Adil Najam Mohammed Hanif, the brilliant author of the engrossing book “The Case of Exploding Mangoes†(I have been planning to write about it ever since I first read it many months ago; and I will) – known to many for his stint at Herald before he joined BBC’s Urdu Service – has just written […]
Adil Najam and Owais Mughal The phase of unrest and ‘zulm’ that Pakistani society is passing through, now seems to have made inroads in the Animal Kingdom. Three precious animals have died in Lahore area zoos in the past 1 week and from news it looks like all deaths were preventable. A giraffe, a Bengal […]
Adil Najam As if life was not tough enough for the poor in Pakistan, a massive fire took hold of of of Karachi’s poorest slum localities and at least 40 people, including children, have already been reported dead. The cause of the catastrophe, which took place late night today, is still unknown. But the fire […]



















































