Owais Mughal
A friend has forwarded me this notice which is wordprocessor printed and taped on top of an elevator (’Lift’) door, somewhere in a Pakistani building.
Darwaish
Nah, this isn’t Grand Canyon and this can’t be some sort of copy of Statue of Liberty either. No torch, you see. So let’s see how many of you can guess what is this thing and exactly where? I am sure many readers would be surprised to know how this thing got its name. Happy [...]
Adil Najam
I was in Chicago all weekend for Human Development Foundation (HDF) of North America’s Convention celebrating the HDF’s 10 years of service. It was an intellectually stimulating event with a host of thoughtful presentations various issues related to Pakistan’s development coming from Dr. Tariq Banuri, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dr. Sania Nishtar, Arshed Bhatti (’Civil [...]
Owais Mughal
A month or so ago there was a widespread rumor in Pakistan that some virus is getting spread around via mobile calls. So much so that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had to give above clarification. The english translation goes like this: “There is no anti-health virus in the mobile phone”.
Credits: Photo by Raja Islam
Owais Mughal
In its prime days, Pakistan’s Urdu cinema has produced many big hit movies. The biggest blockbuster of the golden era was the movie Aina.
The movie title Aina is pronounced aaina and the english translation of the title is a mirror. This movie was so popular that it was shown in a Karachi Cinema for [...]

















































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