Accident or Criminal Neglect by the Powerful

Posted on December 1, 2006
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Adil Najam Just saw a shocking and sad news report that suggests that an official government car, reportedly in the use of the Syed Safwanullah, Federal Minister of Housing and Works, reportedly being driven by one of his relatives, crushed to death a 6-year old child, whose mutilated body was found two days later in […]

Pakistan’s Greatest Cricket Moment Ever?

Posted on December 1, 2006
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Adil Najam With Yusuf breaking two important records – highest number of centuries and highest runs in a calendar year – one feels good. Not only for Yusuf, but also because the news from teh cricket field is good; and is about cricket! Inspired by Yusuf’s feat and by Khalid R. Hasan naming his Pakistan […]

Another Journalist Disappears in Pakistan

Posted on November 21, 2006
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Adil Najam Some really disturbing news from Pakistan. Yet another Pakistani journalist – Dilawar Khan Wazir, Dawn‘s correspondent in South Waziristan and occasional stringer for BBC – has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Earlier this year his 16-year old younger brother had been kidnapped and later killed (here). All of this comes on top of a […]

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