Adil Najam ATP has speculated before that there may be a US-Pakistan ‘falling out of love’ going on right now. The ATP Photo Quiz from this Saturday (15 July, 2006) provides us a nice opportunity to remember the “good ol’ days” and how the two countries fell in love in the first place. But coming […]

Adil Najam This is the 100th post on ATP. I thought it was worthy of some celebration. Nothing could better capture the whirlwind ride it has been than this photograph of the feverish dance (a weekly, Thursday evening ritual) at the famed Pappu Sain plays the dhol at the Baba Shah Jamal shrine in Lahore. […]

By S A J Shirazi About 25 kilometres south of Balochistan coast, Astola–the largest island in Pakistan–is six kilometres in length and administratively comes under Pasni subdivision of Gwadar district. Flying over Astola Island my first sight of the Island and the speed boat anchored in a bay far below quite took my breath. Pointing […]