Grading Our Leaders: Some Surprising Poll Results

Posted on April 18, 2010
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Adil Najam At one level the results of our ATP Poll on Grading Pakistan’s leadership and power centers are not surprising at all. However, when we compare the result of this ATP Poll to related ATP Polls held in June 2009 and September 2009, then there is a rather interesting trend that seems to be […]

Adil Najam Just how inhuman can the murderous zeal of fanatics be? Here are the essential facts: Two suicide killers, hiding behind burqas, murdered more than 40 people, and injured another 60+, in two explosions minutes apart, at an IDP (internally displaced peoples) refugee camp at Katcha Pakka near Kohat, as they gathered to register […]

Tribute to a Musical Giant: Khamisu Khan and Son

Posted on April 16, 2010
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Adil Najam For the last one-and-half hour I have sat here totally transfixed. Utterly spellbound. I am as mesmerized by this magical sound today as I was the very first time I heard the legandry Alghoza (Alghozo, Beeno) maestro Khamiso Khan. The sound grows on you slowly. And then, at some point, it takes hold […]

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