Adil Najam Updates: here and here. Following from the earlier post on the reported destruction of a Hindu temple in Lahore, the confusion not only continues but compounds. This is what we know: On May 28, 2006, Dawn reported that a Hindu Temple in Rangmahal, Lahore, had been demolished to make way for a commercial […]
Adil Najam If you go to the website of The Daily Times for today (June 17, 2006) and look at the very first section–called Main News–you will see 5 top headlines of the day. When you look at the five stories together, they tell an even more sorry and depressing tale than each one does […]
Adil Najam According to a Reuters newsreport by Abdul Waheed (June 14, 2006) prisoners in Landhi jail in Karachi (one of Pakistan’s biggest prison) are getting ‘extra time’ to stay up late to watch the 2006 Football World Cup. Pakistani prisoners are granted ‘extra time’ to indulge in their favorite pastime of football, including accessing […]
