut short a living soul, but the entire universe combined cannot revive a second of its previous existence” (Anonymous) Injustice is a termite which can bring down the most powerful of Empires and reign, and the book of history has clear cut cases that when “justice”  disappears, so does the…

  • Our Woes and Foes

    Our Woes and Foes

    Is not this high time we, sincere Pakistanis, got our thinking straight… and decide where it all went wrong ? 1. We may have provided them with refuge, and a congenial breeding home ground for their life time settlement. With our traditions of being the greatest hosts, we may have supported our guests in getting…

  • PTI workers clashed with Fauzia Siddiqui’s son

    Before the Dharna of Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) workers clashed with supporters of Save Aafia Movement (managed by her sister, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui). Apparently, son of Fauzia Siddiqui was shoved and hot words were exchanged. No clarification from PTI leaders on this yet.