Following on from yesterday’s story about the US House of Representatives wanting to cut the aid package to Pakistan — because of “increasing lack of respect for human rights, especially women’s rights, and the lack of progress for improving democratic governance and rule of lawâ€Â? — the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam insists that […]
Adil Najam PIA print advertisement from the 1960s (Originally uploaded by PakPositive.com which is a blog that highlights the positives aspects of Pakistan). Let me continue with the ‘Image Pakistan’ theme in choosing the picture for today. I find this advert for PIA absolutely fascinating; both for what it says about how PIA (Pakistan International […]
Adil Najam The ‘Charter of Democracy‘ signed by former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif is already old news. This is unfortunate. Even if it is just ‘talk’, talking about democracy can only be good for Pakistan. I have been surprised at how few people I know who have even bothered to read the […]
