Guest Post
by S A J Shirazi
With Balochistan in the news, maybe we should also talk about the locale and the beauty of the area.
Visit Pishin at this time of the year and you will find thousands of acres of fruit orchards. The rich harvest of apples, grapes, plums, peaches and apricots is seen every where. [...]

Guest Post by Raza Rumi
While responding to the comments on my ATP post on Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (also see earleir ATP post here), I rambled a little on the literary feuds among the Urdu stalwarts. However, this post has two parts: first, a little more on the literary cross currents; and second ‘our’ collective treatment [...]

Owais Mughal

When Shoaib Akhtar bowled Jamie Dalrymple today, he grabbed his 200th wicket in One Day Internationals.
Shoaib is Pakistan’s 5th and World’s 25th bowler to reach this milestone.
Following is the number of matches, Shoaib took to reach major milestones in his bowling career:

50th wicket in 29th match
100th wicket in 60th match
150th wicket in 91st match, [...]

Owais Mughal

Many of you may have already seen this photo. It appears in today’s Dawn and shows a man over machine over animal, riding down a Lahore road. Can you suggest an interesting title for the picture?
I noted the following intriguing points that may help in formulating the best title.

Adil Najam
According to the first news coming out, the opposition’s No Confidence vote against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has failed. According to The News internet site:
Islamabad: The no confidence motion tabled by the opposition against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday has not been passed. The National Assembly voted the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister [...]