UK
If a Bhutto must run Pakistan, why not Fatima? - Jemima Khan
This article appeared in the Telegraph today where Jemima Khan discusses Fatima Bhutto as the most logical heir to the Bhutto dynasty, I might also agree that the 25 year old has the brains and maybe the brawns to take over the reigns of such a big party, but will she? is still an open [...]
Final Testimony to the US House Committee on Pakistani elections
Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Pakistani elections: Will they be fair and free or fundamentally flawed?
20 December 2007
Washington, DC
I want to express once again the appreciation of the International Crisis Group for the continuing attention of the Committee and [...]
Statement by Article 19 on Burma
For the past few days I have been out of contact since I am on a traveling spree going to Siem Ream, Cambodia and now taking some time off in Kuala Lampur for a few days before heading back to Karachi. The Siem Ream meeting was the 8th Informal Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Seminar on Human [...]
Nigerian 419, Pakistani Style Scam
Having been on the Internet for a long time one tends to receive a lot of junk mail, a lot does get caught in the netting via spam filtering but occasionally a few sneak through. Yesterday I was in receipt of such an email. A usual email that sneaks through these spam filters [...]
Kick the Killer out of UK Petition
A group of Pakistanis have started this online petition to convince the British Prime Minister that enough people care that this Karachi Killer should be sent out of the UK. We all know that Imran Khan is there in the UK discussing with lawyers about preparing the case to file in the UK courts, [...]
Pakistani Diplomats - 10th Most Parking Violations
A recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that 13 Pakistani Diplomats based in NY with the United Nations have violated New York Cities Traffic codes a whopping 900 times over a period of five years averaging a medallion of 180 parking tickets per year. The title of the study [...]
British born Pakistanis
Ain’t it ironic that the word Pakistan seems to creep into every terrorist incident worldwide? In the recent London Bombings three out of the four terrorists are British nationals of Pakistani descent: Shehzad Tanweer, Mohammed Sadique Khan and Hasib Hussain have been accused to be the primary suspects in the on going investigation. [...]
