Picture of the Day: Confrontation

Posted on November 20, 2006
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Adil Najam Looking at this picture just makes my blood boil (click on picture for a larger view). I do not know the details of the situation, nor who did what or said what or who is at fault or what fault. But the body language and attitude depicted here just has me reeling. What […]

Smuggling Historical Artifacts to Sharjah

Posted on November 19, 2006
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Adil Najam Many years ago there was a very popular PTV short play, later an even more popular theatre production, called ‘Dubai Challo.‘ Now it seems that the new trend is to ‘Sharjah lay Challo.’ That is, steal national historical treasures and take them to Sharjah and, possibly, beyond. An Associated Press news item published […]

‘Pillion’ Riding Banned in Karachi

Posted on November 17, 2006
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Adil Najam I must confess that until two days ago I did not know what ‘Pillion Riding’ was. I first saw the phrase and read the news that it had been banned in Karachi on Adnan Siddiqi’s blog, since then I have seen another post on the subject by Unaiza Nasim on Karachi Metroblog and […]

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