Adil Najam This intriguing picture from Islamabad advertises a “Child Friendly School”? Leaves one wondering about exactly what a “child friendly school” is? Maybe our readers can tell us what that would mean in Pakistan. By implication, it suggests that other schools are not “child friendly.” That may well be so. After all, we have […]

Adil Najam Today is April 10. Nineteen years ago, today, on April 10, 1988 the military ammunition depot at Ojhri Camp, Rawlapindi, blew up and unleashed an inferno that sent all sorts of rockets all over Rawalpindi and into neighboring Islamabad. It also let to a sequence of events that led to the ouster of […]

Adil Najam Reading Pakistani newspapers is not recommended for the weak of heart. Open yours today, and here is what you find: In Quetta riots have broken out and at least one is dead after the murder of Baluch nationalist leaders. The violence has also Karachi for the same reason and made a city already […]