Adil Najam
Sometimes a picture says itself all that needs to be said.
This one does so on the billboard at the back of the guy in this traditional Siri Paye (should we say, ‘Head and Hooves’; someone please help me with the proper English term for this!) shop in Lakshmi Chowk, Lahore. Here is what the [...]

Guest Post by Mast Qalandar
I returned to Islamabad only recently after a long absence and was able to look at the city, once again, with the tourist’s eye. Before I get used to it and start taking everything as given, I thought, I should put down my impressions about Islamabad: the good, the bad and [...]

Adil Najam
3QuarksDaily (3QD to friends) was the very first blog I visited and I got addicted to it immediately. I find it to be the most intellectually stimulating and educative blog out there. Over the last year, I have probably told more people about why they should visit 3QD than I have about ATP. That [...]

Adil Najam
I first saw this on Adnan Siddiqui’s blog a couple of days ago. I bookmarked it and planned to do a post of good lookin’ bakras closer to Eid-ul-Azha (or Bakra Eid). Over the last two days, however, I have received more than a dozen emails - including many from readers suggesting a post [...]

Owais Mughal
This photograph is from a pots and pans vendor in Jodia Bazar Karachi.
Jodia Bazar is a whole sale market where one can buy anything imaginable under the sky. I however, could never imagine that a consumer today has so much choice of sizes available while selecting a ‘pateeli’ (pot). I guess, all the better [...]

Darwaish
As I was reading the sad story on ATP about an official government car, reportedly in the use of the Syed Safwanullah, Federal Minister of Housing and Works, crushing to death a 6-year old child, another incident which is even more tragic occured in Lahore and surprisingly got very little media attention initially.
According to Daily [...]