Adil Najam and Owais Mughal As Mosharraf Zaidi wrote in his post yesterday: “In the long run, only Pakistan can help Pakistan.” As long-time readers of this site know, central to our notion of Pakistaniat is the idea that taking national responsibility is as important as having national pride. With the number of displaced Pakistanis […]

Mosharraf Zaidi At the end of January this year, the international community’s key humanitarian agencies had done some basic number crunching for how they would deal with the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) crisis that was brewing in Pakistan towards the end of 2008. They estimated that the armed conflict in Bajaur and Mohmand agencies would […]

Arsalan Ali Faheem I am not prepared to accept the pessimism that characterizes our current national mindset, and neither should you be. One of Quaid-e-Azam’s best sayings was ‘Mussalmaan museebat mein, ghabraya nahin karta!’ WPvideo 1.10 It should be a source of motivation and strength for everyone in Pakistan, even our non-Muslim brethren, who should […]