Adil Najam Did you know that today, December 6, was “Sindhi Topi Day”? I did not. But I now do. I also now know that it was celebrated with great fervor. I am glad that it was. Even though some have raised concerns about how such a celebration might “isolate” Sindh from the rest of […]

Adil Najam It seems that the PPP government has finally found its equivalent to Wasi Zafar (the absurd, and often obnoxious, Law Minister in Gen. Musharraf’s government; here and here). Listen to the Rt. Hon. Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi, Federal Minister for Defence Production, proclaiming that it is the “political right” of every politician to […]

Adil Najam The headline screams out that more than 40 people are dead after a heartless and soulless suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi. The story under it tells us that more than half of those butchered are children. Numb. Enraged. Without words. One stares into space. How many such headlines have we seen? […]