Guest Post by Raza Rumi While responding to the comments on my ATP post on Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (also see earleir ATP post here), I rambled a little on the literary feuds among the Urdu stalwarts. However, this post has two parts: first, a little more on the literary cross currents; and second “our” collective […]

Adil Najam According to the first news coming out, the opposition’s No Confidence vote against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has failed. According to The News internet site: Islamabad: The no confidence motion tabled by the opposition against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday has not been passed. The National Assembly voted the no-confidence motion against […]

Bilal Zuberi How can somebody steal a whole damn train? Well, they can, and did! Supposedly the ‘thief’ was a crazy person from a town near Karachi, who stole the train, drove it down the track for 20 miles and almost caused a serious accident as he was only yards away from colliding with a […]