Adil Najam This year marks the 60th anniversary of Pakola. If you are not Pakistani you are asking ‘What is Pakola?’ If you are you probably know that it is Pakistan’s first branded bottled soft drink, and one that has been a remarkably resilient brand. Well, the fact that it is celebrating its 60th birthday […]

Faisal Kapadia The FIFA Football World Cup is underway and Pakistanis are enthusiastically watching matches, cheering for their favorite teams, and organizing football get togethers. Football is everyman’s game and requires not much other than a ball which we are adept at producing in the millions in Sialkot. It is simple to understand, easy to […]

Adil Najam For a number of days reports have been trickling in that suggest that a major operation against extremist militants in the Punjab is in the offing. Meetings, statements, movements all suggest that there may actually be something to all of this. Now there is news, although still not officially confirmed, that the operation […]