Pakistan: Does a veiled woman make you uncomfortable? (Tribune)

How does veil make people feel in a Muslim country. Personally I am no one to tell a woman what she should wear but yes there are few things which I have a strong opinion about - and some people might not like them. (via umalik)

A discussion you wouldn’t think be happening in Pakistan, but hey here is something to surprise you with.

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Antoine Pagis: Around the world in search of an ‘ideal match’

Antoine Pagis, a 30-year-old Frenchman, is visiting Pakistan in his VW van fuelled by two desires: to explore the world and to find ‘Miss Right’.

Pagis has been on the road for two months, having decided on a world tour after waking up one morning fed-up with the drudgery of his daily life. He quit his job at a software company in his hometown of Montbrun les Bain, southeast France, and embarked on his dream trip. “I felt the need to feel alive,” he explained.

He also felt the nagging need to find his perfect match. Marriage and children are on his mind, and Pagis told The Express Tribune he seeks the one true love of his life — something to alert all single Francophile women in Pakistan.

What qualities is he looking for? “I’m a young man. Of course I want her to be beautiful, but it’s very important that she’s also smart,” he said.

Arriving in Karachi, he was pleased with what he saw. He said he was glad to discover that young and ‘modern-looking women’ exist in this part of the world. In Quetta, by contrast, he said he rarely saw women, except for elderly ones or children. (Complete news article)

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Sub Keh Do - A Pakistan video.

An amazing message, and that too in Urdu! (via inquilaabi, umalik)

Sub keh do - say everything.

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Got published in Asia Society blog: Some of my photographs from the Urs of Sufi Saint Ali Hajveri got published on Asia Society blog earlier today (Photos/Video: Desperately Seeking Spirituality in Lahore).

Am thankful to Nadia Rasul for finding them worthy enough for an inclusion. However for the kind of interest it has generated, I understand that it will not have many people pleased but that is what my opinion of the gathering was. You might consider me myopic in my approach here, but well that is my approach and as always I shall stick to it unless proven wrong. And of course as always when I am proven wrong I will admit it publicly.

Complete set can be found here.

edit: I will eventually start proofreading….in not so distant future! (via umalik)

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Flash mob at Park Towers, Karachi

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Swat engineer claims to produce electricity with water

While the country witnesses its worst energy crisis, a 37-year-old self-taught mechanical engineer from Swat claims to have a solution. 

After 20 years of research, Rehan Aziz Farooqi, has invented a unique power generator that runs solely on water, and, wait for it, the design can be used to allow any engine that runs on petrol, diesel or green gas to use water as fuel. 

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Afghanistan wants Pakistan to export furnace oil

Afghanistan has asked Pakistan for the first time to allow import of furnace oil to meet the requirement of its power plants.

“The government charges General Sales Tax (GST) on use of furnace in local power plants and Afghanistan will have to pay the same if exports are allowed,” the official said. Pakistan’s furnace oil demand is 9 to 10 million tons per year. Local oil refineries produce 2.5 million to 3 million tons per year while the remaining amount is met through imports. (Source)

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Karachi brass art, amidst a hail of bullets

In the midst of violence and chaos in Karachi, master craftsmen are giving birth to art-in brass. Unfortunately, business has taken a down turn in the recent years due to instability in the city.

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Son of a Bug Trailer

Son of a Bug is a feature-length experimental documentary that explores the history of The Bugs, the first Pakistani rock band (formed circa 1964), and the contested spaces of culture and religion, particularly what it means to be Muslim and Pakistani/Pakistani-American, as revealed through the father-son relationship between former drummer-turned-Texan, Jumshade “Jimmy” Muzaffar, and his Texas-raised son, Shams-Tabraiz “Tabby.”

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Spread the word, let’s support Ali Kapadia’s Peace Film via Kickstarter.

Pakistan is a country surrounded by complex issues and I am passionate about addressing them. One of these issues is Pakistan’s relationship with India.

Ever since the independence of Pakistan and India in 1947, they have repeatedly been at war with each other and there seems to be no end to it. The two countries have fought 4 wars with hundreds of thousands of casualties and refugees. Even when both countries have half their population living on less than $2/day, they spend more on their military than education, poverty relief and social services combined. The strife is fueled by political interests that benefit from such conflict and the conflict has no place in today’s world. (Know more about it and support the cause by donating or spreading the word)

Need a lot of reblogs if not only your money :)

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