Asif Akhtar and Faisal Shakeel, The Samosa's dedicated bloggers, bring you news, analysis and a slice of life from Lahore and Karachi
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 04:11 |
By Faisal Shakeel
The flooding in Pakistan this July has created a situation that still perplexes the government and the NGOs engaged in helping millions of displaced people. Eight weeks on, the emergency is far from over and people in Sindh still need to be airlifted to safe places where they can get food and shelter.
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Friday, 16 July 2010 01:12 |
By Anwar Akhtar
As part of my work for The Samosa I am currently in Karachi meeting writers, artists, citizen and cultural organisations, hosted by leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
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Friday, 30 April 2010 13:08 |
By Faisal Shakeel
The investigation report of the United Nations Commission on former premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination mirrors the fears she narrated in her book Reconciliation, Islam and the West.
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Sunday, 25 April 2010 17:32 |
By Faisal Shakeel
The stage is set for another round of confrontation between parliament and the judiciary over the constitutionality of the newly-passed 18th Amendment.
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:53 |
By Faisal Shakeel
We may not be a match for the developed world in the fields of education, technology and wealth, but we are certainly oceans ahead when it comes to bad politics.
For some, politics may be like a game of chess that requires time, focus and a certain level of devotion.
But in Pakistan it is seen more like theatre, where action, comedy and tragedy are rolled into one for everyone to watch for free – though there are hidden costs.
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 18:34 |
By Faisal Shakeel
Karachi’s reputation as a relatively safe city was shattered again as terrorists detonated two bombs and wreaked havoc on the conclusion of Ashura, a religious event observed by the Shias. A little over a month back another Ashura procession was bombed in the same city in an apparent attempt to fan sectarian violence.
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 16:24 |
By Asif Akhtar
Slowly, the trend of diplomacy seems to be setting in on this "War on Terror", moving away from the gruesome Bush Doctrine that said so clearly "we don't negotiate with terrorists". Not only has the Obama Administration changed the original mission of eradicating all "Talibanised" elements, it seems to have instructed its Af and Pak counterparts to do the same.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 01:00 |
By Faisal Shakeel
You can easily spot the passenger vans engaged in headlong races on the busy roads of Lahore. The passengers, who aren’t strapped into their seats, swing at every twist and turn of these raucous roller-coaster rides, and must fight continuously to retain their balance and their seats.
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 02:07 |
By Asif Akhtar
The United States’ Transport Service Authority (TSA) has drafted a list of 14 “countries of interest” in the aftermath of the failed “underwear bomber” plot to blow up a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day. It seems airport security personnel around the world are on the lookout for weapons of mass destruction in people’s underwear (which may have its own implications of course).
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Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:39 |
By Faisal Shakeel
I couldn’t help talking to President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar after spotting him in the courtroom the day the Supreme Court was to announce the short order on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
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Monday, 21 December 2009 04:45 |
By Faisal Shakeel
I wonder if former President General Pervez Musharraf was upset over the proceedings in the Supreme Court against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) he had promoted. The court has scrapped the ordinance and restored all corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats to the status they had on October 4th, 2007. And there aren’t any against General (retired) Musharraf.
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