Nasim Zehra In June 2008, Asiya Bibi, a Pakistani farm worker and mother of five, fetched water for others working on the farm. Many refused the water because Asiya was Christian. The situation got ugly. Reports indicate Asiya was harassed because of her religion and the matter turned violent. Asiya, alone in a hostile environment, […]

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 […]

Owais Mughal and Adil Najam From all of us at ATP we congratulate the nearly 2.5 million Muslims who performed Hajj this year, including 125,000 Pakistanis, and also wish fond Eid-u-Azha greetings to all of you. This is the fifth such post we have written since ATP began (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). The words and […]