Adil Najam Building on my other post today (‘Trilingual’) and after Sabizak’s message on our first ATP post on Pinglish, I am no longer sure if I am using the term correctly or not. Hence the question mark. However, this one is somewhat like another earlier ATP post, titled ‘Lost in Translation’. Literally, the translation […]

Adil Najam Folks, I want to stay on the subject of our elected officials — out-of-control Ministers and misbehaving MNAs — for just a little longer. Rest assured, ATP will come to misguided military-men soon enough. There is a particular variety of Pinglish that goes beyond simply juggling Urdu and English idom and grammer; it […]

Meet Zamir Ulhaq, 34 years old when this picture was taken (in 2001), originally from Faisalabad, directing traffic at Zarghoon Road, Quetta. When I was very young (as young as my son now is), I wanted to grow up to be this man (or someone like him). And why not. This police cop wears a […]