Adil Najam THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED. With Gen. Pervez Musharraf visiting the United States to address the UN General Assembly and launch his autobiography, In the Line of Fire, (see ATP post here) those of us living in USA are bound hear and see more of him on the media that we normally do. […]

Adil Najam Was Waheed Murad was the very first ‘heart throb’ and ‘super star’ of Pakistan? Cricketers Fazal Mahmood and Merry Max (Maqsood Ahmad) certainly had their groupies well before Waheed Murad, but they were ‘niche stars’. The phenomenon called Waheed Murad took the country by storm – across class and across locations – and […]

Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro) I have recently come across a few interesting facts regarding the pay scale and fringe benefits enjoyed by each member of our National Assembly (here). It is more than you might expect. Rs. 32,000,000 per MNA per year; or Rs.8,54,40,000,000 5,47,20,000,000 for all 534 342 MNAs for the […]