Comments on: Musharraf’s Gems

By: Zoya

Zoya — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:03:30 +0000

Salaam, mera naam zoya hai aur mai 17 saal ki hu,denmark se. uncle, hum last year pAKISTAN gaye the, aur mere cousin ne mere daddy ki property pe kabza kar liya hai, aur mere daddy bohat pareshaan rehtey hai, uncle ap please mere email pe mujhe likho Zoya_Sammy@ofir.dk phir mai aap ko sab kuch batau ghi. khudafiz

By: Zoya

Zoya — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:00:54 +0000

Salaam, sir! i am 17 years old and live in denmark, uncle we went to pk last year where my Cousins overtook my dads property, they made illegal certificate and showed it to the police in Sialkot, i hope u will write to me on this mail Zoya_Sammy@ofir.dk then i can tell you everything in details, if u dont do anything then we will have to contact the danish embassy! khudafiz please write

By: HSL Human Rights Section

HSL Human Rights Section — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:01:01 +0000

IF SOMEBODY KNOWS A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF I INVITE HIM TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT

this is a courteous letter from HSL Human Rights Section and Amnesty International, the non governmental organization which has always defended human rights without any political, religious or other orientation:

- expressing concern that Dr Allah Nazar is reportedly being held in solitary confinement in the Jail Ward of Sandeman Provincial Hospital in Quetta;

- calling on the authorities to ensure that he is being given all necessary medical care, as he was reportedly in a critical condition when he was admitted to hospital;
- expressing concern for the safety of Nawaz Ali and Akhter Nadeem, and calling on the authorities to reveal their whereabouts immediately;
- calling on the authorities to grant all three men immediate access to their lawyers, families, and any medical treatment they may require;
- expressing concern at reports that all three men have been tortured and ill-treated while in custody;
- seeking assurances that they will not be subjected to further torture or ill-treatment;
- calling for an impartial investigation into the alleged torture and ill-treatment of all three men, including the reports that Dr Allah Nazar was forced to drink a ‘salt-like’ drug, and into the failure of the Pakistan authorities to disclose where these men were detained following their arrest on 25 March 2005, with the results of the investigation to be made public and those found to be responsible to be brought to justice.
Thank you for your attention in this very serious matter.

HSL Human Rights Section hslhumanrights@libero.it
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS

By: Zeeshan

Zeeshan — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:56:46 +0000

I’m aware this isn’t the subject so excuse my digression but since you’ve read Neuromancer recently (I was looking for it in Pakistan for 2 whole years but never found it) you ought to check out the Anime “Ghost in the Shell.”
Have you seen “Pi” and “Donnie Darko” to mention two of the best SF films to come out of the past (at least) twenty years?
Also if you like Gibson check out “Burning Chrome” which has great short works by the man.
Neuromancer is on my shelf buried under a lot of stuff, I’ll get to it and Pattern Recognition later.
I kept up with his blog for two and a half months from the day he started it but got a bit tired of it of reading blogs then. His “Columbia Sadness” was the one I most enjoyed along with his “Writers don’t need drugs” posts.

Have you read anything by Kurt Vonnegut btw?

By: Ryan / Beatniksalad

Ryan / Beatniksalad — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:45:42 +0000

I have to be a dictator because there is no democracy. I will stop being a dictator when there is democracy. There cannot be democracy while I am a dictator.

This is more Catch 22 than anything from Catch 22! The mind boggles.

By: Thebit

Thebit — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:44:22 +0000

Hmmm.

It’s either a military dictator-cum-president.

A thoroughly corrupt ruling class of politicians.

Or self-proclamied guardians of morality, the religious right?

Welcome to the world of Pakistani politics.

Salaam