Bagdad’s Black Sunday

Nisar Square Shooting

Pak Army Publicity Stunt Department

The Western media seems to buy everything from the Pakistani Publicity Stunt Department and blow it up to an even bigger extent that probably even Athar Abbas has to laught at. ABC News pays specialists (in this case Abu Muqawama) to make judgments from propaganda material, that are obvious (”they left in a hurry, otherwise [...]

The capture of Jundullah leader Abdolmalek Rigi

Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Jundallah militant group, was nabbed in Iran on 23rd Feb in a dramatic fashion. His post-arrest statement and a photo allegedly showing him at a US base in Afghanistan just 24 hours before his arrest has sparked an interest debate on US role with Jundallah under Obama’s administration.

Although Pentagon spokesman [...]

Pakistan’s role in current scenario

Mushahid Hussaind Syed and Gen. (r) Hameed Gul (former DG ISI) analyse Pakistan’s role in current changing scenario in the wake of US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Watch here [Urdu].

SufiLore #4 – Pakistan has a Rock scene?

It’s quite old by now, and wasn’t picked up for more than 3 articles really, but for a glimpse the Western media was as if they had discovered something new (which it wasn’t): PakRock. It’s worth documenting the videos at least.
[Article/Video] Pakistan Rock against the West by Adam B. Ellick
In my opinion he chose examples [...]

SufiLore #3 – Database

In an attempt to shorten my delicious list – some databases I have recently stumbled over:

heer ranjha or terror, taliban and totay – where is Pakistan’s cinema?

I just returned from the cinema watching Boz Salkyn, a Kyrgyz movie – a simple story about bride-kidnapping, love and the Kyrgyz people. It has some Heer Ranja aspects. It’s emotional, completely a-political without the aim to critizice society, the state or question religion

SufiLore #1 – Which way, Taliban?

Copying Tim Stevens’ (on ubiwar) and others’ concept of a material list provided continuously on stuff previously read or dealt with, I will start a regular material list, always on a specific topic, including a small number of links,  with one line each to underline the reason why I included it. The material will include [...]

the equivalent of 5 americans

In environmental sciences on climate change, GHG emissions are often referred to as CO2 equivalents (CO2 eq.), weighing their respective impact on climate change compared to that of CO2. theOnion proposes to do exactly that with the value of human life weighing it in comparison to an american life – you may forward to 1:25 [...]

Afghanistan: Transition to What?

Unfortunately they have Audio problems half way through. But what you can hear is well worth it. Especially the first part.
Michael Semple (is he really wearing Peshawari chappels there?) and Najam Sethi (one of European media’s darlings-trias when it comes to local commenters – Ahmed Rashid, Tariq Ali, Najam Sethi) are bringing in great points [...]