‘Talibanism, Islamism, and other ideological agendas will take over the educational system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, now that the education ministry is being handed to Jamaat Islami, the coalition partner of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.’ Such were the reactions in the Pakistani…
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Shahrukh Jatoi, the prime suspect in Shahzeb murder case takes the battle online?
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Shahrukh Jatao, the prime suspect of the Shahzeb Khan murder case has apparently turned to social media to fight his case. Just when I was doing a random research about the case for a story, I came across a newly…
Ardeshir Cowasjee 1926-2012 — More Than Just a Columnist
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The veteran columnist has left several people including journalists, students with beautiful memories of how he was more than just a columnist. Dawn News has published a round up in this report.
Cellular Services Suspended for 2 Days – Taliban Still Determined
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As per the latest reports, Taliban’s spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, suspending cellular services will not “stop” them from carrying out their activities and that they might still target the Ashura processions. Citing security concerns on Ashura, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has…
BREAKING: Microsoft & Google Pakistan Defaced – Restored After 18 Hours [Updated]
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Surprisingly enough, Google Pakistan’s home page (google.com.pk) is “hacked” by Turkish hackers putting a message which doesn’t make much sense if we read a translation. There’s a phrase in English which says “Pakistan Downed”, surprising coming from a friendly country…
Pakistani Hackers Wage Cyber War Against Israeli Web Pages
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LAHORE: Israeli web pages for BBC, Bing, Coke, Groupon, Intel, MSN, Skype, Xbox, among other several websites have been defaced by Pakistani hackers. Here’s an excerpt of “warning” from the defaced page: I am writing on the behalf of all…
Gaza Under Attack – Cartoons by Carlos Latuff
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When it comes to raising voice for Palestinians, Carlos Latuff‘s is perhaps one of the loudest and hard hitting voices out there. I was fortunate to meet him last year in Brazil in a Bloggers’ conference. His activism in support…
PML N and Leaders Trolled Online
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Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and its leadership has been awkwardly trolled online at the website called ThePMLNVision.com. The first idea someone gets from the title is, this perhaps is an official website detailing manifesto and policies of the party and…
Toyota Pakistan Up Against Imported Cars
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Toyota Motors Pakistan, one of the major players in Pakistan’s automobile industry has started a campaign against imported cars to discourage customers. The campaign portrays imported cars as evils and locally assembled cars as angels by mentioning a list of…
Indo-Pak Music Competition Sur Kshetra’s Grilling Sneak Preview
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In a press conference today, India’s Colors TV and SaharaOne TV unveiled the sneak preview of Sur Kshetra, the much hyped singing reality show featuring a tough competition between India and Pakistan, which is now only a few days ahead.…