Kidney Hill, Karachi: The Battle Heats Up

Posted on March 4, 2007
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Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)
DAWN columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee (Feb 18, Feb. 25, Mar. 4) has recently taken up the very controversial issue of Kidney Hill, Karachi, in his recent columns and has been highlighting the battle for Kidney Hill, which has brought at odds the greed of land grabbing developers and money hungry […]

Bloggers Become Source for Mainstream Media in Pakistan

Posted on January 28, 2007
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Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)
Citizen Journalism, more commonly known as blogging allows anyone the ability to discuss and report an issue or news item immediately, and certainly far sooner then the early morning paper produced by the main stream media. Pakistan is not far behind as blogging is slowly becoming popular […]

All Aboard: A Review of the Dream Cruise

Posted on November 9, 2006
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Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)

At ATP, we have written before about the Gulf Dream Cruise, which is now the talk of the town. Yesterday I had the opportunity to have dinner aboard the Dubai Dream Cruises and to check out what this cruise liner had to offer to its potential customers. (Click on […]

How much does a Pakistani MNA cost?

Posted on September 16, 2006
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Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)
I have recently come across a few interesting facts regarding the pay scale and fringe benefits enjoyed by each member of our National Assembly (here).
It is more than you might expect. Rs. 32,000,000 per MNA per year; or Rs.8,54,40,000,000 5,47,20,000,000 for all 534 342 MNAs for the 5 year […]