Hashim Khan – Keep Eye on Ball

Posted on December 17, 2010
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Shahran Asim Recently while watching Dawn News, I saw a slide showing brief overivew of one of the greatest legend of Pakistani Squash, Hashim Khan. The last line of the slide read; ‘He is currently living in Colorado.’ My curiosity moved me to google his name and find out more about his whereabouts. To my […]

Singing Leaders: Who Sings Best of All?

Posted on December 14, 2010
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Adil Najam I want to revisit a question I had first posed more than a year ago: Who Sang the Best Amongst Our Leaders? But I will expand the field to not just those who ruled Pakistan (President / Prime Minister) but also those who aspire to do so. As I had mentioned in that […]

Birbal in Buner

Posted on December 13, 2010
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Mast Qalandar Most of us have read or heard the Birbal stories. In fact, we grew up reading those stories. Birbal, a courtier of Emperor Akbar, one of the nau rattan or the nine jewels of Akbar’s court, was known for his quick wit, wisdom and repartee. His stories were always amusing. In his exchanges […]

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