Adil Najam Basant is around the corner. And so are Basant controversies. Actually, let me change that. Basant controversies are already upon us. First it was the Punjab government announcing that they would set up a body to ensure safe kite-flying. Then there was the proclamation that Basant WILL be celebrated in Lahore with traditional […]
Adil Najam If this was not so horrific and heart wrenching as it is, one could go on and on about the pangs of love and all the poetry about how lovers have to be ready to bear the pain that society would inflict upon them. But because this is as sad a story as […]
Bilal Zuberi and Adil Najam It is the end of the year – a good time to reflect on the past and imagine the future. One could make an argument that, here at ATP, we do try to do that all year. From one of our earliest posts on ‘Imagining Pakistan’ to our many disucssions […]
