Mast Qalandar If you think it was the MMA who tried to introduce the “law of morality” in the Frontier province of Pakistan (NWFP), think again! A “law of morality” was first introduced in the region much, much before the MMA or the Taliban appeared on the scene. Even before Pakistan, before the British and […]
Yasser Latif Hamdani Pakistan is mourning. It is not just Benazir Bhutto but the dream of Pakistan itself that is in pieces. Pakistan was envisaged as a modern democratic homeland for the Muslim minority of British India as a last resort by Pakistan’s founding father Mahomed Ali Jinnah, who had fought for it to ensure […]
Adil Najam Today, December 25, marks the birth anniversary of Pakistan’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Mr. Jinnah has been a subject of frequent, and sometimes heated, discussion on ATP (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here). Maybe it is best to spare him the agony of argumentation on his birthday. Instead, we […]
