Archive for February, 2010
Living with AIDS
19Feb10
One of the first things Sahar Ali of Panos impresses upon me is that the HIV virus spares no one. “Anyone can get HIV/AIDS. Every one of us is vulnerable,” she said gesturing to herself and me. Through her employing non-government organisation, Sahar and her team have been recording oral testimonies of Pakistani women living [...]
Filed under: Health, Social Issues, Women | 8 Comments
Tags: AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Pakistan, Pakistan HIV/AIDS, World Bank
Our Very Own Volcano
05Feb10
I don’t know about anyone else, but the news that Pakistanis might have their very own live volcano is very worrying to me. It turns out that the people of Waam in Ziarat, an area that was badly hit by the Balochistan earthquake of 2008, noticed a huge quantity of dark black material at the [...]
Filed under: Environment, Nuclear | 8 Comments
Tags: Balochistan, earthquake, Pakistan, Pakistan volcano, Waam, Ziarat
