Owais Mughal Founding Editor of Pakistaniat.com, our very own Dr. Adil Najam has just been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the government of Pakistan for his contribution and public service in the field of environment and development policy. Adil is known to all of us as the founder of this blog, but his full time work […]

Jauhar Ismail On the eve of Pakistan’s 63rd independence day, President Asif Ali Zardari announced major reforms in the political, administrative and judicial make up of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) – a combination of seven semi-autonomous tribal agencies bordering Afghanistan. It should be noted that as per the constitution of Pakistan, FATA is […]

Adil Najam Tomorrow we will all celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day – Yom e Azadi. Today, let us take a moment to think about just what ‘independence’ – Azadi – means. Azadi – independecne – is not a destination, it is a journey. It is not something that we ‘achieved’ on August 14, 1947. It is […]