Adil Najam Two news items from this week give me cause to worry about economic governance Pakistan. They suggest that the independence of economic governance–which some consider to be the most important contribution of the current government–might either be illusory, or is diminishing. Both stories are about the removal–reportedly for political reasons–of two key economic […]

Adil Najam Pakistani comedian Rauf Lala and the Irfan Malik-Ali Hasan duo have taken Indian TV audiences by storm on the super-hit Indian television show ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge-II’ on Star TV-India. Both received more than 150,000 audience votes each on this competition show that is the current sensation on Indian TV and are […]

Adil Najam The greatly trumpeted, fairly controversial, and mostly disappointing movie Jinnah was released in 1998 to even lesser acclaim than it deserved. Despite all its flaws–especially its overly convoluted and philosophical plot which contributed much to its failure to excite ordinary non-Pakistani film-goers–it was thought-provoking rendition for Pakistanis: for those who liked the movie, […]