Dosti – Zimx
From the Blog PakiUM.com | Pakistani Underground Music: Download Audio : Dosti – Zimx - Download : Dosti ZIMX Band Members: Ali Asad (Lead Vocalist/Composer) Farman (Lead Guitars) Zohaib (Rhythm Guitars) Faheem (Percussions/Harmonica) Genre: Pop, Rock, Eastern & Western Classical Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan Biography: ZIMX was formed 2 years back by Ali Asad (Lead Vocalist), the other 3 band members Farman Zohaib & Faheem were the students of him and . Read Full Post
Why so India-centric?
From the Blog The True Perspective: Why so India-centric? - The question is potent and hits right at the hearts of a gazillion Pakistanis who have grown up listening to India's nefarious designs against the Citadel of Islam (Pakistan) and have indulged in rampant India-bashing. I was a part of this group too, until one day I woke up and decided to use my common sense. Our obsession with India has reached new levels of paranoia. We want to compete with them in every detail but we keep losing miserably. The thing is, instead of making everything a case of "the grapes are sour" maybe we should spend time trying to remedy our own shortcomings and failings. We need to get over our India-phobia. (Photo: Pakbee.com) Only recently, an article on ForeignPolicy.com talked about the increasing Indian influence on the Obama administration to delink India from Pakistan ergo to do away with the term "Indo-Pak". The reasons why the Indians can afford to demand this is because they have made themselves independent; they do not depend on us to be noticed. We Pakistanis on the other hand have to involve India in every alternate matter to be heard or noticed, be it the Taliban, Afghanistan, North Waziristan, Baluchistan etc. We keep hearing the Pakistani state has a lot of proof of Indian involvement but somehow that proof has never seen the light of the day. Why can't our government behave like a mature democratic regime and present that proof for all and sundry to see and read? That would put a stopper to the expansionist Indian statements proclaiming innocence. What we need to do is to stop making India the focal point of everything that we say or do. India might have wanted us to bleed once upon a time, but I very much doubt that in the current scenario it would do anything to harm its interests in the region. We are an independent and sovereign country but we have always been indoctrinated with the ideology of a defensive state. That's why we're so unwilling to root out militancy from within our borders because we have this idea that with a friendly government (no matter how vile it is) in power in Afghanistan, we can somehow check India's aggressive stances against us. What we fail to realize is that the world is much wider than just Afghanistan and India and our inherent obsession with India and our lack of willingness to set our own house in order is making the world run out of patience. We consider Afghanistan to be a prize trophy but we will fail to realize that in the process of "winning" Afghanistan, there is a very real possibility of us losing the world. Whenever the Afghan war is over, be it 10 years or a 100, the US will always come back to look for India because it offers them mutual economic benefits, something that we lack and haven't really focused on projecting. We have never focused on making ourselves stronger; rather we have focused on defining policies, strategies and guiding principles on how to keep a check on the Indian influence in the region. Wouldn't it have been more prudent if we had spared a thought or two on educating our population, giving them better healthcare facilities, solving our internal conflicts, promoting our culture and our diversity to the world? That way, we would've had a stellar bargaining chip which would have forced the nations of the world to cognizance of the country called Pakistan. The underlying point behind this discourse was to explain that our inherent India-centrism has caused us to overlook some basic rights that we owe to the citizens of Pakistan such as education and healthcare. This has caused our progress and technological advancement to be extremely slow, hindered and stunted. On the other hand, India despite suffering from the same if not worse problems than we have here has established itself as one of the rising global powers. If nothing else, we ought to take a leaf out of its book and start mending out own house before pointing fingers everywhere. . Read Full Post
Oklahoma is the most bigoted state of America
From the Blog rupeenews - > Oklahoma is the most bigoted state of America rupeenews.com — Image via Wikipedia We recently read a poll about Okies. Since we lived in the state, it didn't surprised us–not withstanding the fact that some our best friends are Okies. Oklahoma is probably the most racist state in the country which leaves Alabama in the dust. Oklahoma... . Read Full Post
Indian Army's Fake 'Kargil heroes' get free flats
From the Blog rupeenews - > Indian Army's Fake 'Kargil heroes' get free flats rupeenews.com — As more and more news comes out of Kargil, most of it shed light on the farce doled out by the Bharati propaganda machinery. The Indian Army had prepared a list of so called heroes of Kargil. It now is apparent that the list was a fake one and it was created to get free . Read Full Post
Obama's Sojourn in India
From the Blog pakspectator - > Obama's Sojourn in India pakspectator.com — "To watch the courageous Afghan freedom fighters battle modern arsenals with simple hand- held... Read More at http://www.pakspectator.com . Read Full Post
Pakistan's jointly developed AWACs with China and...
From the Blog rupeenews - > Pakistan's jointly developed AWACs with China and... rupeenews.com — Image via Wikipedia Pakistan has received its second Erieye radar-equipped Saab 2000, has accepted its first Shaanxi ZDK-03 airborne early warning and control system aircraft. Islamabad has four ZDK-03s on order, with deliveries due to start later this year, say air force sources.... . Read Full Post
The Oceans, the Grand Challenges - the awe!
From the Blog uni-aza - > The Oceans, the Grand Challenges - the awe! uni-aza.blogspot.com — AssalamualaikumThis post is intended to convey a very important message, but the incoherent state of my mind is such that I fear this post is probably going to be a bit weird. The problem is the continuous pressure that hasn't abated - Tuesday isn't here yet. The fact that class... . Read Full Post
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