Other Pakistan Turns Three

June 22nd, 2010

On 22 June in 2007, Wasim Arif wrote the very first Other Pakistan post. Three years later and 194 posts later, Other Pakistan continues with its singular focus on providing Pakistanis a platform via an ongoing dialogue on how to improve Pakistan and create the Quaid’s Pakistan Other Pakistan’s always and only been to create the Quaid’s Pakistan, indeed Express News has [...]

OP on Twitter

August 28th, 2009

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:

Other Pakistan Turns Two Today

June 22nd, 2009

Two years ago today, Wasim Arif wrote the first Other Pakistan post. The post involved Pakistan’s favourite number 14 as Other Pakistan began with fourteen unforgettable words, they are repeated below: My greatest regret is that I only have one life to lose for Pakistan Today Other Pakistan celebrates its second birthday in high spirits buoyed by Pakistan’s [...]

Free Pakistani Students Update

May 25th, 2009

I regret that I have been unable to update OP readers as to the progress of my campaign. Before I do that, I wish to share my campaign letter addressed to the Brown government and the opposition parties in the UK. A copy of the letter written to one of the opposition parties- the Liberal [...]

Dir, Buner and Swat will Sing Again

May 19th, 2009

As the brave sons of the soil fight and defeat the vile Taliban in Swat, Buner and Dir,  good news and hope must be the staple diet for Pakistan. In this regard I wish to share a video from a Buneri playing music in days gone by. However I remain optimistic that the Taliban will [...]

Please Help Pakistan’s IDP’s

May 13th, 2009

URGENT APPEAL: PLEASE HELP PAKISTAN’S IDP’s This is a personal and urgent request for national and international help to save Pakistan’s internally displaced people now numbering over 1 million.  Time is of the essence and I beg of you to help in any way you can either financially or by publicising the gravity of the [...]

April’s B-side

April 30th, 2009

April’s B-side is focused entirely on the two A’s that give Pakistan a constant headache- America and Afghanistan. The much trumpeted Obama policy for Afghanistan has been announced with accompanying fanfare and is the focus of April’s B-side as Afghanistan’s fate will affect Pakistan greatly. April’s B-side contents are:    A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan [...]

OP on Facebook

April 26th, 2009

Other Pakistan is now on Facebook,  see here or hit the blue box below: I ask all Other Pakistan readers to visit us our page on Facebook and become a fan, in doing so we can then begin to work together to share ideas in an informal context on how to bring about the Quaid’s [...]

Bye Bye Buner

April 22nd, 2009

I am seething, and so livid for the vile Taliban have more or less took Buner under their satanic empire. It pains me more than anyone can know that the brave people of Buner have been left at the mercy of barbarians whose religion is the religion of death and destruction. In the meantime the [...]

Saazish in Swat

April 15th, 2009

For fear of flogging a dead horse and no pun is intended, be warned that this is another article on the video nasty from Swat. In its aftermath Taliban apologists have at the very least been economical with the actualité a la Alan Clark; instead they have come up with a plethora of excuses for [...]