Pkrelief update

Author: FK  //  Category: Announcement

Relief initiatives completed this week 1) Abdul Sattar Ishaqani and Nishat wellfare organization combined with us to bring relief in the form of 500 ration hampers as well as medicines and a medical camp to the area of Sanghar. Pictures of this undertaking are available here 2) Hamid Yahya and his team from CFC took

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Upcoming Pkrelief initiatives

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference

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

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Killing Karachi

Author: FK  //  Category: Karachi, Published Articles

A few days ago, I was running for my life; something so many of us take in our stride now in the city of Karachi. The lanes behind my office at M.A. Jinnah road had exploded with violence and there was gun fire from building corners and roof tops as all of us closed down

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Access denied!

Author: FK  //  Category: Published Articles

Most of the best statistical analysis about our country is present with our telecom operators who invest in and maintain extensive data on our population as it is to their intrinsic benefit. In a very recent survey according to“Teletimes International” Pakistan is a country of 169 million people with 2.49% of its populace falling under

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Promoting tourism in Pakistan

Author: FK  //  Category: Published Articles

When I was invited by some friends to go on vacation with them to Sri Lanka, my first thoughts were that of hesitation. Like others, I had not really heard great things about that part of the world. However, I relented and to tell you the truth, my curiosity peaked when I read that the

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Cyber attack and internet security

Author: FK  //  Category: Published Articles

A group that goes by the name of the Indian Cyber Army hacked into 36 of the Pakistan Government’s websites.While the message left by the hackers has been removed, some of these websites are also temporarily out of order. The world is at war these days, but many of these battles are now fought out of

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Buddies without borders

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference

Twitvey – What to eat in Karachi

Author: FK  //  Category: F.K's Life

Twitveys are random surveys carried out by me on twitter. They often yield pretty interesting results Question : What is your favourite thing to eat in Karachi? Answers mosharrafzaidi @faisalkapadia Burns Road. Bhunay huay seekh kabab. Aaa Lahore! Kithhayy?? DanQayyum @faisalkapadia Delhi Javed Niharihttp://www.facebook.com/JavedNihari ahsanshafik @faisalkapadia kata kat & mutton karhai – cafe laziz –

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Desperate times

Author: FK  //  Category: Cricket, Day To Day, Sports

Everyone knows the story by now, how could they not? Its been blasted to us from every corner of our input receivers on all forms of media and has spiraled into something resembling a circus pretty quick. A well spoken man receives a large sum of money in a hotel room in England, allegedly to spot fix

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Pk relief update # 2

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference

Ever since the start of our first flood relief mission to Sukkur on 14th August 2010 the sheer number of lives that we may have impacted is truly unimaginable PkRelief has to its credit the following statistics Provided 36,800 persons with food/ration hampers, enough to last them a week Provided 25,000 people with immediate ready

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