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	<title>Deadpan Thoughts &#187; Making a difference</title>
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		<title>Helping Pakistan one zahir at a time</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/helping-pakistan-one-zahir-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mera passion pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zahir shah malang]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many Pakistanis I meet are fed up, frustrated and pissed off at their lives being incomplete because even though they make enough they aren&#8217;t fulfilled. The chief reason they usually give for this un fulfillment is that they want to help their country but do not know how to. Obviously in a place where the system is morally and ethically<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/helping-pakistan-one-zahir-at-a-time/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Winter clothing drive by NWO</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/winter-clothing-drive-by-nwo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nishat wellfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter clothing drive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We at Sarelief have worked with Nishat wellfare group through out this year in different stages on flood relief activities.  At present our funds have run out but since Nishat is gathering money for winter clothing for  flood affected and other poor families for distribution in Uc Burhoon district Sanghar, we are doing what we<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2012/01/winter-clothing-drive-by-nwo/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Pkrelief initiatives</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/09/upcoming-pkrelief-initiatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanghar Hamper distribution The sanghar area in sindh has been very badly hit in the last few days.  As per local contacts the main city has been completely engulfed by water and is not accesible by car anymore. We are planning to distribute food rations of 8 days to 500 families in this area through<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/09/upcoming-pkrelief-initiatives/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Pk relief mission badin part 2</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/09/pk-relief-mission-badin-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aiding pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[badin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rain rleief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relief work by civil society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Two hundred people have fallen prey to the devastation that hit Badin and other areas in Sindh by more than 1,000 millimeters of rain in the last month. This is the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Sindh. Compare this to the 70 odd millimeters of rain that has fallen in Karachi over the past<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/09/pk-relief-mission-badin-part-2/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Pk relief &#8211; Mission Badin</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/mission-badin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[badin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding in badin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massive rains cause floods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent rains have caused tremendous damage in Badin and Baluchistan. The NDMA estimates more than 200,000 people displaced as 100 villages have been swept with water from a 200 foot wide gap in the salinity drain there. As of an hour ago the army has started a huge operation in Badin and are trying to get<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/mission-badin/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The human tragedy remains</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/the-human-tragedy-remains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Day To Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pkrelief convoy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was standing on the banks of a muddy tributary making its slow rippled way through rice paddies. A cold wind was blowing in my face and ruffling the trees freshly washed from last weeks rains. The sky was partly overcast with shafts of lights peeking out from among the clouds onto the fields, it<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/08/the-human-tragedy-remains/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing fallen martyrs</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/06/recognizing-fallen-martyrs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Post</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British high commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fighting on the front lines. martyrs in police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[william hague]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Thomson On Thursday, I visited the Police Lines headquarters in Islamabad. I was accompanying the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who wanted to pay his respects to the fallen martyrs of the Pakistani police service and to publicly recognise their sacrifices in serving Pakistan and its citizens. Mr Hague laid a wreath at the<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/06/recognizing-fallen-martyrs/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview in social media study by SMU</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/05/interview-in-social-media-study-by-smu/</link>
		<comments>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/05/interview-in-social-media-study-by-smu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 06:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio interview with bharat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faisal Kapadia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huma yusuf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new media plays part. new media activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast by smu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sinagapore management university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media in pakistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deadpanthoughts.com/?p=3371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Singapore management university conducted a study on social media in Pakistan as part of their ongoing study of new media all over south asia. This yielded results which are interesting to read as they display just what the length and the breadth of the new media scene is here. This also includes podcast<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/05/interview-in-social-media-study-by-smu/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>A garden in shigar</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/01/3255/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baltistan. womens voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mahera omar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shigar valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short film]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  A Garden in Shigar from Mahera Omar on Vimeo. (2010) Nusrat, Khezran, Zakia, Asiya and Sajida are five young women from the scenic Shigar Valley in the mountainous northern areas of Pakistan. As interns with the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP), their project is to landscape the Abruzzi secondary school’s garden in the<br/><br/><span class="continue"><a class="moretag" href="http://deadpanthoughts.com/2011/01/3255/"> Continue reading...</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Buddies without borders</title>
		<link>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2010/10/buddies-without-borders/</link>
		<comments>http://deadpanthoughts.com/2010/10/buddies-without-borders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flood relief work by expatriates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pak kids raising money for flood victims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

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