Owais Mughal In my not-so-extensive vocabulary, Pakistani food can be divided into two categories viz., Any-day-dishes and Many-day-dishes. Any-day-dishes are those for which one prays to God to get any day e.g. nihari, qorma, biryani, haleem, halwa puri etc. Then there are Many-day-dishes. These are generally good for health therefore less popular. These are eaten […]

Adil Najam UPDATE: The Prime Minister has announced the withdrawl of the President’s judicial notifications! Hats off to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani for political theatre of the highest caliber. And I mean that as a compliment. On Monday he played the loyal Prime Minister defending his President, attacking the opposition, and hinting at a […]

Adil Najam There is probably no period in Pakistan’s political history that was more central to defining the political contours of the country than the period which defined the rise, and ultimately the fall, of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Trauma is a permanent condition in Pakistan politics, especially today. But Pakistan politics, even as it unfolds […]