Adil Najam Censorship is never a good idea. When mixed with over-zealousness it becomes dangerous. And when combined with technical incompetence, it becomes costly. This is what happened when the self-styled defenders of the nation’s morals, ideology and integrity began messing a little too much with things they should never have messed with in the […]

Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro) DAWN columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee (Feb 18, Feb. 25, Mar. 4) has recently taken up the very controversial issue of Kidney Hill, Karachi, in his recent columns and has been highlighting the battle for Kidney Hill, which has brought at odds the greed of land grabbing developers and money […]

Adil Najam This very entertaining photograph is of a warning sign posted in the basement of the Summit Minar in Lahore. Shararti logouN kay leeaye saza ka maaqool intizaam hai. (Appropriate punishment arrangements are available for the mischevous.) I wonder what the “saza ka maqool intizaam” actually entails.