Adil Najam In a tragic development – and what is clearly the most serious threat to recent headways in the India-Pakistan peace process – a train bound from India to Pakistan (Samjhota Express) caught fire, reportedly because of two crude home-made bombs which exploded. Over 60 people are reported dead, most of them Pakistanis returning […]
Adil Najam My dear friend (I should say mentor) and former colleague Anwar Iqbal – now the Dawn correspondent in Washington DC – was recently asked to speak on how Pakistan is portrayed in the US media at a conference organized by the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA). Instead of giving the usual staid talk, […]
Adil Najam It is news galore today. As if news and newsmakers have awakened from the meat-induced slumber of Baqra Eid, and done so with a vengeance. First I thought of doing a post on Benazir Bhutto saying that PPP was ready for elections under Musharraf but the opposition would resign if the President tried […]
