Kathay Kalame
Shabina Mustafa has the true fighting spirit.
She is waging a struggle against the forces of anarchy with her deep love and caring for the children of domestic workers from her neighborhood. And she is winning. She has reclaimed one community from the darkness of despair. And she is setting her eyes on more. [...]

Owais Mughal
I recently got hold of Ibn-e-Insha’s poetry book titled ‘dil-e-wehshi’. Once I started reading it was hard to put it down.

This book is Ibn-e-Insha’s third poetry collection. His first collection ‘chand nagar’ was published in 1955. Second collection was ‘is basti ke ik kooche mein’ which was published in 1976. Unfortunately he did not [...]

Adil Najam
When you write and think deeply about Pakistan every day - and, really, every minute - you become sensitive not only to the great trends of our time but also to the subtle changes in those trends. Sometimes, although never often enough, such change is not only perceptible but positive.

The last few week have [...]

S.A.J. Shirazi
The future lies in mud architecture. Though this sweeping statement may sound prehistoric, but it is very relevant to modern times. Building living spaces with mud is a tradition dating back to the start of civilizations. Some excellent examples from the Great Mosque - the world’s largest mud building and UNESCO’s World Heritage site [...]

Adil Najam
Once again our eyes swell up, our hearts miss a beat, our body shakes in shock and anger, and the banality of mayhem hits us in the gut, as the enemies of Pakistan continue on their killing spree. 23 Pakistanis are dead in Lahore in today’s dastardly attack already. More remain in critical conditions.

We [...]

Adil Najam
This interesting story comes to us via The New Statesman, written by Sam Alexandroni (published 21 May, 2009). It is worth reading in full; and worth a thinking much about. There are many parts of this story that are truly inspirational. Other parts are worrisome. One wonders, whether this vigilante approach is the right [...]