In the Line of Wire (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
It had been a long day of meetings and phone calls and putting together of documentation for my upcoming trip to Lahore and Islamabad. When the clock ticked 6:40 pm, I suddenly remembered that I had wanted to be at T2F to listen to Adil Najam of Pakistaniat speak at 7 pm. It was raining. [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Adil Najam According to the 1998 census, the population of Lahore was 6,319,000 (6 million) inhabitants. According to today’s Daily Times, these inhabitants managed to make 9,580,902 (9.5 million) crank (prank or hoax) calls to the emergency 15 number in 2008 (how many crack calls were made to other numbers remains unknown, but is likely to also [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Owais Mughal, Adil Najam, Darwaish, Asma Mirza From all of us at Pakistaniat.com, and on behalf of all our readers too, we wish these two children in the photograph a wonderful New Year and a prosperous and peaceful 2009. These children may be shoeshine boys to the world. But they make all our worlds shine with their [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Adil Najam News sources around the world are reporting that, however, that we will have to live with the 2008 a full second more than we thought! The way it looks to me, however, in the case of Pakistan - and of all regions ‘ahead’ of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - we are actually going to [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Adil Najam at All Things Pakistan wonders if Benazir Bhutto had not been killed would things have been different for Pakistan?
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Adil Najam Our ATP Poll on ‘What events from 2008 will define Pakistan in 2009?’ continues. However, as promised, we bring you a second companion ATP Poll which asks a related but different question: What do you think might be the big news coming out of Pakistan in 2009? (You can mark multiple choices). If you [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
Adil Najam and Owais Mughal We had ended the year 2007 at ATP by calling it the “Year of Angst and Anger.” We had begun the year 2008 with a wishlist of seven prayers: Prayers for Human Dignity, for Living Livelihoods and Wellbeing, for Peace, for Tolerance, for Justice, for Democracy and for Jurat-i-Tehkik. The year 2008 [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 27/12/2008
Adil Najam Benazir Bhutto was assassinated one year ago today, December 27. I remember being in utter shock when I first heard that news. In some ways I am still in shock. Indeed, as our wall of newspaper covers showed, the whole world was in shock. That shock, I believe, is also still alive. And, yet, so much [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 26/12/2008
Adil Najam Having produced such humorous poetry giants as Anwar Masood, Dilawar Figar and Khalid Masood Khan, it is obvious that Pakistan is fertile ground for mazahia shayeri. The works of Inayat Ali Khan, Khalid Irfan, and others shows that there is absolutely no dearth of subject matter to laugh at. Another new voice is that [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
Adil Najam A friend emailed me the other day: “Hardly any body ever talks about [Fatima Jinnah] these days - I wonder how many even know her today'” He is right. We as a people have not treated our history well - for that matter, history too has treated us rather shabbily. My friend also alerted me [...]
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Adil Najam I blog from Islamabad airport. My flight to Karachi has been delayed, which means that my first meeting of the day will have to be canceled. But that is not what weighs heavy on my mind. What worries me today is all the talk of violence of one kind or another that seems to be [...]
ProgressiveIslam.info - Front Page (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
Terming the silence of the legislators, male or female, "disheartening", Adil Najam said: "It either comes from a sense of utter despondency or from an actual acceptance of the views that these two (ministers) seem to espouse. I hope it is the first, but the second one would be a really tragic indictment of all of us as a society." KARACHI -- By appointing as cabinet ministers two politicians...
EarthPortal (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Global Environmental Governance: A Reform Agenda by Adil Najam, Mihaela Papa, and Nadaa Taiyab Global economy Human Development Index Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), Stockholm, Sweden United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg,...
EarthPortal (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Economics for unique and innovative contributions to the field of energy economics. Read More >> Adil Najam Adil Najam is the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University , where he also is the Director of the Pardee Center and a Professor in the Departments of International Relations and Geography and Environment. Prof. Adil Najam’s...
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Adil Najam I did not know that December 9 was the “International Anti-Corruption Day.” Nor that it would be observed in Pakistan along with Eid. I learnt this and saw this picture at Islamabad Metroblog, and didn’t really know how to react to it. Yes, saying “No” will help. But maybe it will take a little [...]
