ATP Mushaira: Ahmed Faraz, Mohasra and the CJ

Posted on March 11, 2007
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Adil Najam The recent sacking of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Chaudhry, has ignited passions all over the Pakistani blogistan. That is not surprising. What is remarkable is the consensus in opinion and outrage that seems to be universal (including in the results of our ATP Quick Poll). As I read the […]

Parveen Shakir, Women Poets and Tomato Ketchup

Posted on February 22, 2007
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Raza Rumi An email from a Pakistan based writer friend made me recall Parveen Shakir. The poem, Tomato Ketchup, written most probably in the memory of Sara Shagufta (the modernist Pakistani poet who committed suicide in the footsteps of Sylvia Plath). I am not drawing conclusions or imagining comparisons. My writer-friend is neither suicidal nor […]

Hot off the Urdu Press – 6

Posted on February 15, 2007
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Owais Mughal This is the sixth episode in the series of Urdu Press news. The previous five news collection can be read here: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Click on the Urdu news text below to view enlarged and more readable images. (1) Warrants issued in ‘ratota’ Case Looks like Department of Jungle (Forestry) […]

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