Making Sense of Pakistan in 2009

Posted on December 28, 2009
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Adil Najam Around this time last year we had two ATP Polls to ponder on what 2009 had in store for Pakistan. The first poll asked readers to identify the events from 2008 that they believed would have the greatest impact on Pakistan’s 2009. The second poll asked them to identify the predictions for 2009 […]

10 Moharram – Ashura

Posted on December 27, 2009
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Adil Najam I write these lines as midnight strikes in Pakistan on the night between 9th and 10th Moharram. I write these lines as the news on television flashes news about blasts and bombs all around. How much more poignant could the message of Ashura be than it is today? Each year, it seems, the […]

Remembering Parveen Shakir and Munir Niazi

Posted on December 26, 2009
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Adil Najam Today, December 26, marks the death anniversaries of both Parveen Shakir and Munir Niazi. Two great voices in Pakistani poetry.

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