An anthropologist’s 20-year quest to document Pakistan’s ancient rock art
By Sonya Rehman Pakistani anthropologist, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro, is a man on a mission. Having spent over two decades
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Author: thehighasia
Unions in 2022
By Zeenat Hisam “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” — Albert Einstein THE Covid-19 pandemic, which destroyed
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Progressive forces urged to unite against capitalism, imperialism
News desk On the occasion of the International Day of Workers (May Day), the Awami Workers Party (AWP) has called
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Class, nation, empire
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Labour Day, an occasion steeped in great significance, synonymous with working class politics as well as
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Book review: The Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan
The book, titled The Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan Fear, Desire and Revolutionary Horizons is an interpretation of the contemporary global economic and political scenario and opportunities for revolutionary politics as an alternative.
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Billionaires like Musk don’t know about democracy
By Paris Marx Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has bought Twitter. Musk says he’s trying to safeguard democracy and
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We don’t need billionaires like Elon Musk
By Paris Marx Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter in the name of free speech is the latest example of
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Major financial scandal awaits Imran Khan?
Arif Naqvi is under house arrest in the UK. He has been close to Imran Khan since the ’90s and
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IK: anti-imperialist hero or authoritarian populist?
Tooba Syed dismantles the myths surrounding the former cricketer’s supposedly anti-imperialist tenure in Pakistan by Tooba Syed Despite his best
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No meaningful evidence of coup against Imran Khan, says Noam Chomsky
The famed leftwing political activist says that using the threatening letter as evidence of a coup is “meaningless”! I have
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A conversation with the 2022 St. Louis Literary Award recipient Arundhati Roy
This year, the Saint Louis University Library Associates will honor writer Arundhati Roy with the annual St. Louis Literary Award.
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Lecture: Arundhati on religious nationalism, dissent
This lecture was delivered by Arundhati Roy, author of the recently published book Azadi: Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the
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PFUJ hails government’s decision to abandon PMDA
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has hailed the Federal Government’s decision to abandon the establishment of Pakistan Media Development
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WAF condemns maltreatment of Chagai drivers
News Desk Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has strongly condemned the horrific and inhumane treatment meted out to Baloch drivers in
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Baleng: The wall
Rizwan Qalandar has attempted to translate a song of Rahimullah Rahim, perhaps one of the most difficult contemporary poets, from
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