Archive for December, 2006
Enlightened Moderation - My Ass !!!
Over a number of years photographers have captured stunning pictures which have later turned into defining pictures for the year. This picture in my opinion quite easily summarize the moment of truth for the seven year regime of the Enlightened Moderation era enforced by Dictator Musharraf.
It is a true representation of the Pakistani people [...]
Bitwine - Professional Advice over Skype
I have for sometime been interested in highlighting different ways with which the tremendous talent in Pakistan is able to tap into the global market and make a buck or two in the process, since we continue to face a number of hurdles which include visas to economic restrictions by the Government of Pakistan. [...]
Happy Holiday’s
I wanted to send some sort of New Year/holiday greeting to my friends and colleagues, but it is so difficult in today’s world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So on the advice of my attorney, I wish to say the following:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes [...]
Paypal in Pakistan
With the ever increasing popularity of e-commerce, everyone desires to take a bite into the sweet pie, and why not? But sadly Pakistanis are being left behind as Paypal, one of the most popular e-commerce networks has still to list Pakistan in its permittable countries for registering with the service. We are then [...]
WADA takes PCB Decision to International Court
In an ongoing comedy of circumstances the World Anti-Doping Agency feels there is a serious lapse in the code of conduct upon which the decision to ban Shoaib Akhtar & Mohd Asif had been overturned by the PCB appellate bench namely lead by Justice (retd) Fukhruddin Ibrahim.
World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the Tribunal Arbitral du [...]
Crowe after Muralitharan’s Doosra
Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, has emailed the ICC to review Muttiah Muralitharan’s bowling action, specifically the doosra. Which has been an-issue-to-whine-over by a number of English, Aussie & New Zealand cricketers for a long time. It was the infamous Darryl Hair who took it upon himself to get into a [...]
Shabbir Cleared of Bowling Action
Each passing day it seems that the bowling prospects for the Pakistan Cricket Team to the forthcoming World Cup seems to be getting better and better as a number of impressive contenders vie for the four or five bowling slots in the team. Starting with Shoaib Akhtar & Mohd Asif being cleared of the drug [...]
Time: Person of the Year - YOU
TIME Magazine has just named their Person of the Year and the winner is You. It seems that you, me & us control the information age which has resulted in a paradigm shift in the world as we know it. By ‘You’ they give the award to anyone involved in user generated content - [...]
Bronze to save the Day
Two days earlier when the Pakistan Hockey team showed a dismal performance at the Doha Asian Games 2006 in their semi final match with China to loose in the sudden death extra-time 2-1 (Doha 2006 PAK-CHN Score Card) it was like a nail driven into the aching heart of an old Hockey fan like myself. [...]
Sony p990i or I-Mate JASJAM
Its sad but true, thieves live everywhere. For over two years in my heart I kept dreading that one day while walking on the streets of Karachi I would be nabbed of my old yet faithful Nokia 9300. Who knew that I would end up being stripped of this faithful contraption across the [...]
Halal & Wine Culture
A few days back when I was returning home from a pleasure trip to South Korea and Thailand I was a witness to a very interesting incident which irritated me tremendously to an extent that I felt the need to discuss this with all my readers.
On my last leg home after enjoying the chilly winter [...]
Psiphon: Censorship Circumvention Solution
The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has just released an open source application which allows users from countries where there is Internet censorship to utilize anonymous servers located worldwide. The system is a far improvement from the over burdened anonymity software called TOR.
Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men
This is too funny and I simply can’t resist the temptation to post this news report which has just appeared on BBC
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. The study found that more than [...]
The Truth about the Israeli Lobby
The following letter was sent to Jeff Blankfort by James Abourezk, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota. The letter is important to read as it does lend an interesting light to the impact of the Jewish lobby upon the American politics. The response could be in reference to the article written by Jeff [...]
Asia 21: Wrap up
Apologies for the delayed report
Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit was a great event to be a part of as it was an opportunity to meet some brilliant people from across the world. The last day of the event started off with a good discussion on the citizen media revolution where five digital journalist shared [...]
Shoaib & Asif Acquitted…. Justice Served?
In a very surprising decision served by the appellate committee today which was reviewing the decision of banning Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd Asif for substance abuse. The three-man committee, headed by Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, voted two to one in favour of the acquittal. Haseeb Ahsan, former Test cricketer, and Ebrahim were in favour of the [...]
I’m Back ….
Sorry for the brief hiatus of about 15 odd days as I was on a pleasure trip literally disconnected from the digital world. I return refreshed and ready to blog with intersting observations about my trip to Seoul, South Korea and Thailand (Patong Beach and Bangkok). You will very soon start seeing the [...]
