An open letter to Chairman HEC
From the Blog pakteahouse by Isa Daudpota Dr Mansoor A Kundi Executive Director Higher Education Commission Islamabad. Dear Dr Kundi (cc Chairman HEC and some academics), Dr Abdullah Sadiq and I received a query about the attached note — circulated by you to universities — from our friend, Mr Naeem Sadiq in Karachi. Only now have I ascertained that the note is genuine. What you are essentially recommending is censorship! Given the already suffocating intellectual environment on our campuses, your note will only strengthen those who wish to create a repressive atmosphere of George Orwell's brilliant dystopia, "1984″. See: https://archive.org/details/ost-english-1984-george-orwell-1937-dystopia Remember, that it was not long ago that the fascist Zaid Hamid was a welcome guest on our campuses, where pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Pakistan's First Woman Cartoonist Shapes Young Minds and Society
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* *This year **Nigar Nazar**, the first professional woman cartoonist in Pakistan and, quite possibly, the Muslim world, was named one of the 100 Women of 2014 by the BBC.* *Nazar began her career in the 1970s, and her cartoon character Gogi has not only been published widely within Pakistan, in an assortment of newspapers and magazines over the years, but has also appeared overseas (in Turkey and Libya, for instance) and been translated into a host of different languages.* [image: Nigar Nazar - Photo: Gogi Studios] Nigar Nazar – Photo: Gogi Studios *With her short bob, long eyelashes, cute polka-dot attire, and upbeat personality, Gogi has continued to represent the urban, emancipated Pakistani woman living in a male-dominated society. From comic strips to apakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
BEST NIGHT VIEWS OF SEOUL
From the Blog sarahinsouthkoreahttp://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=167161pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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