Adil Najam I had a tough time trying to decided which of Jawad Zakariya’s photographs to feature here today. I decided on this one because of the comments that were posted on this picture at Flcikr. The picture itself is of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, with Ranjit Singh’s Samadhi on the left, both reflected […]

Adil Najam As oil prices have skyrocketed, people around the world–industrialized and developing countries alike–have begun to be very careful about what price they pay for petrol (‘gasoline’ in the US) at the pump.High prices effect everyone everywhere, but not equally. Petroleum pricing can have particularly regressive impacts because poorer people tend to spend much […]

The very prolific Khaled Ahmed of the Daily Times and the Friday Times is not only an astute commentator on all things Pakistani, a columnist par excellence, and an intellectual voice that must always be taken seriously. Even when he is writing about things not too serious. His weekly column Second Opinion: A Review of […]