Innocent?… Then Walk on the Burning Coal!

Posted on January 19, 2009
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Owais Mughal It is not the first time that I’ve heard such news in the past few months. Reportedly, on Jan 19, 2009, a tribal council (jirga) near Quetta asked an accused man to walk on burning coal to prove his innocence. The barbarism and insanity of this practice is depicted in the photograph to […]

Saving T2F: For All Our Sakes

Posted on January 18, 2009
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Adil Najam I have been to The Second Floor (T2F to friends) twice. First, in September 2007 when I tagged along with Teeth Maestro Awab Alvi to a Karachi bloggers meetup there while passing through Karachi. Next, more recently, in December 2008, when invited by Zakintosh Zaheer Kidvai and Sabeen Mahmud to give a talk […]

Pakistan at War: No Women Allowed

Posted on January 16, 2009
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Adil Najam

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