Owais Mughal
Curtain Raiser. On August 23, 2006, ATP had a post on Bolan Pass, on November 2, 2006 another post on Chappar Rift and on December 18, 2006 yet another post on Khojak Tunnel. In the following we will discuss another famous pass railway of Pakistan i.e. The Khyber Pass Railway. Before we start on [...]

Adil Najam
I have felt a feeling of guilt all day today for having focussed on the ‘coup’ rumors that were triggered by the national power breakdown instead of directing focus on what that breakdown meant for ordinary Pakistanis; why it happened, and what should now be done? The journalistic instinct to pounce on the sensational [...]

Adil Najam
Further to our earlier post, an interesting - and rather bizarre - twist to the frenzy around Gen. Musharraf’s current US tour took place this Sunday when rumours of a potential coup in Pakistan began doing the round all over Pakistan.
According to the Daily Times (25 September, 2006):
President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s medical check up [...]

Adil Najam
Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s much anticipated autobiography, In the Line of Fire, will officially be released in a few hours. It will be launched at a signing ceremony at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. [Earlier ATP posts here, here and here].
The build-up - whether intended by the publisher, Simon and Schuster, or [...]

Adil Najam
Note: An updated list of the Best Pakistani restaurants outside Pakistan is now available here.
Here at ATP we like talking about food. Especially Pakistani food (on chai here, on ganderi here, here, on aam here and on omletes here). The start of Ramzan, fasting and feasting, seems to be as good a time as [...]