A Virtual Rickshaw Ride

Posted on August 24, 2006
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Adil Najam We at ATP are especially fond of rickshaws. The classic piece is Owais Mughal’s in-depth treatise on the art and science of the motor (auto-) rickshaw (here). But we have also shared with you the rickshaw driver’s 5-point manifesto for Karachi (here) and information about the newest ‘happenin’ thing in three-wheeler technology: the […]

Garhi Shahu: The scoundrel who replaced a saint

Posted on August 24, 2006
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Guest post by Raza Noor (based on original by Majid Sheikh) The area of Garhi Shahu in Lahore has many a fond memories for me because I spent my childhood running around in its small streets. I recently found this wonderful article on Garhi Shahu written by Majid Sheikh in Dawn in 2002. This post […]

1952-2006: Wasim Raja dies playing cricket!

Posted on August 23, 2006
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Adil Najam Wasim Raja — one of the most elegant batsmen ever; a swashbuckling heartthrob who seemed to be from a different era all-together; the thinking man’s cricketers; the last of the ‘gentleman players’; someone who was always a job to watch playing and an even bigger joy tyo spend and eveniong talking cricket to […]

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