Adil Najam No dearth of interesting news coming from the world of cricket: Pakistan ‘wins’ on the ball-tampering controversy, but debates linger; Resignations, counter-resignations, re-resignations on the Pakistan side; Two key Pakistan cricketers sent back home from the ICC Champions Trophy for taking performance enhancing drugs; A dramatic victory against Sri Lanka by an emotionally […]
Adil Najam The Daily Times (18 October, 2006) reports (based on a report in the UK tabloid The Daily Mail) that “A Pakistani woman seven feet and two inches tall is to live in Britain on benefits after claiming asylum because she is ‘too tall’ to return home.” Zainab Bibi, 33, claims she faces constant […]
Adil Najam Since the issue has been raised a number of times in our comments section, I was intrigued by a news agency report published in The Daily Times (16 October, 2006) stating: “Expenses on foreign visits by the two leaders were comparatively low until 2004, but such spending has seen a phenomenal increase since.” […]
