Adil Najam This rather interesting news item in Dawn (8 October, 2006) caught my attention and I thought it was worth sharing. Ours is not a country of book lovers, yet several books have already been published in Pakistan dealing with last year’s deadly earthquake. This phenomenon is no doubt linked to the severity of […]
Adil Najam This post comes live at exactly 8:50:38 AM, Pakistan Standard Time. Exactly one year ago a massive and traggic earthquake hit Northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of India and Afghanistan. This is a moment to simply pause, pray and ponder. To think back on what has been done and what still needs to […]
Adil Najam This is to wish Shahabuddin – fondly known by all in the village of Pore as ‘Zalzala Khan’ – a very happy first birthday. May he live long, may he prosper greatly, and may he never get to see anything like the events of the day on which he was born. I realize […]
