Posted on August 18, 2008, 7:25 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Pakistan.
I often spend my early mornings on the porch, recounting the wires outside my house (twenty-four in total, including the electric, phone, cable and a couple of unidentifiable ones) while I take in my morning nicotine hit. My neighborhood is a closed ‘colony’ with no shops or commercial activity allowed inside its premises, so I […]
Posted on August 17, 2008, 6:31 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Etc.
While a tiny percentage of our Pakistani population is protesting for fair treatment to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, it looks like the US FBI is as confused as we are about the truth regarding her case. The official FBI page on one of the most wanted women in the world has her picture with the caption […]
Posted on August 17, 2008, 5:52 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Etc.
I have always been impressed by the mainstream media’s expertise in selecting the perfect image of a person with just the right expression to support what is being said in the text. For example, in his pictures, Musharraf may look proud, happy, confused, tired, sweaty, adamant, dancing, drunk, defeated or victorious, depending on the publication […]