ATP Team
As our regular readers know, All Things Pakistan (ATP) was down for nearly 18 hours between 3AM and 9PM (Eastern US Time) today (20 March, 2008). Our thanks to the many many readers who sent us emails alerting us of this and providing suggestions. Since early morning we have been working frantically, but mostly [...]

Darwaish
Dr. Fehmida Mirza today created history when she became the first ever woman to be elected as speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly. If I am not wrong, she is also the first every woman to achieve this position in entire Muslim world. She was the candidate of PPP, PML(N), ANP and JUI(F) and secured more [...]

Darwaish
Pablo Picasso once asked this very interesting question that “Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?” He didn’t give any answer or explanation and I am not sure if there is an answer to this question. Or is there?
I recently found this wonderful work by Maciej Dakowicz, a UK [...]

Owais Mughal
Following photo is courtesy of Faisal Jameel.
The boy is seen here taking a dive in the Khanpur Dam lake. According to Faisal’s photo notes the diving boy had asked his friends to check out his new trick.
The expression on the face of his friend and Faisal’s timely capture is what made me share this [...]

Adil Najam
Less thank a week ago I had written that “Uncertainty Rules Pakistan.” Since then the uncertainty has compounded.
I write this just a few hours before the 13th National Assembly meets in Islamabad and nearly a month since the general elections, and there is still no clear sense on who the next Prime Minister [...]

Owais Mughal
World’s largest mammal that ever walked the face of the earth used to live in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Yes it is true.
This mammal is called Baluchitherium (The Beast of Balochistan). So far the fossils of this mammal have only been found in Baluchistan and Central Asia.
In 1999, a team of French Palaentologists discovered the [...]

Adil Najam
A bomb blast at Luna Caprese - a top-end Islamabad restaurant, located in the very heart of the Federal Capital (near Super Market, Islamabad) frequented often by foreign diplomats and high-level government officials - extremist violence to Islamabad.

According to The News:
Two persons including Turk female citizen have died and over 15 others have injured [...]