Shahran Asim and Owais Mughal When we think of Urdu columnists, the image that comes to mind is of old men, always in shalwar Kameez / Pajama and resembling like poets. Sometimes (and not always) such columnists talk of their glorious past and also resort to sensationalism. We know this is a bit generalization but […]

Bradistan Calling Published memoirs by political figures while they are still politically active can be a risky strategy. In case of now U.S. President Obama it paid huge dividends financially and politically. In the case of Gen. Pervez Musharraf it caused embarrassment and innuendoes. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani’s book, Cha-e-Yousuf Say Sada, was […]

Owais Mughal Just last week, I got hold of this poetry book which blew me away. I thought this was the book that I had been waiting for. ‘tha intizaar jis ka, woh shahkaar aa gaya’. Mr. S.M. Shaiq has collected almost 400 ashaar (verses) written on Pakistani transport and published them in the form […]