From the category archives:

Swat Relief

Swat Valley – Coming Back To Life

September 25, 2009

Soon after the swat operation news of mongering fears continued to pour in. Ignoring the fear most of the displaced paved their way back home, stuffed in buses with their belongings clutched in their hands. For them the journey has just begun. Their houses have been destroyed,schools burned down and life as a whole seems far away from [...]

Read the full article →

Swat: The Neglected Exodus

July 31, 2009

After two months in a small tent with limited resources how worth-it is the journey back home?.For the displaced the journey has just begun.Imagine walking back into shattered houses,burned streets and the luscious valleys reeking of gunpowder.This is indeed a long journey back to life. The Pakistani government has recently declared the notorious swat valley [...]

Read the full article →

The Invisible Refugees ?

June 25, 2009

The army offensive continues in Swat and has now extended to Waziristan. This will cause a much greater influx of internally displaced people. As the panic stricken victims of war flee the war zone, there is indeed much more suffering at hand. The IDP camps in various areas of the country depict a picture of [...]

Read the full article →

TeaBreak Birthday Partaayyy !

June 13, 2009

Around an year ago Pakistan’s first Chai khana started with serving us 10 blogs. Today in over a year they have grown out to serve us with 1000 Blogs ,clicking all around the Blogosphere. Tonight we celebrate their 1st Birthday party on the Blogosphere. So turn on your geek mood and tune in to our [...]

Read the full article →

Our Message to Pakistani Brothers & Sisters

June 1, 2009

As we all know our Pakistani brothers and sisters from NW are going through tough times. Our Pak army is successfully clearing out the area of these Indian backed terrorists, and thousands have to leave their homes and livelihood behind, all in the name of Pakistan and its security. They are only stuck in the [...]

Read the full article →

Amnesty International: Irene Khan answers Questions

May 29, 2009

Amnesty International is a Global movement of Humanitarians not bound to borders of territories. Previously I have appreciated and blogged about Amnesty’s Vision and Universal Declaration. Being an International member I have been quite active in taking up appeals and acting on human right violation alerts by Amnesty. Among the most commendable ones is Amnesty’s [...]

Read the full article →

Crying wolf are we?

May 26, 2009

Fierce fighting continues in the streets of Mingora. The Pakistan army is battling the Taliban , the enemy from with in. The familiar notorious history of the Taliban needs no repetition. Irrespective of the past the military woes to swipe the Talibans and end the regime. To a lay man all this means a possible [...]

Read the full article →