Hard News - Personal Political

The tragedy of Karachi

Hardnews — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:10:46 +0000

Beena Sarwar

“Will it be possible to write about the tragedy of Karachi...?” asked my editor.

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SEPTEMBER 2011

Hope floats, on water

Hardnews — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:36:53 +0000

Beena Sarwar

In Lahore for an Indo-Pak conference on environment, climate change and cooperation organised by Young Global Leaders (YGL) alongwith various organisations, I was again struck by the camaraderie

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AUGUST 2011

Ask the journalists...

Hardnews — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:24:06 +0000

Beena Sarwar

It’s never boring to be a journalist in Pakistan, even though it can be deadly, as the condemnable murder of investigative journalist Saleem Shahzad last month highlighted.

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JULY 2011

‘Pro-jihadi, anti-India’ policy #fail

Hardnews — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:30:25 +0000

Beena Sarwar

The simmering rage brewing in Pakistan since the American Seals landed in Abbottabad and 'took out' Osama Bin Laden (OBL) is not just about the growing anti-Americanism in the country.

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JUNE 2011

‘We treat each other’s prisoners like prisoners of war’

Hardnews — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:08:08 +0000

Beena Sarwar

The case of Dr SM Khaleel Chishty, a retired Pakistani virologist currently in Ajmer prison hospital, has been making the news in India and Pakistan lately.

Faiz and Anthems of Resistance

Hardnews — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:29:40 +0000

Beena Sarwar

I was roped recently into moderating a panel on Faiz at the Left Forum after the original moderator, David Barsamian, well-known radio journalist/producer, couldn't make it at the last minute.

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APRIL 2011

Confessions of a tweet addict

Hardnews — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:34:27 +0000

Beena Sarwar

I admit it. I'm addicted to Twitter. Like many others, the first time I heard about this 'social networking tool', my initial response was, "What's the point?"

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MARCH 2011

Manufacturing a ‘hero’

Hardnews — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:00:13 +0000

Beena Sarwar

The assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has been termed a 'watershed moment' for Pakistan - not just because a sitting governor of the country's wealthiest and most populous province wa

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FEBRUARY 2011

Blood upon the altar

Hardnews — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:48:23 +0000

Beena Sarwar

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JANUARY 2011

Deep down in our hearts…

Hardnews — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:59:08 +0000

Beena Sarwar

Secularism and Pakistan. Two words you'd hardly expect to see together.

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DECEMBER 2010