Adil Najam On March 23 I was at the Presidency in Islamabad for the Pakistan Day Awards Ceremony. This is usually a festive occasion full of pomp and ceremony and amongst the most elaborate state occasions of the year. The grandest room at the Presidency is all spruced up. There are starched military uniforms bedecked […]

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 […]