Adil Najam

10.10.10 turned out to be lucky for Pakistan at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Well, kind of.

For the first time in 40 years, Pakistan will be coming home with gold medals in Wrestling. Two actually. With Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam winning top spots in the 55kg and 84kg freestyles. The last time Pakistan won a wrestling gold at the Commonwealth games was in 1970 at Edinburugh, when we came back with four wrestling golds.

However, in field hockey – which has long been Pakistan’s staple sport at such competitions – the green shirts lost big time (and played badly) against traditional rivals, India.

Adil Najam

According to a news item published in the Express Tribune, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has “revealed” that families of several militants were “hiding” in Karachi and that “the government will take strict action against them.”

I have learnt to ignore most of what Mr. Malik says. Yet this statement made me stop in my tracks and wonder whether he had actually said this? If so, what did he really mean? And if it means what it seems to mean, could even he mean what this means?

Tamashbeen

I find this photograph very interesting for at least 5 reasons. Can you say what you find interesting in this photo and then maybe we can compare notes?

Also of interest for qulfi/kulfi lovers at ATP: here and here.