The book is available in Pakistan in hard cover, with new preface and illustrations at the Paramount Books website. Also available in leading books stores in Pakistan Availability in India (Reprinted by Anthem Press in Oct 2012) India Anthem Press India An imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Limited (I) Pvt. Ltd Email: india@wpcpress.com K-130 Krishna Park Extension | Vikas Puri Crossing ….
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About The Author
Nafisa Hoodbhoy was staff reporter for the English daily Dawn newspaper from 1984-2000. As the only woman reporter under Gen Zia in Karachi, Pakistan, she went on to write thousands of news reports and lead articles on the nation’s transition to democracy, alternately spear-headed by civilian leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. During this period, she researched and featured in video films on women..... Read More
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About The Book
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
~Thomas Carlyle, CharacteristicsThis website gives a glimpse into my motivation for writing ‘Aboard the Democracy Train’ – on why millions of people in Pakistan have been thwarted from bringing about meaningful change inside the country. As the only woman reporter in Pakistan’s leading newspaper, Dawn ....
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LAHORE, April 21: Journalists, civil society activists and politicians have demanded early arrest of the perpetrators of the attack on anchorperson Hamid Mir, while terming it an attack on the freedom of speech and expression in Pakistan. A large number of journalists and civil society activists gathered at the Lahore Press Club where they held a protest demonstration after passing …
Senior journalists, columnists and anchorpersons have expressed concern over the ‘organised campaign’ against the security agencies by a section of the media in the name of the attack on Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir, saying this is a clear violation of journalistic values and code of conduct. “The attack should be investigated but the adventurism we are seeing should have …
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ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Pakistani establishment has made it clear to the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network that the time has come for them to choose between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the state of Pakistan, if they want to stay friends with Islamabad. The unprecedented warning from the Pakistani establishment has come at a crucial time when the Pakistani …
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Claire Handscombe has a commitment problem online. Like a lot of Web surfers, she clicks on links posted on social networks, reads a few sentences, looks for exciting words, and then grows restless, scampering off to the next page she probably won’t commit to. “I give it a few seconds — not even minutes — and then I’m moving again,” …