Singing in the Rain...

Besides many Pakistani and Indian folk and pop songs and ragas, the rain playlist according to The Express Tribune published from Pakistan includes the following songs. When the Monsoon fever hits the...

Blast in Karachi - Pakistan

There is a blast at City Court in Karachi, also there is a report of firing inside the court premises.

A Whirl of Cultural Activities in Karachi

My daughter Asma Husain was performing an Odissi dance, after a hiatus of ten years, in the Tlism Theatre and Dance Festival that recently concluded in Karachi. It was therefore a most exciting time for our...

The Importance of Making Children Environmentally Conscious

The basic theme taken up by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights (CMPHR) this year is 'Environment'. In order to facilitate a better understanding of the issues involved in this vast theme and...

Ode to Karachi

My book, 'Karachiwala: a subcontinent within a city' was launched on Wednesday 24 February in Karachi. I have included in it interviews/stories of over sixty families, groups and individuals of varied...

Tour de Pakistan: Afghan cyclists reaches Peshawar

A team of Afghan cyclists on Saturday reached Peshawar, capital of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, for participation in the 15th Tour de Pakistan Cycle Race from Peshawar to Karachi commencing on...

Pakistan considers policy change after Taliban leader captured

As  reported earlier on NowPublic top taliban Mullah Baradar has been arrested in Karachi in a joint CIA and Pakistan operation. This is a major breakthrough not only in terms of the actual capture but also...

London warned of Pak terrorist named Altaf Hussain

A man now living in London has allegedly ordered scores of opponents killed in the largest city of Pakistan, named Karachi. In his speeches in London, he displays his violent streak and openly says he will put...

Baluch threaten to show terror chief's real face to world

Karachi has once again been plunged into ethnic warfare initiated by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. Tensions had been running high in Karachi since the November slaying of Nisar Baloch, who was trying to...

Karachi Baluch under attack of MQM terrorists

Karachi, the commercial capital of Pakistan, has once again been plunged into an ethnic war between the dominant mohajir ethnic group and the Baluch, who have lived there for three centuries now." Dozens of people...

Karachi Target killings: More 6 killed

"KARACHI: The ongoing spell of target killings and firing incidents claimed more six lives in Karachi, raising the death toll in last 24 hours to 13. According to police sources, at least 41 people have lost their...

Aus blames India of fuelling hysteria over attacks

The rascist Australia is now looking for excuses for the incompetency in providing safety to Indians in Australia.Australia has an History of Rascism since ime immeriable and this comment brings no surprises. Remeber the kind of Hysteria Australia created when a christian...

Angel, wife who care for Pakistan's 'bastard' babies

In the UK such children are 46 percent of the total births and totally normal, though some wail that the institution of marriage is becoming a thing of the past. " LONDON: Almost half of all babies in Britain...

2010 (2010 started badly with horrendous attacks)

Spearhead Research Analysis2010 started badly with horrendous attacks---the attack on a Shia sect mourning procession and follow up arson attacks in Karachi and a suicide bombing attack on a village volley ball match in the western area. There have also been four drone...

Karachi Carnage

The Carnage in Karachi was a double feature. First a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a massive mourning procession during the Islamic month of Muharram. Such processions are taken out by the Shia sect of Islam so the immediate thoughts were that this was a...

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