Prisoner on a Bus: Travels through Pakistan
From the Blog odysseuslahoriNyla Daud It’s a right royal deceptive title: Prisoner on a Bus: Travels through Pakistan. For inside the covers of Salman Rashid’s latest book is a freedom to wander if not at will, then by picking up the trail of a man whose wanderlust has lead him to places about whose existence most Pakistanis are totally unaware. Or totally unexcited about, even if they happened to have heard the names somewhere along the road. The compiled version of travel columns that he has been writing for a newspaper, Rashid’s book, a very finely bound publication, brings to life a land and its people that according to the author is “just waiting to be discovered” or, again in his words, “to be rediscovered”. From Dadem Chandio, the dacoit with a price on his head and hiding in the boondocks of the Kpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
The Need for a Coordinated Industrial Strategy to Boost Pakistani Exports: Lessons from Asia
From the Blog lahoreschoolofeconomics In an interesting paper published by the Lahore Journal of Economics titled ‘The Need for a Coordinated Industrial Strategy to Boost Pakistani Exports: Lessons from Asia’, Dr. Azam Chaudhry and Gul Andaman of the Lahore School of Economics produced a historical map of Asian industrial policies and explained how they have led to growth in Asian countries. The authors focused on a group of Asian countries that have successfully increased exports and found a common industrial strategy. Several key factors emerged from their detailed mapping exercise: First, countries that have managed to increase their exports focused on doing so in sectors in which they had expertise while slowly developing new export sectors at the same time. Second, high growth Asian economies developed their epakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Sabeen Mehmud: A voice of reason, pluralism and secularism
From the Blog razarumiI have been quoted on different stories published on the murder of Sabeen Mehmud. A collection of these is being posted here. Sabeen Mahmud, Martyr for Free Speech Pakistan’s beleaguered liberals must reorganize themselves and mobilize civil society support. They must exert pressure on Parliament and the government to investigate properly and prosecute cases like […]pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Flirting Beauties
From the Blog pakistanimodelsSee pictures and read all about Flirting Beauties: A blog post from Karachi Girls at http://karachigirls.blogspot.com/2009/12/flirting-beauties.html. The largest Pakistani Models network of gossip... To see pictures, click the headline above.pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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