Adil Najam Some of the best political commentary anywhere in the world is done in humor. In Urdu we have a great tradition of political commentary in verse and some of the best poetry (a la Faiz Ahmad Faiz) is of this variety. What I present here is no Faiz – not even close. But […]

Owais Mughal hota tha pehlay ishq lifafay ki maarfat ab kaam chal raha hai faqat ‘dot com’ se Khalid Irfan is a New York based Urdu language poet. His poetry encompasses issues of Pakistan and Pakistani community abroad in a humorous style. He is not new to ATP. Six months ago Shahran Asim of Urdu […]

Owais Mughal Following photo is taken from MB‘s blog here. The image is a cloth banner wishing ‘Happy Indpendence Day to all Pakistanis except those who habitually change their political loyalties (lotay) and those who have regularly plundered national wealth (luteray).’ As you can see the banner message is issued by the PML(N) leader Shahbaz […]