Adil Najam A friend emailed me the other day: “Hardly any body ever talks about [Fatima Jinnah] these days – I wonder how many even know her today?” He is right. We as a people have not treated our history well – for that matter, history too has treated us rather shabbily. My friend also […]

Bradistan Calling A nation’s power and might is not in its tanks and missiles but is known by its intellectual capability, knowledge, innovation, creativity and through its respect of human rights and freedom of expression. The talk of doom and gloom in Pakistan, after a flurry of bad news on economic front the terrorist attacks, […]

Adil Najam I have often wondered – and seriously – if Pakistanis read? No, not whether they can read. Illiteracy being what it is in Pakistan, there are many – too many – who obviously cannot. But this question does not pertain to them. This is about those who could read if they chose to […]