Today, after almost 15 years, I heard the voice of my friend Jalal, who grew up many years in Pakistan, but is from Afghanistan.

He’s also Burhanuddin Rabbani’s son.

Leon Panetta, CIA director, recently said “… Pakistan’s either inept, or it’s involved.”

I’d like to ask the same question- rather; make a statement.

NYT Journalist Adam Ellick by In the Loop

I may be broken. I may be an eyesore. I may be the troublemaker on the block.
Things take time. You know this. You weren’t born beautiful.
I know I’ve been hypocritical. I…

While reading an article on CNN when Sri Lanka’s cricket team came under an evil, cowardly attack by terrorists in Lahore, I saw an odd sort of symmetry on the webpage.

I was in the shower when I had my windows rattled and for a second, everything shook in reverberation. Since we’re told this was right next to the Quran Academy in Model Town, I figure this is where this happened:…

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My cousin Usman was at ‘Moon Market’ in Iqbal Town last week when twin explosions went off. I asked him to narrate what he saw, heard and felt on that horrendous night. This interview is completely in Urdu, so I…

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Today, two bombs struck Allama Iqbal Town’s ‘Moon Market’- a place that I remember from my childhood when our family used to visit Lahore- many members of which, at the time, lived close to. My cousin Usman was actually at…