Adil Najam baadshah-e-jahaaN, waali-e-maasivaa, naeb-ullah-e-fil-arz, dahakaaN ke naam [Dedicated to he who is the Emperor of the world, Lord of all things, God’s deputy on Earth; the peasant] There was a reason why, in his moving poem, intisaab (dedication) Faiz Ahmed Faiz reserves the single greatest line of reverance for the Dehkaan (peasant). This picture […]
(Picture on left by go2net; picture on right by peterhessel; both on Flickr.com) Following on yesterday’s Picture of the Day, since people had asked, this is what a ‘Qingqi’ looks like by the time it gets to Pakistan. My thanks to Altamash Mir for the information on how it is the product of a joint […]
Adil Najam Pakistan will soon have around 300 ‘London Taxicabs’ plying the streets of Islamabad and soon thereafter a plant will be established to manufacture these for export elsewhere. According to a story in The Daily Times (June 16, 2006) the government has allowed the duty-free import of 300 London Taxicabs on a ‘trial basis.’ […]
