Adil Najam
The last few weeks have not been good. Its one bad news after the other. The fiasco of the Chief Justice’s removal; government high-handedess with protesting lawyers and then the media; Pakistan being kicked out of the Cricket World Cup; Bob Woolmer’s death in what we now know to be a murder; Inzimam’s retirement; [...]

Adil Najam
Other posts in this series for March 23, 2007 - here and here.
March 23 commemorates the passage of what was originally the ‘Lahore Resolution’ (Qarardad i Lahore) and later became better known as the ‘Pakistan Resolution’ (Qarardad i Pakistan). If there is a single most important founding document of Pakistan, it has to [...]

Adil Najam
To me, the 23rd of March is a day to reflect on the message of Mohammad Iqbal, just like the 14th of August is to ponder on the legacy of Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
We, as Pakistanis, have not really been kind to the legacy of either man. We turned both into idols. And once we [...]

Owais Mughal
Shahid Afridi took his 200th wicket in One Day Internationals (ODIs) today. He is now World’s 27th and Pakistan’s 6th bowler to achieve this milestone.
The top 10 list of Pakistani wicket takers in ODIs is below. The ranking in parenthesis is their World Ranking in terms of highest career wickets.

Wasim Akram (World #1) 502 [...]

S.A.J. Shirazi
Has anyone done attitude tourism? I have.
That was in Lasbela — an ancient tract surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea. Before me Alexander from Macedonia was there; Young Muslim Generals Muhammad Bin Qasim and Muhammad Bin Haroon were there; and lately British bureaucrat Sir Robert Sandeman was there.
Attitude tourism - to be distinguished [...]