Posted on August 7, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Most of the times, I have seen people saying that their votes has no power and being tax payers, they have no right.
Today, I happened to capture few snaps telling a tale that is self evident so I would like to post those snaps and leave it up to you to draw conclusion. I hope [...]
Filed under: Photography | Tagged: Encroachment, Graveyard, Health, Khairpur, Neighborhood, Pakistan, Sindh, Town Planning, Waste Disposal | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
The other day, I captured a snap of this boy and shared with you. While talking to him, I inquired about his education and the response he offered was something no less than a shock. I have tried to portray it in this image. I don’t know if it is conveying the message but at [...]
Filed under: Arts | Tagged: education, Hunger, Khairpur, Poverty, Sindh | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Few days back I suddenly started feeling lonely. When I was on my way to home from office, I asked my driver to move to some place aimlessly and I ended up being at the bank of river Indus near Theri, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. This place was very attractive with all its natural beauty and [...]
Filed under: Recreation & Sports | Tagged: Khairpur, Nomads, Pakistan, River Indus, Sindh | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
This is an English translation of an open letter written by Altaf Hussain, Chairman Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), to Sindhis. This letter has started a heated debate in Sindh in particular and Pakistan in general. I happened to read it in Urdu and tried to find the English version of the same online but all [...]
Filed under: Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Sindh | Tagged: Altaf Hussain, Benazir, Benazir Bhutto, Crisispk, Letter of Altaf Hussain, MQM, Mutahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Crisis, Sindh, Sindhi | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 17, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
The pain that she must have gone through can not be captured in mere words. When they brought Purposh to Karachi for treating her burns, doctors might have felt the agony while declaring that her 75% of body is burnt and it is very difficult for her to survive. According to rule of nine used [...]
Filed under: News, Opinion, Pakistan, Sindh | Tagged: burns, death, domestic violence, human rights, Pakistan, Purposh, Sindh, social ills, violence against women, women rights | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2007 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Mohenjo Daro came to limelight after 1922 when R.D. Banerji, an officer of the Archeological Survey of India discovered it. Latter, John Marshall, K.N. Dilkshit, Ernest Mackay and numerous other officers of Archeological Survey carried out excavations through 1930s. At the moment, further excavations are banned due to problems related to conservation of the exposed [...]
Filed under: History and Culture, Pakistan, Thinking aloud | Tagged: Ancient Cities, Ancient Civilization, Ancient sites, Ancient Urbanization, Asia, Culture, Harappa, History, Indus Valley Civilization, Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan, Pre-historic sites, Sindh | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2007 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Sindhi is regional language of Pakistan along with Punjabi, Pashto and Balochi side by side. Apart from this, several other languages are also being spoken in Pakistan e.g. Siraiki, Hindko etc. Urdu claims the status of National language. Since blogging, even in English, is not that common in Pakistan; it was hardly expected to find blogs in Sindhi. The Pakistani blog aggregator blogger.pk has no Sindhi blog listed. Having this idea in my mind, I started search for Sindhi blogs in Cyberspace. My first step in this regard was to run a search in some search engine. Since Google stays my first priority regarding web searches so I knocked at the Google’s door and results were not disappointing [...]
Filed under: Analysis, Opinion | Tagged: Pakistan, Pakistani bloggers, Pakistani Blogs, Sindh, Sindhi, Sindhi blogging, Sindhi blogs | 2 Comments »