Adil Najam The Pakistani Piggy Bank (from Flickr.com by Umair Mohsin; by the way, Umair has a very interesting blog of his own called ‘Writings of an outsider looking in‘). These baked clay ‘kujjas’ or ‘gallaz’ are the first piggy banks for many children in Pakistan; certainly was for me. Since money could only be […]

Adil Najam Both the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan have ‘instructed’ government agencies to ‘soften’ Pakistan’s image. If only it was that easy. As an editorial in The Daily Times (June 11) pointed out, the real need is to confront our reality, not our image. President Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed the Ministry […]

Pakistan. A window on Pakistan through pictures, verse and song. Based on famous Pakistan poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem “hum daikhain gay”… with music and vocals remix from Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Iqbal Bano, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Zia-ul-Haq, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, etc. A collage of Pakistan history and an articulation of one Pakistani’s aspirations for Pakistan. […]