Adil Najam Yet another stalwart of Urdu literature is no more. Munir Niazi passed away at the age of 78. As regular readers of this blog know, Munir Niazi is a particular favorite of mine. We have written about him and his poetry earlier (wondering whether it was him in the wonderful re-making of Mehdi […]

Adil Najam On this auspicious day, we at ATP pray for peace and goodwill to all. A couple of days ago we had done a post related to Christmas by celebrating the architectural heritage of Churches in Pakistan. Of course, one needs to go beyond structures and to the core of relations between Christian and […]

Adil Najam Its time to take stock of the year 2006. Its also time for another ATP Poll. We did think of doing something around a ‘Person of the Year’ theme and I even thought of a few possible candidates (here, here and here). But that seemed too obvious, and more likely to turn into […]