Archive for January, 2012
Someone pointed out a photograph of Port Grand taken by me has been used without my permission by Pakistan Today and Aaj News. To top it all they’ve even used the photo with the copyright watermark on it with my name. Somethings never change… Say whatever you will about Express Tribune and trashy journalism, but at [...]
January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Blogs, My Life, Pakistan, Photography, Plagiarism | No Comments
With the advent of digital cameras, the number of people calling themselves photographers increased manifolds all over the world. The same has happened in Pakistan as well and when you combine this with the rise of social media such as Facebook and Flickr, many of these so called photographers have started offering their services commercially [...]
January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Digital Camera, Karachi, Pakistan, Photography | No Comments
Zong has further reduced the price of their IDEOS handset to Rs 6,999. They initially offered it at Rs 15,999 and later reduced the price to Rs 10,999 in order to compete with Ufone’s offer. Now with rumors going around that Huawei themselves about to enter the Pakistani market they’ve further reduced it to [...]
January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Android, Cellular, Technology | No Comments
I did a series of posts named “Karachi’s best kept secrets” back in 2007. It was all about places in Karachi which were not that well known but should have been. One of the places was the food court of Dolmen Mall Tariq Road, which at that time I proclaimed the best food court in Karachi. [...]
January 26th, 2012 | Posted in "Best of" series, Cafe, Dine out, Karachi, Pakistan | No Comments
Saw this yesterday, couldn’t resist taking a pic as I was walking by. Maybe they are selling tanning lotions for cars and misspelled “tan”….. maybe….
January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Humor, Karachi, Pakistan, Pictures, Real Life, Useless Stuff, WTF Pics | No Comments
It was festive, it was fun and the food was great as always. And I didn’t even spend the whole evening there. I was there with my family and am glad that finally there is a place in Karachi where you can spend New Year’s Eve with your family without worrying about firearms, hooligans, etc. The entry [...]
January 4th, 2012 | Posted in Cafe, Dine out, Events, Karachi, Pakistan, Photography, Things to do | No Comments
There is a gang of con artists scamming people of Karachi. I personally know a few families who fell for the trick that’s why I can vouch for the authenticity of this news. This has happened in different areas of the city so it’s not an area specific crime. First, this gang gathers information about [...]
January 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Crime, Karachi, Pakistan | 2 Comments