Owais Mughal The photograph shows an abandoned Utility Stores branch in Liaqatabad, Karachi. It is now being utilized to keep domesticated animals by local people. This photo appeared in Jang in March 2009.

Sammad Khurram Back in 2002, I was returning from Friday prayers when I saw an unusual gathering of singing and quasi-dancing Mullahs. Unusual because I had always assumed Mullahs to be against all types of art. The amused crowd were listening to chants of “Taliban aa gayay, Taliban aa gayay.” I smirked. As if! Pakistan is […]

Adil Najam I know nearly nothing about guitars and absolutely nothing about the technicalities of how to judge one guitarist from another. But I think this video of Faraz Anwar on his guitar is worth posting because: (a) I do find the music here intriguingly enchanting, and (b) because the news behind it is also […]