ISLAMABAD: A suicide blast near Melody Chowk area has left 19 people dead including 15 policemen and over 40 have been injured.
The IG Islamabad has termed it a suicide attack, Police has cordoned off entire area, according to Geo News correspondent, the blast occurred in front of Aabpara police station after [...]
Pak Tea House is grateful for this contribution from Tariq Al-Maeena a journalist based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - his account of travels in Pakistan is engaging. We are publishing the first three parts on his impressions of Islamabad, political intrigues of the Capital and his sojourn to Murree. The interesting bits are his comparisons with Saudi Arabia [...]
By Yoginder Sikand
Islamabad is surely the most well-organised, picturesque and endearing city in all of South Asia. Few Indians would, however, know this, or, if they did, would admit it. After all, the Indian media never
highlights anything positive about Pakistan, because for it only ‘bad’
news about the country appears to be considered ‘newsworthy’. That realization [...]
By Laura King
Los Angeles Times (June 9, 2008 issue)
A growing number flock to salons to get facials, manicures and pedicures and even to have their backs waxed. ‘I like to look good and feel good,’ says one.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The facialist at a popular salon here couldn’t help being a bit nervous. Her client that [...]
Contribution by Isa Daudpota
The past 5 years have seen massive unsustainable ‘development’ in Islamabad. This has been spearheaded by its municipality, with the backing of the bureaucracy and military high-ups. No public input is sought or accepted. The character of the city has changed through ill-thought-out projects that have ruined the environment of the city [...]
From the NEWS
Shah Allah Ditta caves are located on the route leading towards Khanpur. These caves are next to the shrine and tomb of a Mughal period ‘dervish,’ Shah Allah Ditta. Once you start travelling on Golra Sharif Road, a sharp turn comes for a village named after the saint — Shah Allah Ditta. The [...]
Book Review by Fiona Torrens-Spence
Author: Fauzia Minallah
In the past travel writers have been dismissive of Islamabad, passing it off as ’sterile’ and ‘dull’; somewhere to be got through before visiting the real Pakistan. And the local joke ‘Islamabad, twenty minutes from Pakistan’ also belittles the country’s capital city by implying it is essentially foreign to [...]
SHALI in ISLAMABAD on March 25, 2008 @ NOMAD
Originally uploaded by *abro*
SHANAAKHT - A Nomad Forum for the Arts
Screening of SHALI a telefilm from the powerful series Aseer Shahzadi produced by HUM Television…
A touching story pertaining to abuse against women in our male dominated society with regard to child marriages. The issues presented [...]
By Feisal Naqvi
We are at war. And we are losing.
I’m not talking about the military war in which unmanned missiles strike homes in Wana and in which unknown people transform themselves into neat little mushroom clouds. I’m talking about the war for the hearts and minds of the Pakistani people.
As Exhibit A, I present the [...]
By Helga Ahmad (writing for the DAWN)
WILL 500 years hence tourists be flocking towards the remains of the erstwhile capital of Pakistan, similar to the present massive influx in Fatehpur Sikri? This five-century old capital built by Akbar the Great was shifted 14 years after its inauguration as water resources were dwindling rapidly due to [...]
By Q. Isa Daudpota
I ATE lunch and read a book in the sun last Sunday. Then it got cold and I moved inside, but the lights were off. I therefore left home for the office, hoping to find it better endowed.
As I left the dark neighbourhood, I passed by a gas station near the vacated [...]
At least a couple of people have wondered why I haven’t posted anything on my blog. Folks have been asking why I haven’t posted anything. Been distracted because my wife and kids were enroute to Karachi. Finally had them rerouted directly to Delhi from Hong Kong, skipping Karachi for now.
PTH has recieved a poem from HUR who is currently confronted with the troubled climate in Islamabad.
A question of the Human Rights Agenda
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BBC Urdu DAWN reports Opinion - the NEWS
