ISLAMABAD — Perhaps the worst thing about being perpetually on the move and not belonging anywhere is the complete and utter absence of Irish Pubs. No doubt there are Irish Pubs in a lot of places I go (although there is some serious doubt about here in Pakistan), but metaphorically, an Irish Pub has taken […]
ISLAMABAD – I’m beginning to wonder if I’m bad luck. Just a few days after I left Lahore, a Pakistani police training centre was attacked this morning in a spectacular assault by a team of gunmen. The day after I left Lahore the last time, a team of gunmen (likely the same people, I think) […]
ISLAMABAD – I’ve spent just four weeks in Pakistan so far - not a long time, for sure, but long enough to form some initial impressions. It is a nation of contrasts: often desparately stark ones.
Sure, I know a little history. I understood, before arriving, that Pakistan had once been part of British India and that, […]
ISLAMABAD There is a certain Zen-like quality to living in a suitcase. As I packed, in late January, for my departure to Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan, I selected from an array of “stuff” accumulated over some 44 years of adventures and misadventures, only the most essential items for my travels. I would be living in […]