Owais Mughal Karachi is going through a big infrastructure overhaul these days. Many roads are dug up for building signal-free corridors. This has shifted traffic load to lesser known roads. One such route, which is taking the burnt of traffic load is the University Road to daak-khana chowk (post office intersection) Liaquatabad route via Sindhi […]
Adil Najam The Pakistan Kisan Conference met in Lahore this Sunday and (again) demanded an end to feudalism. My first reaction to reading the news was to remember Faiz (remembering Faiz, by the way, is my default mode in just about all matters): youN arz o talab say kab aiye dill, pathar-dil paani houtay haiN […]
Pervaiz Munir Alvi Attock District in Punjab, Pakistan, is a place of great historic significance. Alexander the Great of Macedonia passed through it as did the first Mughal, Babar, and the various Afghan Sultans before him. Emperor Akbar the Great, the grandson of Babar, recognizing the strategic importance of this area in 1581 built his […]
