• A city Temporarily “Disconnected”…

    For a few days towards the end of this past week (three to be exact), due to the protests against Asia Bibi‘s supreme court ruling, Islamabad was “blocked.” I got up Friday morning for an important meeting with an informant at the World Bank Headquarters, and at that time, my mobile was not working. That morning, I went down to meet my driver, Majid Bhai, and he told me the networks have been blocked by the Government. I thought something was not right with my Ufone account, but all the cell phones in the surrounding area were not working apparently. Majid Bhai mentioned it happens from time to time, when something in…