Did Iqbal Say This?

Posted on March 6, 2007
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Adil Najam I was thinking of making this an ATP Quiz, but that would be wrong because I really do not know the answer to this. So, the headline here is an honest question. Any takes? My own guess – based just on the idiom of the quotation – is that he did not. Although […]

Picture of the Day: WARNING!

Posted on March 1, 2007
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Adil Najam This very entertaining photograph is of a warning sign posted in the basement of the Summit Minar in Lahore. Shararti logouN kay leeaye saza ka maaqool intizaam hai. (Appropriate punishment arrangements are available for the mischevous.) I wonder what the “saza ka maqool intizaam” actually entails.

Karachi Going High: 1947 ft Building on the Horizon

Posted on February 28, 2007
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Adil Najam Speaking at inaugural ceremony of the Bagh Ibne Qasim in Karachi, General Musharraf announced that one of the tallest buildings in the world is planned to be built in Karachi. How tall, you ask? Well, the word from the top is all of 1947 feet. One assumes that this number is no coincidence. […]

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