Adil Najam As we think of ‘independence,’ maybe we should think beyond slogans and naaras. Maybe we should think about what independence really means. Why it is important. How it is lived. Maybe Talib can help us understand all of that. We have featured a number of videos from the BBC series Shehr Kahani (here, […]

Guest Post by Yasser Latif Hamdani Today being 11th August Day has a great significance in Pakistan’s history. 60 years ago, Mr. Jinnah, Pakistan’s undisputed Quaid-e-Azam, Governor General and elected President of the Constituent Assembly elaborated his vision for the future of Pakistan. Jinnah’s vision is unambiguous. 1. The state would be completely impartial to […]

Bilal Zuberi If you are married, how closely did you read the Nikah Nama before signing it? Some time last summer my fiance decided that time had come for us to tie the knot. I was excited. So excited that I hastily agreed to do the Nikah (Katb-e-Kitaab, as levant Arabs call it) within the […]