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 At various points and during various discussions on ATP readers have debated just when ‘pop music’ arrived in Pakistan. Some have suggested Vital Signs as the beginning, others have argued that the first step was from Nazia and Zohaib Hassan, and yet others take it further back to Alamgir and Mohammad Ali Shehki. […]
Bilal Zuberi and Adil Najam It is the end of the year – a good time to reflect on the past and imagine the future. One could make an argument that, here at ATP, we do try to do that all year. From one of our earliest posts on ‘Imagining Pakistan’ to our many disucssions […]
