Adil Najam Kaleem Omar is a journalist extraordinaire. Prolific, insightful, versatile beyond belief, and always full of surprises. His essay in this weekend’s The News on Sunday (18 June, 2006)‘Nobody in Karachi whistles anymore’ did not disappoint! In the Karachi of the old days, the city of my youth, one often used to hear people […]
Adil Najam This historic Universal Newsreel on the birth of Pakistan and the ceremonies of August 14, 1947, was made for a US audiences (note how Liaquat Ali Khan’s name is mispronounced; some things never change!). For Karachites: see if you can recognize Karachi landmarks including the Sindh Asembly Building and Elphinstone Street. For history […]
Pakistan. A window on Pakistan through pictures, verse and song. Based on famous Pakistan poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem “hum daikhain gay”… with music and vocals remix from Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Iqbal Bano, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Zia-ul-Haq, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, etc. A collage of Pakistan history and an articulation of one Pakistani’s aspirations for Pakistan. […]
