Guest Post by S A J Shirazi The Karez system on irrigation is one of the traditional engineering wonders of Pakistan. West of Indus Plains and out of monsoon zone is Balochistan – the largest landmass in Pakistan with an area of 343,000 square kilometres. Balochistan is scarcely populated, mainly due to its daunting arid […]

Adil Najam Darrell Hair, the controversial Australian cricket umpire who helped wreck the recent England-Pakistan Test series, may soon be standing as umpire again… possibly in a Pakistan game. According to the Sydney Morning Herald (20 September, 2006): DARRELL Hair’s controversial career is set for a remarkable revival when the International Cricket Council this week […]

Adil Najam THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED. With Gen. Pervez Musharraf visiting the United States to address the UN General Assembly and launch his autobiography, In the Line of Fire, (see ATP post here) those of us living in USA are bound hear and see more of him on the media that we normally do. […]