Owais Mughal This photograph is from a pots and pans vendor in Jodia Bazar Karachi. Jodia Bazar is a whole sale market where one can buy anything imaginable under the sky. I however, could never imagine that a consumer today has so much choice of sizes available while selecting a ‘pateeli’ (pot). I guess, all […]

Adil Najam An Islamabad-based reader alerted me to the news about Shagufta’s tragic death at the hands of her father and brothers; but really at the hands of societal ignorance and superstition. This is a story of ‘jahalat’ in its truest, deepest, most shameful, and most repulsive form. Why was Shugafta axed to death – […]

Owais Mughal aadmiat se hai baala aadmi ka martaba pust himmat ye na howay, pust qaamat ho to ho (A man’s destiny is much higher than humanity. He can be short in height but should not be short on courage) This photograph in Dawn (December 13, 2006) shows a homeless man on Karachi roads. The […]