Mast Qalandar (MQ) (Editor’s Note: This was first posted at ATP four years ago on November 27, 2006. It remains one of our favorite ATP posts and we are re-posting it today on its fourth anniversary). Pakistan is a country of many ethnic groups and cultures. This is apparent not only in the looks of […]

Adil Najam Today marks Dr. Abdus Salam’s death anniversary. (See new biography of Dr. Salam here). It should be a moment of deep reflection for all of us. He would have been as great a man as he was even if he did not won the Nobel Award in physics. But we would have conveniently […]

Owais Mughal The festival of Eid is here. Eid celebrations are not complete without some sweet dishes around. There is a very famous sher about sewayiaN (sweet vermacelli) which I want to share. arz kia hai (here I go): jaatay hi bazm meiN jo us ne uThaai sewayiaN jab tak bethay rahay hum na jhukaai […]