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Photo: Muslim Hands  On 27 July, I was worried when remembering the great flood and wrote the following in my post: I must applaud The Flood Commission Report that runs into two hundred pages and more made many conclusions which are yet to be implemented. A recent editorial in The News titled ‘Flood déjà vu’ [...]

A year has passed and gone since 27 July 2010. However for almost a million Pakistanis time has stood still as they remain homeless and hopeless after the devastating floods that hit Pakistan exactly a year ago today not that you would know thanks to Pakistan’s collective indifferene (read government, media and people) The human, [...]

Source: The Good Guide via The Guardian. Readers are asked to study the above image in detail and reflect on its findings. The pledged support for Pakistan when compared with Haiti is there for all to see and lament. Readers can study the data in more detail by visiting the Guardian website here. I particulary [...]

The fourth death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti was marked on 26 August as a black day across Balochistan. Dark shadows reigned supreme then and still do it seems, as demonstrated recently during Balochistan’s devastating floods. The monsoon floods that have devastated Pakistan have devastated Balochistan equally with much of Balochistan under water and in [...]

Amidst the national furore over calls for martial law by Altaf Hussain of recent days as well as the cricket corruption allegations, I fear Pakistan is at present digressing as a whole and losing somewhat its essential focus on the devastating floods and its victims. Thus this very short post includes three different videos that remind [...]

Malik Riaz of Bahria Town fame is one of Pakistan’s richest men. Moved by the Pakistani floods, Malik Riaz has written an open letter to the rich elite of Pakistan urging them to help the Pakistani masses who have lost everything owing to the devastating floods. The letter is shared below: The Pakistani elite have [...]

GUEST BLOG by Imaan H. Mazari In Pakistan, critics are extremely popular. The reason being the fact that we all continue to criticize every single initiative taken in the country, regardless of it actually making sense. The ANP, along with several other segments of our society, opposed the construction of the Kalabagh Dam, for a range [...]

President Zardari graced Birmingham with his presence today as the Presidential tour of Europe reached its final destination. The President was slated to address the overall Pakistani community but in truth it was a PPP bash for PPP workers only. The Birmingham bash did not pass off without incident and included a substantial  public demonstration against his UK [...]

Source: Daily Times The grins and smiles above sicken me and say it all. Legend has it that the Emperor of Rome, Nero fiddled whilst Rome burnt. Today another emperor of sorts is following in his footsteps. The Pakistani ‘Nero’ is President Zardari who is fiddling whilst Pakistan drowns. With over 1400 deaths so far and 3 million [...]

Source: Dawn Today Pakistan is a people and a nation that is under water and struggling to stay afloat. Pakistan is in dire need of a collective national prayer with the monsoon floods have devastated Pakistan in recent days. Over 1100 people have died in the worst monsoon rains in 40 years and in living memory. Over a [...]