Solar Eclipse is No Cure for Jahalat

Posted on July 22, 2009
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Adil Najam We have used the ‘Jahalat‘ caption before in headlines (here, here and here). It is time to do so again.

Pakistan In New Guinness Record for Tree Planting

Posted on July 20, 2009
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Owais Mughal and Adil Najam Not all world records are created equal. Being in the Guinness Book of World Records is as often a sign of being just weird as of having done something truly of import. Having the world’s longest nails or being the world’s fattest person is intriguing but not really consequential. Sometimes, […]

K.K. Aziz (1927-2009): History Shall Miss Him

Posted on July 17, 2009
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Adil Najam One of Pakistan’s pre-eminent historians – Khursheed Kamal Aziz – died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. His courageous scholarship and honest attention to detail shall be sorely missed by all students of Pakistan history. For those who knew him and his works K.K. Aziz was a giant. Too many Pakistanis today will not […]

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