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An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu

by on 22. Apr, 2008 in Bay Area, News, Pakistan, San Francisco, U.S

Pakistani Students Association at the University of California, Berkeley is hosting an urdu language cultural event on May 3rd, 2008. The event called “Eik Dupair, Urdu Ki Sair” which in English means “An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu” will have a variety of segments in Urdu that will include skits, plays, musical performances like Qawwali, speeches [...]

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Eye Metaphors in Urdu with English Translation and Meaning

by on 29. Feb, 2008 in Funny, Pakistan

My wife had to compile a list of eye metaphors in Urdu with English translation and meaning and she was able to compile quite a list. She gave me permission to post this so that most of you who might want to learn little bit of Urdu can look at this list and figure out [...]

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Pakistan’s PTA Bans YouTube – Poll Rigging Videos

by on 24. Feb, 2008 in Internet, Islam, Pakistan, Politics, Videos

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a memorandum to the country’s ISPs to block access to the video sharing website YouTube for allegedly featuring a blasphemous video. According to the Pakistani “Don’t Block The Blog” there are two theories that could explain PTA’s recent move to ban YouTube: vote rigging videos showing alleged evidence [...]

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