Monthly Archives: July 2010

Awam Ki Awaz – Liberty Books

CNBC Pakistan is doing a special show on books and the reading culture in Pakistan. The show will air on 31st July, Saturday, 8.02pm PST on CNBC Pakistan with a special feature on Liberty Books.

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Attlee: A Life in Politics by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds | Book review | Books | The Guardian

Thomas-Symonds adds to that patronising picture with the bland announcement that the victorious leader of the Labour party had agreed to form a government on “Ernest Bevin’s instruction”. Clearly Thomas-Symonds believes that, at least until he became prime minister, Attlee … Continue reading

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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World by David Kirkpatrick

IN LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A DECADE, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only … Continue reading

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The Dawn Blog » Blog Archive » What could not be recovered from the crash site

Just the way you wouldn’t hand weapons to an untrained army, you wouldn’t hand cameras and a press pass to untrained media representatives. However, fact of the matter is that time and time again we are reminded that the latter … Continue reading

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No survivors – The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: It was not until late Wednesday afternoon that the actual scale of the tragedy set in. It was then that all hope – even the slightest strand, slipped away from the families of 152 passengers on board Airblue flight … Continue reading

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