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August’s B-side includes an alternative look at Afghanistan by narrating the story of an Afghan heroine, one Malalai Joya. The second article is actually a speech  by David Miliband the British Foreign Secretary on Afghanistan and provides a rejoinder of sorts to the first article. The final article looks at Pakistan’s power and energy problems [...]

I have tried to refrain from the ‘twitter revolution’ but have yielded today. Thus Other Pakistan is now on Twitter so please do follow us on Twitter too and pass on the good news to one and all. Please follow Other Pakistan’s tweets here or by hitting the Twitter link below:

Tears were shed in my household and up and down all of Pakistan this time last year upon hearing the death of the one and only Ahmed Faraz.  Upon reflection it is as Nadeem Arif Najmi wrote that ‘Faraz Marte Nahin’,  indeed Ahmed Faraz can and did never die, moreover he defeated death and became [...]

As the entire nation celebrated Pakistan’s 62nd birthday in recent days, the best bit of news came in the form of Swat where after years of  Taliban tyranny, green and white reigned supreme across Swat. The Swatis were out in force and celebrated 14 August like never before as shown by numerous TV channels.  At [...]

Ye Watan Tumhara Hai sang by the great Ustad Mehdi Hasan shown above is the song of Pakistan and its words are my words this independence day. That said I cannot refrain from expressing my happiness saying AZAADI MUBARAK to all Pakistanis inside and outside of Pakistan as we celebrate our 62nd year of independence [...]

As 14 August approaches, introspection continues and today the focus is on Pakistan turning into ‘Corrupt’istan. The PPP government is in the dock for many acts of ommission and now commission too as per an investigative report by Kamran Khan. The famed GEO TV anchor Kamran Khan’s report does all the talking and details rampant [...]

After my honest write-up of Pakistan’s Gojra shame, I believe more home truths need to be addressed head on and that it is time for more introspection especially in the month of August with a view to improving Pakistan. An article by Zafar Hilaly hits the nail on the head and is shown below: Architects [...]

For all Pakistani’s the month of August is synonmous with the celebrating of Pakistan’s creation. It is a month of hope and humour, fun and laughter and general optimism and a break from the daily grind and bad news that is modern day Pakistan. This August, Pakistan and Pakistani’s stand ashamed at the Gojra atrocity [...]

GUEST BLOG by Imaan H. Mazari The Chief Minister of Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, has assured the Pakistani nation that the culprits of violence against the Christians (refer to Gojra incident 30th of july) will be brought to justice as soon as possible. This incident brought this scribe to two conclusions; The level of religious [...]

Today’s post is the first of a series of posts that will be published over many weeks. The posts will chart the journey of the lawyers movement  from 9 March 2007 and its  milestones until the historic judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan as delivered on 31 July 2009. This post has been a [...]