Adil Najam
While we have been, rightly, been engrossed in the agitations going on in Pakistan regarding the ongoing saga of the Chief Justice’s removal and the vigilantism of the Lal Masjid squad, there has been another set of agitations brewing up in Karachi that relate to the battle for Pakistan’s coastline (also here); in particular [...]

Raza Rumi
Lahore’s eclectic past was dazzling. Prior to the partition of India, it was a cosmopolitan centre and later retained its primacy as Pakistan’s cultural capital though it lost its inclusive atmosphere. This is a city where Bapsi Sidhwa’s characters lived, Allama Iqbal wrote and recited his high-poetry and Amrita Sher-Gil painted her immortal compositions.
Years [...]

Adil Najam
I am most pleasantly surprised that readers have so quickly figured out the mystery man in our latest ATP Quiz. Since they have, let me add a little more information and let the discussion continue.
I am not sure, however, how many readers know of Muhammad Asad or of his connection to Pakistan. Let me [...]

Adil Najam
I suspect that the majority of our readers have never even heard of the man featured in these photographs. However, I am quite sure that some here are very familiar with this man and his works, even though they may be less familiar with these particular photographs.

There is another portrait photograph of his that [...]

Adil Najam
For the last many days we have been carrying a Public Service Announcement banner in the comments section about the upcoming 10th Anniversary Convention of the Human Development Foundation (HDF).
I thought that I should say more about this and urge our readers in North America, and especially those living in and around Chicago, to [...]