Adil Najam Some really disturbing news from Pakistan. Yet another Pakistani journalist – Dilawar Khan Wazir, Dawn‘s correspondent in South Waziristan and occasional stringer for BBC – has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Earlier this year his 16-year old younger brother had been kidnapped and later killed (here). All of this comes on top of a […]

Adil Najam Looking at this picture just makes my blood boil (click on picture for a larger view). I do not know the details of the situation, nor who did what or said what or who is at fault or what fault. But the body language and attitude depicted here just has me reeling. What […]

Adil Najam Many years ago there was a very popular PTV short play, later an even more popular theatre production, called ‘Dubai Challo.‘ Now it seems that the new trend is to ‘Sharjah lay Challo.’ That is, steal national historical treasures and take them to Sharjah and, possibly, beyond. An Associated Press news item published […]