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New Digs (posted by: Amber)
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If an ass-cart driver ran the country (posted by: D & A)
Our friend Abid worked with us on a radio story on the present wheat crisis.
Amber:The professor I interviewed said that poor people spend a huge percentage of their income on wheat, he couldn't remember the exact figure but it was some are around 40%. Therefore, when the price of wheat doubles (the prices have varied over the last couple of ( Read more... ) -
Reflections on a subcontinental year (posted by Devin)
It's been over a year now since we settled into our life in the subcontinent - hard to believe that the time has passed so quickly. It was around this time last year that I was stumbling through the streets of Banares on crutches, struggling with Hindi script, and developing a bad, hacking cough from the pollution. Now, one year later, we are only ( Read more... ) -
Another suicide bombing... (posted by: D)
There was just a bomb blast outside the Lahore High Court, right before the weekly protest rallies that have been happening on Thursdays since November 3rd (and before that, during the summer when the Chief Justice was ousted). It looks like it was targeting police officers who were outside the court.
Amber and I are both safe in Islamabad. -
democrats and polling on pakistan (posted by: A)
Oh Barack, when will you get some advisers on foreign policy with half an inkling about the ground realities and Pakistan ( Read more... ) -
Elections set for February 18th (posted by Devin)
Notwithstanding seemingly-constant power-outages, I've got another feature coming up on this afternoon's FSRN show. You know the drill. Here's the list of stations, and if you don't get FSRN in your area, you can always check the website later this evening. -
Benazir post-assassination update
Our neighborhood seems quiet and over all I think Lahore is more peaceful than many cities. I just went out to buy vegetables, chat with the man who runs the newspaper stand and stretch my legs in the sun. Many shops were closed, but some were open as well. Last night on the news for constant reports rolled in of banks, police stations, PML-Q ( Read more... ) -
FSRN Feature on assassination
Click here to download the piece, or you can go to the FSRN website and scroll down the article and listen to it.
We'll be doing another feature for today's newscast. -
Bye Bye BB
Vo Mar gayia ( Read more... )