Remembering 9/11: Jinnah’s Death Anniversary

Posted on September 11, 2009
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Adil Najam Today is 9/11. For Pakistanis 9/11 has always been a sad date. On this date in 1948, barely a year after the nation’s birth, its founding leader, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, died. Today I want to post three historical artifacts – each worthy of your attention, and each worthy of some thinking through. The […]

Abbas Farid: Freestyle Footballer Extraordinaire

Posted on September 8, 2009
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Adil Najam This video has recently been making the rounds on Pakistani Facebook pages and I have received a number of emails with its link. Each time I have seen it, I have been amazed at the skill, control and dexterity of this young man. The video is indeed remarkable, but was also mysterious because […]

Adil Najam Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of Pakistan’s pre-eminent intellectuals and someone who I and ATP holds in the highest esteem (here and here), has written a letter to the editors of Nature in response to the recent article (of which I was a co-author) on Pakistan’s higher education reform experiment. I just wrote to […]

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