The Capital Shock

Posted on August 23, 2008
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Raza Rumi A week long sojourn in Islamabad just came to an end. It was not the Islamabad that I had lived in or the one that my memory was intimate with. It has changed and perhaps forever. I have been an accidental resident of Islamabad as I was thrown into the sleepy folds of […]

ATP Quiz: City of Lights

Posted on August 15, 2008
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Adil Najam If you have seen this before, can we please request that you hold your answers for now. If you have never seen this picture before, can you guess what major Pakistani city this is? See correct answer here. See more details on the photograph and on answer here.

Pakistan in Washington’s Smithsonian Museum

Posted on July 19, 2008
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Owais Mughal Outside Pakistan any reference to mother land naturally catches our attention (see Beijing’s Pakistani Connections and Pakistani Towels in Missouri). Last week I got chance to visit Washington DC’s Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). This museum was opened in 1910 and was among the first building built for Smithsonian to house […]

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