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By ANIA ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Samad’s action was indeed commendable. Being a Roots student, I was present in the hall. The audience did not respond the way it ought to have, because firstly it happened too quickly, in a ceremony that was going smoothly with students coming and collecting their awards, the audience was caught off [...]
In the full glare of the media, Samad Khurram refused to receive an award from Anne Patterson. None of the Pakistanis in the hall joined him or gave him a standing ovation. By AHMED QURAISHI Reported By ZAID HAMID ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A Pakistani student, Mr. Samad Khurram, today has done what the Pakistani government is afraid to do so [...]
This is from the book, Engaging India - Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb, published in 2006, written by Strobe Talbot, the former senior U.S. Department of State official, who was in the room with Bill Clinton when the U.S. president received Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the then Pakistani prime minister, who came to see Clinton [...]
The 3rd of Jamadi-us-Sani marks the day of the martyrdom of Bibi Fatimah(S.A.), daughter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.), at the age of eighteen, just three months after her father’s martyrdom. Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 819, Narrated ‘Aisha: Once Fatimah came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet . The [...]
SAWJ’s Note: With reference to the last post, here is something to enjoy. Musharraf’s Ouster? This Is What Really Happened Last Week What a shameful last three days we’ve had. The media fabricated the story of Musharraf’s departure in a plane to ‘a neighboring country.’ The sad thing is that the rest of the good media is [...]
The following news was present in all newspapers owned by the Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Foundation: Jang, The News, etc. This same piece of news was reported as “Breaking News” four times on Geo during the period of 8 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. They never report breaking news twice but this was reported FOUR TIMES! Now look at this [...]
28
May

The Torchbearers of Democracy

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Pakistan, Political, Reflections, Society

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24
May

Dakoo aur Awam: Then and Now

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Humorous, Reflections, Society

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Have you noticed how a small group of self-righteous lawyers and journalists are turning Asif Zardari and Rehman Malik into villains now? This group of lawyers and journos are bent on spoon feeding the Pakistanis how to tell right from wrong. For six months they have been celebrating Zardari and Malik when it [...]
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