Adil Najam A couple of people have emailed to remind me that we have not had a post on Pinglish for a while. Maybe I got scared by sabizak’s reminder (here) that I should be more careful in my determination of what is or is not Pinglish. Must confess that I am still not sure […]

Adil Najam Building on my other post today (‘Trilingual’) and after Sabizak’s message on our first ATP post on Pinglish, I am no longer sure if I am using the term correctly or not. Hence the question mark. However, this one is somewhat like another earlier ATP post, titled ‘Lost in Translation’. Literally, the translation […]

Adil Najam Folks, I want to stay on the subject of our elected officials — out-of-control Ministers and misbehaving MNAs — for just a little longer. Rest assured, ATP will come to misguided military-men soon enough. There is a particular variety of Pinglish that goes beyond simply juggling Urdu and English idom and grammer; it […]