Adil Najam This news is not yet confirmed so I want to be careful about how I phrase it. Careful, but not silent. Reportedly, the official ban on blogspot.com blog sites that had originally been imposed after the Danish cartoon controversy and was reportedly lifted earlier this month, is now back on and blogspot sites […]
Adil Najam This headline is sensationalist. 3 inches of rain does not make a ‘Katrina.’ Why, then, does Pakistan’s largest city look like it does? Rain has brought near mayhem to Karachi. Just to look at the telegraphic headline details leaves the head spinning: Rain-related death toll in Karachi reached to 26. Most of the […]
By Bilal Zuberi All city dwellers know the problem of traffic jams well, but when it comes to Pakistan, these traffic jams take on a unique meaning. Imagine the traffic, from trucks, cars, rickshaws, motorcycles and bicycles to horse carriages and donkey carts, all jammed up back to back (sometimes neck to neck) and cursing […]
