Nadeem Omar

This set of photographs from F.E. Chaudhry depict the news journalist side of Chacha‘s portfolio.

In February 1961, Queen Elizabeth II, toured India, Iran, Nepal and Pakistan on her first ever tour of countries outside Europe. She arrived in Pakistan on 11th February, and was received at the airport by Govenor, Nawab Kalabagh Khan. As a staff reporter of The Pakistan Times, F E Chaudhry covered her entire visit, but only two pictures are presented here.

Adil Najam

ATP has closely followed, what is now called the “Judicial Crisis”, carefully and with grave concern from its very beginning. We have been sad when things went wrong, been elated when they things went right, and rejoiced at the democratic sentiment that has often been expressed through this movement. In all cases, we have struggled to find the deeper meaning in all of this for the future of politics in Pakistan.

We have remained quiet on this in recent days, not because we have lost interest – far from it, we have been glued to the news on this – but because it has not at all been clear what is really happening and where things are really going on this issue. There is too much “noise’ and not enough “signal” in what is being said or heard about the issue.

The news today seems unambiguous. But one is really not sure if it is. Supposedly, the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has proclaimed that a resolution will be tabled on May 12 for the restoration of the judges who were removed and an agreement to this effect has been reached with the PPP and the other coalition partners. We certainly hope it is so.

Pervaiz Munir Alvi

Previously at ATP we have talked about ‘Redundancy’ and about ‘Naming Names’ in Pakistan. At those posts lively comments by many of our readers made the original post even more interesting. Once again we are hopeful that our loyal readers will come forward and add to this post with their own interesting questions.

So question is: what is it?

Is it Shala-mar as written in most Mughal historical manuscripts or is it ‘Shali-mar’ as written on the boxes of expensive French perfume named after the famous gardens in Lahore and in Kashmir? What is it?

Is it Mumtaz Mahal as the queen of Emperor Shahjahan for whom he built that magnificent mausoleum in Agra at the banks of river Yamuna, or is it the gaudy and tasteless casino Taj Mahal built by developer Donald Trump at the shores of Atlantic Ocean in the US of A. Which one is it?