RT @NadeemfParacha: Newspeak in Pakistan:
Treason: The act of disagreeing.
Traitor: The one who disagrees.
Treachery: To continue disagre… Tweeted 5 hours ago
RT @ArifCRafiq: Messy situation in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province. Local officials claim that 10 civilians were killed by U.S. airstrikes. B… Tweeted 7 hours ago
Protection of women and vulnerable communities should be above party lines and loyalties, it’s an issue that affect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Tweeted 7 hours ago
RT @Jungshahi: Thrilled to be elected as Co-chair of Harvard’s South Asia engagement forum- at a time when civil society and all of us can… Tweeted 7 hours ago
Over 100 Pakistani journalists, editors, columnists, media persons from across the media landscape in the country have endorsed this statement since it was initiated on 19 April, protesting against the ongoing curbs on freedom of expression in the country. It follows on the heels of astatement signed by prominent academics including Noam Chomsky. Besides the stifling of debate at university campuses, articles are being pulled off media websites in Pakistan like Babar Sattar’s oped (published in this blog) as well as three other pieces in The News on Sunday this past weekend. Others were not published to begin with, like Mobashir Zaidi’s oped in The News, and Gul Bukhari’s article on 16 April that The Nation didn’t run (published in Naya Daur). Statement and list below.
The late great poet Ahmed Faraz’s son Sarmad Faraz pays tribute to his father, by releasing a music video titled “Shayar”, which features the poet reciting his verses in his inimitable manner.
Sarmad is a musician and is best-known for being in the band Corduroy. He chose this particular poem of his late father because it espouses resilience, individuality and change.
The poem “Shayar” is part of Ahmed Faraz’s first-ever published book Tanha Tanha (1954). (Read more below).
Happy to get this email from fellow journalist and activist Naveen Naqvi:
“I am happy to report that our site, Gawaahi.com is now online. Gawaahi.com aims to archive digital stories of abuse, survival and resistance.
If you are interested in how we came about, please visit our site and read Gawaahi.com – our story.
You can find more information on our mission and team in our About page. If you see the page titled Our Partners, you will see the wonderful support we have received even before launch.”
Great going (and I love this visual by Zaina Anwar)!
