http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-12455 Pakistan: has it reached the edge of the precipice? | Omega & Alpha Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:11:21 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/?p=3087#comment-12455 [...] Metroblogging Lahore carries a series of photos of protests in Lahore. Scroll down for his photo of a live mouse hanging from a protest board - the kind of tiny detail that stays with you perhaps more than the other images. “The little mouse was trembling and paying with its life for someone else’s crimes,” the photographer writes. [...] [...] Metroblogging Lahore carries a series of photos of protests in Lahore. Scroll down for his photo of a live mouse hanging from a protest board - the kind of tiny detail that stays with you perhaps more than the other images. “The little mouse was trembling and paying with its life for someone else’s crimes,” the photographer writes. [...]

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-12446 dare2dv8 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:23:53 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/?p=3087#comment-12446 @Saad Sarfraz Sheikh and while these theatrics were going on, there were people in ambulances who couldn't get to the ER on time. there were patients suffering from cardiac arrest who died while being held up in traffic. there were burn patients who needed immediate medical aid and were prevented from receiving prompt treatment. no one ever thinks about what these people were going through. i wish you had been standing next to me in the ER witnessing this sheer trauma and pain. this is also another harsh but all too real aspect of all this. @Saad Sarfraz Sheikh
and while these theatrics were going on, there were people in ambulances who couldn’t get to the ER on time. there were patients suffering from cardiac arrest who died while being held up in traffic. there were burn patients who needed immediate medical aid and were prevented from receiving prompt treatment. no one ever thinks about what these people were going through. i wish you had been standing next to me in the ER witnessing this sheer trauma and pain. this is also another harsh but all too real aspect of all this.

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-12438 Pakistan: A protest Up Close | NhanLife Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:29:29 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/?p=3087#comment-12438 [...] A protest Up Close Saad Sarfraz Sheikh at Lahore Metblogs posts some photos and first hand accounts of the protests of the workers of the Pakistan Muslim [...] [...] A protest Up Close Saad Sarfraz Sheikh at Lahore Metblogs posts some photos and first hand accounts of the protests of the workers of the Pakistan Muslim [...]

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-12437 Global Voices Online » Pakistan: A protest Up Close Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:25:19 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/?p=3087#comment-12437 [...] Sarfraz Sheikh at Lahore Metblogs posts some photos and first hand accounts of the protests of the workers of the Pakistan Muslim [...] [...] Sarfraz Sheikh at Lahore Metblogs posts some photos and first hand accounts of the protests of the workers of the Pakistan Muslim [...]

]]> http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/07/far-from-the-%e2%80%9cmaddening%e2%80%9d-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-12427 Hasan Mubarak Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:06:15 +0000 http://lahore.metblogs.com/?p=3087#comment-12427 A very interesting experience of an encounter. Yes, Lahore is charged with political energy and is very vulnerable to activities of miscreants. Needless to say that these are not the best of times to start disturbances of any kind. We are not ready for another season of lawlessness... A very interesting experience of an encounter. Yes, Lahore is charged with political energy and is very vulnerable to activities of miscreants. Needless to say that these are not the best of times to start disturbances of any kind. We are not ready for another season of lawlessness…

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