Owais Mughal
agar haiN tegh meiN jauhar, jawahir haiN khameeray meiN
idhar zor aazmaai hai, oodhar taaqat kay nuskhay haiN
matab meiN aur maidan - […]

Adil Najam
Following up on our post last week about a man beating up his wife with his children watching (earlier post here), it is heartening to find that the government is contemplating a new law on domestic violence - The Protection Against Domestic Violence of Women and Children (PADVWC) Act.
The tragedy is that this will […]

By S.A.J Shirazi
The bustling city of Rawalpindi has a lot more to offer than a traffic mess, broken roads and haze-filled atmosphere. The city’s history spreads over several millennia. Archaeologists believe that a distinct culture flourished on this plateau even 3,000 years ago.
.. Photo to the left is a shot of the Mall, Rawalpindi ..
The […]

Adil Najam
Today, April 28, there is a folk music program being organized in Kot Addu to mark teh 7th death anniversary of Pathana Khan. This is not the type of event that people talk about. But they should.
I remember, back in March 2006, when I heard that Pathanay Khan had died, my eyes had swelled […]

Adil Najam
Benazir Bhutto says that it is now time to take the ‘risk’ of going back to Pakistan. Gen. Musharraf says that he expects to be elected for another term as President. Pundits seem sure that a deal is not only on the cards but is done. Some do wonder if it is merely another […]

Owais Mughal
ONE: Let us go back to 1978
Let us go back in time. In 1978, Argentina was hosting two World Cup Tournaments. Hockey World Cup started at Buenos Aires in March 1978 and Soccer World Cup in June 1978. Pakistan won the hockey World Cup by defeating Holland in the final.
Throughout the hockey world […]

Guest Post by iFaqeer
“…there are very few things that you can hold up as truly and purely Pakistani artifacts.”

It often times gets lost in all the noise and fury of these interesting and fast-paced times, that we are blessed with a melting pot of rich history and culture from the Islamic and the wider South […]