Internet advocacy: Blogs in Pakistan – no more a silent revolution

  PTI chief Imran Khan, who made a surprise appearance at the Pakistan Blog awards held in Karachi, said bloggers are part of a revolution. PHOTO: SIDRAH MOIZ KHAN  KARACHI:  To the audience’s delight, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan made a surprise entrance at the second Pakistan Blog Awards that kicked off Friday evening at the Regent Plaza hotel. Acknowledging bloggers in Pakistan, Imran said that a silent revolution is building up in Pakistan and that the bloggers are a vital part of the revolution. “Political class is in a state of shock due to this revolution,” the PTI chief said. Stand-up comedian Sami Shah had his reservations about Imran’s presence, saying, “It turned political...

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Pakistan Bloggers Awards 2011

Karachi: Bloggers from all over Pakistan attended the Pakistan Bloggers Awards 2011. The ceremony took place in a local hotel in Karachi, in which the Chairman of PTI Imran Khan made a dramatic appearance.While speaking to the audience Imran Khan said that Karachi will witness the biggest change on 25th December 2011. He said that a tsunami of change is coming in Pakistan, due to which father is in one political party, whereas their family members are joining PTI.On the blogs front, the best social activist award was given to mybitforchange.org, a blog by Dr. Aisha Aijaz. The best blog by a journalist was awarded to Beena Sarwar, whereas best political coverage award was given to Ali K. Chisti. TV anchor Faisal Qureshi, social activist...

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Not giving Gold Medals in KU Annual convocation 2011 -A very good Decision

  Karachi: University of Karachi held a Annual Convocation 2011 on 17 December 2011 at Valika Ground.Students, who have taken degrees of BS in the relevant subjects staged protest during the Convocation Ceremony 2011 against the neglecting by the administration. Its a very good decision by KU Administration to not giving gold medals to the position holders because everyone knows how they got positions in their respective discipline. Karachi University administration said that due to unavailability of sponsors we are unable to give gold medals to position holders.The main cause behind no interest of sponsors in giving sponsorship for gold medal might be they knows about checking system in KU.They have seen that what KU's gold medalist...

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Veena Malik goes missing from Mumbai - ZEE NEWS

MUMBAI: After courting severe backlash for her controversial photo shoot with FHM magazine, starlet Veena Malik has mysteriously gone missing from her Mumbai residence. Apparently, Veena’s business manager Prateik Mehta and filmmaker Hemant Madhukar revealed that Veena is untraceable since the morning of December 16. Veena was shooting for a horror flick ‘Mumbai 125 kilometres’ in Goregoan (West) before disappearing. Talking to a daily, Hemant said, “Veena, without giving her last shot at 5 am for my film ‘Mumbai 125 kilometres’, suddenly disappeared from her vanity van. Her mobile too was not reachable I assumed that the actress was tired and left for home.” However, Hemant received an SMS from Veena, which disclosed that the...

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India uranium sales 'unique': Australia

Islamabad- humari news Australia’s Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a “unique” case for uranium sales Thursday and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan. The ruling centre-left Labor party voted to overturn its long-standing ban on uranium sales to India at its national policy summit last weekend despite the fact that it was still not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Smith, on an official visit to India, said the decision had been “warmly welcomed” but rebuffed suggestions that Pakistan may want a similar arrangement. “The circumstances for India so far as export of uranium is concerned are, in my view, unique,” Smith told ABC television from...

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Boneless BONN conference started in Germany without its bone Pakistan

Afghan Foreign Minister Salmai Rassul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L-R) pose for a picture at the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn, December 5, 2011. — Photo by Routers BONN: BONN Conference started in Germany without their Prime member country Pakistan.Germany’s foreign minister on Monday opened a major conference on Afghanistan’s future, vowing that the international community won’t abandon the country after Nato combat troops pull out in 2014.  “The goal of this conference will be to lay the groundwork for a free, secure and prosperous Afghanistan,” Guido Westerwelle told about 1,000 delegates from around the world gathered in the...

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Judaism and Islam side by side

On Sunday night, the fashion collective Three as Four opened its highly anticipated exhibition “Insalaam Inshalom” at the Beit Ha’Ir Center for Urban Culture in Tel Aviv, bringing to fruition a project over two years in the making. Covering the walls of the four-story building in fabric printed with their spring collection’s central motifs, which are made of a mix of Muslim and Jewish symbols, the designers Gabi Asfour, Adi Gil and Ange Donhauser invited 10 artists to show works that relate to the project’s central notion: that Judaism and Islam can live side by side. “We’ve accumulated the energy of artists and performers who are like-minded,” Asfour said. “We tried to balance things from all sides, though it’s always difficult.” Featured...

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