Mobile snatching has become a really big problem in Pakistan, since the last few years it has increased tremendously. People are afraid to use their cell phones on the streets, they all have the fear of getting it snatched away, that’s why many people don’t buy expensive smart phones these days in Pakistan. My closest [...]

Difa-e-Pakistan is an Urdu word meaning Defense of Pakistan. Difa-e-Pakistan Council means a council willing to/responsible for defending Pakistan. The semantics dictate that the said council should comprise of representatives of the armed forces, the para-military forces, domestic law enforcement agencies, defense ministry and foreign ministry. In fact, the esteemed council that has come to [...]

For all of the discouraging news coming out of South Asia – Afghanistan’s escalating turmoil, the breakdown in U.S.-Pakistani relations, and growing political instability in Islamabad – there is one heartening development: India and Pakistan have restarted their peace dialogue following a three-year hiatus caused by the 2008 terrorist strikes in Mumbai. As a leading [...]

By Damayanti Datta for India Today On February 7, three Karnataka ministers were captured on television poring over a phone screen, watching a woman in a petticoat gyrating wildly. They lost their jobs for watching pornography in the sacred precincts of the Legislative Assembly. The incident is a high-profile sample of a definitive reality: porn [...]

I have been receiving this message off and on since I landed in Mumbai on the 13th: It reads: Warning: We believe your account was recently accessed from India (RJ) (115.112.42.0) Even though I have now been back in Pakistan for the past few days, yet I still continue to receive this warning at intervals. [...]

I have a much shorter commute since I moved from Chicago. This change has both merits and demerits. Obviously, all else being equal, it’s better to spend less time on a bus or subway, if you can help it. On the other hand, less time on the bus and/or subway also means less reading for [...]

New Delhi. Dassault Aviation has selected Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as its private sector partner to manufacture the Rafale Combat jets in India. Details are not known but Dassault confirmed the agreement with the Mumbai-based Mukesh Ambani-led Indian conglomerate. It was signed a week or so after the Government announced the Rafale as the winner [...]

Ayushman Jamwal, an MA Political Communication student from Cardiff University, describes the perceptions of Pakistan in India and his experience of interacting with Pakistani students in Britain   Cardiff University – Main Building Growing up in India, a typical youth’s perception of the world is framed primarily by family, popular culture and the news media. [...]

Many of us already know about the spectrum auction curruption case in India. A year back we did a post on the lessons we can learn from the case India. Now when the PTA are all set to kick the specturm launch in March end the Supreme Court accros the border has given its rulling, [...]

http://www.awaztoday.com/playshow/19453/Islamabad-Tonight-25h-January-2012.aspx http://www.zemtv.com/2012/01/25/islamabad-tonight-mohammad-hafiz-25th-january-2012/ http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/f247/video-islamabad-tonight-nadeem-malik-25th-january-2011-hafiz-muhammad-saeed-261629/ http://www.pakistanherald.com/Program/Islamabad-Tonight-January-25-2012-Nadeem-Malik-9483 ISLAMABAD TONIGHT WITH NADEEM MALIK 25-01-2012 TOPIC- JIHADI GROUPS IN PAKISTAN GUEST- HAFIZ SAEED AHMED HAFIZ SAEED AHMED OF JAMAT DAWA was the only guest on the show he said that the situation of the world has been changed but the reality is unchanged. He said that West is even targeting [...]

Salman Rushdie’s effigy is burned in Mumbai Just in time for Republic Day, which commemorates the adoption of a post-colonial constitution on January 26, 1950, a series of events lays bare the limits on freedom of expression in India. Foremost among these is the raging controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie’s scheduled appearance at the Jaipur Literature [...]

Last week, I discussed the breaking news of an emerging strain of “totally drug resistant” tuberculosis (TDR-TB)* in Mumbai.  This week, the Indian government denied the findings, arguing that the twelve cases were in fact extensively drug resistant (XDR, not “extremely,” as I wrote previously).  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that nine [...]

“I am a proud Lahori in love with Mumbai and I have no qualms about saying this aloud. Secularism and peace for me are not theoretical concepts. ” Syndicated from: Newsline » People

Indian fishermen released from Pakistani prisons, waiting to go back Below, my article on the India-Pakistan prisoners issue published in Aman ki Asha on Jan 11, 2012, followed by a correction from Sen. Iqbal Haider and further clarification from B.M. Kutty. Also please do read Shivam Vij’s thought-provoking and thorough report ‘Why is Gopal Das free and [...]