Adil Najam Sepoy, of Chapati Mystery fame, sent me this picture before. It is a crude sheyr (verse) crudely written at the back of a bus. Roughly translated, it says: Girls these days are so proud of their beauty They don’t know the first kalma, but speak in English Sepoy said it made him chuckle. […]
Bilal Zuberi Probably all readers of ATP know about the ban from cricket on Shoab Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the two leading attack bowlers from Pakistan after failed drug tests during last month’s Championship Trophy. One would have thought this was an isolated incident, and that others sportsmen in Pakistan, especially those competing at national, […]
Guest Post by Umera Ali Women Protection Bill, 2006 (“WPB”) has finally passed, in an overwhelming majority vote, by the Pakistani Senate. MMA in a last attempt to make WPB ineffective suggested 17 amendments, which were all rejected by the Senators. Having already been cleared by the National Assembly, the only thing left, procedurally, for […]
