Adil Najam
I was thinking of making this an ATP Quiz, but that would be wrong because I really do not know the answer to this. So, the headline here is an honest question. Any takes?

My own guess - based just on the idiom of the quotation - is that he did not. Although he may [...]

Bilal Zuberi
It was a few months ago that I read about the inauguration of the first internet cafe for the blind in Islamabad. I had wanted to write about it earlier but somehow skipped my mind, until the recent discussion on Islamabad allowed me to jog my memory a bit. I do want to share [...]

Adil Najam
Reader Naveed Ejaz recently sent me a link to a new blog he has started called Rethinking Disability. I was finally able to visit and explore the blog today. I was left extremely moved.
The site is exactly correct in pointing out that we, as a society, are caught in “prejudiced molds” of thinking about [...]

S.A.J. Shirazi
Winter in sprawling Lahore spells horror for thousands of residents. Not because of cold but due to the phenomenon of smog, sometimes also called fog or haze (although smog is the most appropriate term for what we have in Lahore.
Let your gaze roam over the cityscape while standing on top of the Minar-e-Pakistan [...]

Bilal Zuberi
Dawn website and found myself with mixed feelings. On one hand, the picture of a young boy being taken to the hospital on a ‘thela’ was deeply troubling. Even in a city with so many public and private ambulance services, this poor family still did not have affordable access to a comfortable [...]

Guest Post by Imran Nasrullah
Recently, the New York Times reported on the case of a 10-year old boy from Lahore who could perform remarkable feats - like walking on burning coals and passing knife blades through his arm - without exhibiting any sign of pain. According to the NYT:
Geneticists following up the case of a [...]