Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistan’s hottest rock act Junoon will be part of the musical efforts at relieving the poorest countries of the yoke of debts. A huge musical rally ‘Live 8’ has been planned prior to that on July 2 to convince world leaders to end poverty in Africa. Artistes such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and U2 …

A distillery in Pakistan is canvassing suggestions for a name for the Islamic country’s first 18-year-old single malt whisky. Staff at the Murree brewery and distillery in Rawalpindi insist the spirit will be “very smooth and very palatable”. “We already produce malts that are three, eight and 12 years old, and are confident …

Born in Pakistan in 1966, Mr. Aslam came to England as a teenager when his father, a poet, filmmaker and communist, fled to escape political persecution after Gen. Zia’s takeover. The family landed in a working-class section of Huddersfield in northern England, a provincial backwater, uncelebrated and unsung, a place that might be described as …