Light Within: Best of Pakistan Blogsphere - Top Ten Blogs

Best of Pakistan Blogsphere - Top Ten Blogs – 2010
Thursday, 9 December 2010

My friend S A J Shirazi asked me to list top 10 blogs 2010 as I perceived these to be the best. Well being a new in the field of blogging, I had been looking around to see how people feel and express themselves on social issues and everything that happens around them. It wasn’t an easy request as every blog has its unique theme, substance and impact.

But I had to do it as Shirazi never ceases to follow someone till he realizes his aims and objectives. So I quickly made a few criteria that included:-

Regular updating
Quality of substance and its relevance to our present milieu
Number of visitors leaving comments
And finally of course its Google page rank

I thought I had set a comfortable target and would list 10 blogs within no time. But when I went about checking the blogs I frequent mostly and some not very frequently, I found that it wasn’t an easy task. Some of the blogs that I thought would find a way into my list looked back at me with hollowness. Some blogs that I thought would have a high page rank turned to be with no page rank at all.

Despite my best efforts, none of my favourite blogs came out with a page ranking of more than 6. By and by, I collected a combination ranging 4-6, and I was glad to find some of my favourites fitting in comfortably into the list. The only exception that I made was for Jaho Jalal, my own blog that has a ranking of 3. I am including it for the reason that it attained this ranking just within its first three months of hosting.

So here are the Top 10 Blogs 2010 from my view point (you are invited to add your point of view and your favorite Pakistani blogs in comment section:-

All Things Pakistan(6): http://pakistaniat.com
Chapati Mystery (6): http://www.chapatimystery.com
Pak Tea House (5): http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com
Chup! Changing Up Pakistan (5): http://changinguppakistan.wordpress.com
Five Rupees (5): http://fiverupees.blogspot.com
Doodh Patti (4): http://doodhpatti.blogspot.com
Teeth Maestro (4): http://teeth.com.pk
Logic is Variable (4): http://logicisvariable.blogspot.com
Café Pyala (4): http://cafepyala.blogspot.com
Jaho Jalal (3): http://jahojalal.blogspot.com

About the writer: Jalal Hameed Bhatti may be new in blogsphere but he has been online since the time when there used to be no blogs. His online presence was first felt when he started PakistanPedia (then Jalal Pages) in early days of dot com. Lately, Jalal has joined blogsphere and in addition to Jaho Jalal, he is writing Management Matters, Fire Within and My Philatelic World.

Labels: Pakistan Blogsphere, Top Ten Blogs

posted by S A J Shirazi @ Thursday, December 09, 2010,

10 Comments:

At 10:16 AM PKT, Anonymous said...: Well done Jalal. I agree with at least seven of your choices.
At 10:18 AM PKT, Maham Raza said...: Congratulations to the listed bloggers here.
At 10:24 AM PKT, Karim Dad said...: Other than your own blogs, the list is indeed very good indicator of what Pakistan Blogsphere is all about.
At 10:57 AM PKT, Handsome said...: thats a good list, but i think Pakistan's most popular blog propakistani is missing from here
At 11:33 AM PKT, The blog Company said...: Wish to be here one day.
At 12:04 PM PKT, Anonymous said...: Congrats to ATP of Adil Najam.
At 9:46 PM PKT, Anonymous said...: I can't say much about it as I have very little experience.
Zaffar Iqbal Durrani
At 10:59 PM PKT, Jamil said...: I personally do not agree to ratings of any kind especially when it come to writing and expressing ones thoughts.Its how someone perceives the issues and put it in writing.Think freedom of expression!
Moreover we all have some opinions,likings,dislikes, reasons are millions,known and some times even unknown.Well that's what the world is.
Ask me i know Jalal and Shirazi,follow their blogs hence would always consider they both are unique as they usually like to discuss on different issues.
Issues from everyday life,issues of the people of Pakistan,issues like poorty,child labour,governance,politics and many burning issues.
I wish both Good Luck and a very happy future!
At 10:30 AM PKT, Owais Mughal said...: Jalal Saheb

I am very much honored that you have listed All Things Pakistan as the top blog. While I believe we are not in it for competition or top ranking and we think highly of the effort put into and work produced by other Pakistani bloggers - your ranking will definitely make us strive for going diverse in post topics.

ATP is as much yours and other readers blog as much as it is ours. It is a forum where we share topics and readers belonging to 'all things Pakistan'.

On behalf of Adil Najam and myself I want to thank you and Shirazi Sb for this honor.
At 11:42 AM PKT, Durrani said...: I generally agree with Mr. Jamil. Without saying much he has said it all. As for me, I very seldom visit the other blogs then Shirazi's and Jalal. Thus to be fair, my remarks may not be justified, when it comes to competition. Anyhow best of Luck