Adil Najam Basant is around the corner. And so are Basant controversies. Actually, let me change that. Basant controversies are already upon us. First it was the Punjab government announcing that they would set up a body to ensure safe kite-flying. Then there was the proclamation that Basant WILL be celebrated in Lahore with traditional […]
Adil Najam If this was not so horrific and heart wrenching as it is, one could go on and on about the pangs of love and all the poetry about how lovers have to be ready to bear the pain that society would inflict upon them. But because this is as sad a story as […]
Adil Najam This is a shocking picture. I too was shocked to see it right on the top half of the front page of Dawn (29 December, 2006). I was even more shocked to read the details of this incident that took place in Rawalpindi: Police broke up a protest demonstration organised by family members […]
