Adil Najam I must confess that I had an unterior motive in putting up the last ATP Poll – on whether readers thought that there would be elections in Pakistan in 2007 or not? I am supposed to give a talk about this topic in Washington DC today, organized by the Association of Pakistani Professionals […]

Adil Najam I was talking to a friend yesterday about Pakistan’s traumatic politics and remembered these really funny verses from Khalid Masood: Luch lafang elect huwa hai annay-wa Beeba phir reject huwa hai annay-wa Sooe pay dhaga daalnay waali nokri pay Anna aik select huwa hai annay-wa We had featured these in a post very […]

Raza Rumi How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. -William Shakespeare I grew up in the post-East Pakistan era, and my only exposure to Bangladesh was initially through textbooks that were at best sheepish about the events surrounding its liberation. History was suspended by the school […]