Adil Najam
This is a shocking picture.
I too was shocked to see it right on the top half of the front page of Dawn (29 December, 2006). I was even more shocked to read the details of this incident that took place in Rawalpindi:
Police broke up a protest demonstration organised by family members and relatives of [...]

Guest Post by Sufi
Mohammed Amin is a true hero.
Paani da Bulbula, Paani da bulbula
Char dinna di duniya ae
Kujh kha lay, pee lay, mauj urra
Kujh kha lay, pee lay, mauj urra
Paani da bulbula…
He is a living example of the possiblity of things in life. He is a survivor, a fighter and a success story. High spirited, [...]

Adil Najam
I have spent much of today reading, remembering and listening to the poetry of Munir Niazi, who died yesterday.
This is probably the best way to celebrate the life and work of a poet. The celebration of his work has gone on on this blog from a while (here, here, here and here) and, as [...]

By Adil Najam
It has been a tradition for as long as I can recall that on the 25th of December a contingent of cadets from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul, takes over as the ceremonial honor guards at the mausoleum of the Quaid, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. This year, Jinnah’s 130th birth anniversary, was special [...]

Adil Najam
Yet another stalwart of Urdu literature is no more. Munir Niazi passed away at the age of 78.
As regular readers of this blog know, Munir Niazi is a particular favorite of mine. We have written about him and his poetry earlier (wondering whether it was him in the wonderful re-making of Mehdi Hasan’s ‘yeh [...]

Guest Post by Pervaiz Munir Alvi
Every year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) puts out a very beautiful calendar on bridges all over the world. However there has never been any bridge from Pakistan on this calendar. There is not without reason. In the last six decades, Pakistan has not built a bridge of [...]