The Dawn Blog
Updated : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:56:24 +0000
Failing to schmooze at the Karachi LitFest
At one point on the first day of the Karachi Literature Festival, a man came up to me and asked if I was a novelist. Since scribbling a few hundred words on politics or sports is about as much as I can handle, I told him I wasn’t a writer. Undeterred, he then wanted to [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:25:56 +0000
Does Pakistan football need expatriate players?
Does Pakistan football need expatriate players? Will that really help in the long-run or is it just a stop-gap solution? The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) needs to address the situation fast as the future of the game in the country depends on it, but meanwhile football players, experts and followers in the country seem to [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:56:37 +0000
Access denied!
The best statistical analysis about our country lies with our telecom operators who invest in and maintain extensive data on the country’s population for their intrinsic benefit. In a very recent survey according to “Teletimes International,” Pakistan is a country of 169 million people with 2.49 per cent of its populace falling under the “disabled” category. [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:16:19 +0000
Banned cricketers only emulated their heroes
For any dead-enders hoping that at least Mohammed Amir would be spared, the final judgment must have come when the pacer appeared at his ICC tribunal hearing wearing a T-shirt calling for the legalization of marijuana. No one who was innocent, or at the very least had decent legal representation, would have shown up in [...]
Publ.Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:06:02 +0000
Updated : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:56:24 +0000
Failing to schmooze at the Karachi LitFest
At one point on the first day of the Karachi Literature Festival, a man came up to me and asked if I was a novelist. Since scribbling a few hundred words on politics or sports is about as much as I can handle, I told him I wasn’t a writer. Undeterred, he then wanted to [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:25:56 +0000
Does Pakistan football need expatriate players?
Does Pakistan football need expatriate players? Will that really help in the long-run or is it just a stop-gap solution? The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) needs to address the situation fast as the future of the game in the country depends on it, but meanwhile football players, experts and followers in the country seem to [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:56:37 +0000
Access denied!
The best statistical analysis about our country lies with our telecom operators who invest in and maintain extensive data on the country’s population for their intrinsic benefit. In a very recent survey according to “Teletimes International,” Pakistan is a country of 169 million people with 2.49 per cent of its populace falling under the “disabled” category. [...]
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:16:19 +0000
Banned cricketers only emulated their heroes
For any dead-enders hoping that at least Mohammed Amir would be spared, the final judgment must have come when the pacer appeared at his ICC tribunal hearing wearing a T-shirt calling for the legalization of marijuana. No one who was innocent, or at the very least had decent legal representation, would have shown up in [...]
Publ.Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:06:02 +0000
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