S.A.J Shirazi Violent crimes have been at historic up nationwide; they are rising sharply in all cities. The rise seems to have been set off by something more bewildering. Crime, as seen one among several forms of deviance, is a type of anomic behavior; some others characterize it as a more conscious response to social […]

Adil Najam What follows below is a repost. I had originally written this on July 19, 2007 after bomb blasts in Hangu, Hub and Kohat, which had themselves followed at the heels of blasts in Islamabad. Today, we just had two blasts in Rawalpindi with more than 15 people already being reported dead. The continuing […]

Owais Mughal I found this photograph at Metroblogging Islamabad where it was posted by A for [Pine]Apple and found it too interesting. Please suggest a title. A title that immediately comes to my mind is actually a verse from an Indian movie song which goes like this: ‘naukri sau ki hazaar ki, qeemat nahi hoti […]