An advance copy of THE COOKING OF BOOKS just arrived. An account of my friendship with the brilliant and reclusive editor Rukun Advani, it is the most personal book I have written as well as the shortest. I trust readers will be grateful to the latter if not the former. The book

Will there be articles published about “their culture and their religion”?

Is this for ALL babies born in Sindh, Pakistan? Because that is birthright citizenship according to out laws. Too many children—of Afghan, Bengali, Rohingya stateless families—are LEFT OUT. Basic human rights. #StatelessChildren

I hope Culture Department gives this article some attention, Sindh Government looks into funds rather than building infrastructure and yearly large budgets to irrelevant maintenance Sindh Chief Minister House BilawalBhuttoZardari Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Dept, GoS Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department dawn.com/news/1859119?r…

Only happens in Pakistan...A person obsessed with PUBG killed his three underage sisters, is pardoned by the complainant, his father, under sharia law. How can the judge and police allow this? #Pakistan #PUBG dawn.com/news/1858993/m…

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old)

Just spoke to Munir A Malik and I quote with Permission: “From the 26th of October 2024; the legal fraternity will recognise Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah as the constitutional Chief Justice of the pristine Supreme Court of Pakistan as created in the unadulterated 1973

This graph is consistent with a major theory on how Pakistan became Muslim majority. Settling & adoption of sedentary lifestyle by mobile populations coinciding with influx of Sufis whose shrines acted as Civilizational nodes in the post Mongol society in 14th century. 🧵(1/n)

Don’t really want to comment on proposed amendments before we even know what they are. That said, it’s a joke if Constitution (a fundamental document that binds the nation) sought to be amended overnight in secret without proper public deliberations & absent stakeholder input.

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Meet future journalists in the making. It was so much fun to pretend to play newsroom for a day; collaborating on creating these stories and then seeing them in print made everyone’s day.

This draft Bill is insane! In a nutshell, says SC will not listen to any petition involving Fundamental Rights or even appeals from any writ petitions from HCs (whether they are tax cases, rent petitions, regulatory matters etc). All such cases to go to Constitutional Court. 1/n

Constitutional crisis? Salahuddin Ahmed comes on to answer all your legal, constitutional questions. What questions do you have for him? Salahuddin Ahmed obtained his law degree from the University of Buckingham, UK in 2000.

Part of the reason for Ayyub moving the capital from Karachi to Islamabad was that Karachi was the hotbed of labor and student activists which could potentially cause problems for the government. A new city, custom made for bureaucrats, solved that problem.

This is very sad news, indeed

What a brilliant article Arifa Noor 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The political is personal dawn.com/news/1859496

"Heartfelt congratulations to Barrister Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui on being appointed Spokesperson for Chairman PPP, BilawalBhuttoZardari, in addition to his roles as Spokesperson for the #SindhGovt and Mayor of Karachi. Wishing him continued strength and success. More power and prayers!"

Was long overdue. Also glad to announce we’re working together to produce the Urdu translation of Aasim Sajjad Akhtar’s The Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan (Pluto Press, 2022; Folio Books, 2022). Salman Haider Folio Books Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

JUST RELEASED Following the government’s forcible deportation of vulnerable Afghan refugees in 2023, including many who were born in Pakistan, HRCP has called consistently for a more rights-centric approach to the idea of citizenship. Apart from hosting several million refugees,