Adil Najam This news is not yet confirmed so I want to be careful about how I phrase it. Careful, but not silent. Reportedly, the official ban on blogspot.com blog sites that had originally been imposed after the Danish cartoon controversy and was reportedly lifted earlier this month, is now back on and blogspot sites […]

Adil Najam Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Field Marshal Ayub Khan. According to the 126 visitors who voted in the third ATP blog poll (earlier: here and here), these two did more ‘good’ for Pakistan than any of the leaders who followed them. (Of course, we should add that the Poll did not ask for an […]

Adil Najam Government sources in Pakistan have just announced that Nawab Akbar Bugti, chief of the Bugti tribe, veteran politician, and senior Baluchistan leader, has been killed in a shootout between “tribal militants and government forces” in Balochistan. This is very sad and disturbing news that cannot bode well for anyone. While details are still […]