Adil Najam
Karachi used to be called “the city that never sleeps.” It may as well now be called “the city that forever bleeds.”

Karachi is bleeding again. More than a dozen dead. 80 injured. The Sindh Home Minister says “shoot to kill.” And everyone expects more blood to spill on the streets of Karachi. Fear rules [...]

Owais Mughal
After giving back-breaking HSc exams in 1988, a friend of mine and I decided to take a tour of Northern Pakistan. A relaxing week of mountain trekking in the ‘galliat’ was our high point. We were on our way back to Karachi when ‘lage haathoN’ (while at it) we decided to add Sialkot to [...]

Adil Najam
I, too, am a Mumbaikar today.

I wish I could reach out and for just one moment hold the hands of the woman in this AP photograph. Maybe shed some tears on her shoulder. But I do not know what I would say to her. I do not think she would want me to say [...]

Adil Najam
Here is a new installment of the ATP Picture Quiz for you. Who are these people? Where are they? What are they doing? And, when do you think this picture was taken?

Owais Mughal

Here is how you complain about your telephone not working, Lahori style!
The banner in the picture reads:
We have been trying to get out PTCL number 042-6371795 fixed for the last six weeks, but without any success!
It is not clear whether putting up a banner to register your telephone complaint worked or not. But one [...]

Adil Najam
In writing about the controversy of Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar’s daughter’s F.Sc. marks being jacked up I had mused that “neither 640 nor 661 marks in F.Sc. gets you into a medical college, at least not on merit.” It seems that I was wrong. It does. And in the case of Farah Hameed Dogar, [...]