Adil Najam Pakistan Day is a day of celebration. But it is also a day of reflection on what we have been through and what lies ahead of us. In this, the second in our series of special posts to mark Pakistan Day 2009, we want to focus on what lies ahead in terms of […]
Adil Najam The media is full of “Maulana” Sufi Mohammed and “Maulana” Fazlullah. All the television news channels are falling over themselves inserting the “Maulana” honorific not only to these two, but to everyone in their coterie. Makes me wonder, how do you become a “Maulana“? I mean this as serious question. Is there a […]
Jauhar Ismail According to a recent Yahoo news update: The government (of Pakistan) agreed to impose Islamic law and suspend a military offensive across much of northwest Pakistan on Monday in concessions aimed at pacifying the Taliban insurgency spreading from the border region to the country’s interior. In my opinion, the devil is really in […]
