Bilal Zuberi and Adil Najam

It is the end of the year - a good time to reflect on the past and imagine the future. One could make an argument that, here at ATP, we do try to do that all year.
From one of our earliest posts on ‘Imagining Pakistan’ to our many disucssions on Jinnah [...]

Adil Najam
One of the great untold stories of 2006 may have been how economic existence for poor and middle class Pakistanis continued to become harder (here, here and here) even as a number of macroeconomic indicators seemed to do well. Some would say that eventually the benefits of macroeconomic growth will trickle down. But eventually [...]

Adil Najam
Both the cartoon and the qata are from Jang (28 and 29 Decemeber, 2006, respectively). Both are about Eid; but both areabout more than just Eid. Niether needs further comment. Eid Mubarak to all!

Adil Najam
From all of us at ATP we congratulate the over 2 million Muslims - including the nearly 200,000 Pakistanis - who performed Hajj yesterday.
To me, the Hajj is an amazing and powerful symbol of equality and unity in a world distraught with frictions and factions.
It is not just a symbol of ‘Muslim brotherhood’ but [...]