Owais Mughal This post is about alternative, cheaper and earthquake resistant housing for Pakistan. At ATP we’ve covered alternative building styles before when S.A.J. Shirazi wrote about using mud to build homes. A couple of my friends recently pointed out to me an earthquake resistant straw bale housing style that was practised in Pakistan (and […]

Adil Najam Suggest a better title, if you can. This is how it was titled when we found it on the web. The background (building, mountain, qanaat, and loudspeaker) does suggest that the caption was right in saying that this was in Pakistan. Probably a gymnast display at a fair or some such event. What […]

Adil Najam Today is March 23. Pakistan Day. Today, let us listen to the Pakistan National Anthem one more time. Not just ‘hear’ it. But actually listen to it. The words, with its heavy Persian influence, may be difficult for some. But the meaning is not. Nor should the passion. We have written about the […]