Adil Najam Today marks Dr. Abdus Salam’s death anniversary. (See new biography of Dr. Salam here). It should be a moment of deep reflection for all of us. He would have been as great a man as he was even if he did not won the Nobel Award in physics. But we would have conveniently [...]

Nasim Zehra In June 2008, Asiya Bibi, a Pakistani farm worker and mother of five, fetched water for others working on the farm. Many refused the water because Asiya was Christian. The situation got ugly. Reports indicate Asiya was harassed because of her religion and the matter turned violent. Asiya, alone in a hostile environment, [...]

Owais Mughal and Adil Najam From all of us at ATP we congratulate the nearly 2.5 million Muslims who performed Hajj this year, including 125,000 Pakistanis, and also wish fond Eid-u-Azha greetings to all of you. This is the fifth such post we have written since ATP began (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). The words and [...]