Adil Najam Let me confess that I have a certain fondness for our Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani. He may not be an orator or even the take-charge leader that we needed, but there seems to be a certain air of genteelness and dignity about him. You get the sense- or, at least have […]
Adil Najam As the politics of intrigue and rumor heats up, even more, in Pakistan and after the recent dramatic political events, the news of Pakistan’s most important existential battle – against the extremism of the Taliban and their ilk – seems to have slid off the front pages. Yet, a news item in The […]
Adil Najam The news of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s reinstatement made one feel good. Real good. After a long time. It reminded one of all that we have been through. It reminded one, also, that exactly two year’s ago ATP had published the result of a Poll on whether the CJ’s removal was the right […]