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Pakistan

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Silly Season: Bureau Chief Sebastian Abbot with AP's 'Big Lie'

Here is another factually incorrect article that uses incorrect information and inappropriate words to twist the story. The problem is that this is the Associated Press’s ‘Big Story’, and its stories get picked up by other outlets: AP [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pakistan-shuns-physicist-linked-god-particle] , Yahoo [http://news.yahoo.com/

Feminism is the Feeling of Being Safe - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy recently became the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award. Her Oscar-winning documentary, “Saving Face,” co-directed by American filmmaker Daniel Junge, chronicles the lives of acid attack survivors in Pakistan and follows a British-Pakistani plastic surgeon, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jawad, who performs re-constructive surgeries on them. (Wikipedia [http:

Pakistan Turns the Corner without War or Revolution

![www.supportimrankhan.org](http://www.supportimrankhan.org/images/lets-build-better-pakistan-imran-khan.jpg)Pakistanis are a hardy and pragmatic people. Recently, exhibiting some signs of a true democracy, they have probably averted some of the worse outcomes being discussed only a few months ago. We’ll discuss some of the recent events here:

Rapidly Changing Al-Qaeda Endgame in Pakistan

Saleem Shahzad was the fearless Pakistani reporter who was kidnapped last night and found dead today. As usual, the Interior Minister promised an inquiry and visited his home, and all the foreign news agencies for whom he worked expressed their condolences. In addition to the sorrow over a reporter I

Reality Check about Christians in Pakistan

Listening to the commercial media in Western countries, one can be forgiven for thinking that in countries like Iraq or Pakistan, there is a Klashinkov-toting Muslim around every corner hunting down Christians and other non-Muslims. On my last trip to Pakistan, I stayed in one of largest Christian neighbourhoods in

Assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti

Pakistan’s minorities minister was murdered, a few weeks after the murder of the Punjab Governor. These are senseless and tragic events. Who are the perpetrators? In the first case, it might have been the case of misplaced and violent religious fervour. In the latter, a curious leaflet has been

US Human Rights Report on India and Pakistan

Despite media reports and conventional wisdom, both countries face very similar human rights abuse charges: * torture in police custody * disappearance and extra-judicial killings in areas of political conflict and insurgency * no result of many ‘inquiries’ Report on Pakistan: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/160472.pdf Report on India: http:

Pakistan's Jewish Problem

Interesting stuff – how the dots are connected and the focus on Urdu media and KN: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5090.htm

Murderer or Hero?

by Rayaz Ahmed Pakistan’s estimated population is over 170 million making it the world’s sixth most-populous country, which consists of 96.3% of Muslims. Due to uncertainty overs Sharia law, there is almost lawlessness in many parts of the country and corruption has spread like cancer in every

Blasphemy Law: Debate to Assassination

We absolutely condemn the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and all the unwarranted furor that may have led to it. If anything, the Salman Taseer murder shows the importance of having a public and respectful debate about the Pakistan blasphemy Laws. Along with the murder of the governor, there

Blasphemy Law on Iqra TV

I was given the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of the Pakistan Blasphemy law in much more detail on Iqra on 19 December 2010. Please view below:

The Story of two Women: Aasia and Aafia

Invited by Iqra TV to express opinion about the Aasia Bibi case in Pakistan. Watch: Part 1: Part 2: