History writing is fixated on archival discovery trope: Faisal Devji
Professor Faisal Devji on Muslim depoliticisation, Hindu nationalism and historians mimicking detectives. Here is excerpts from an interview with Seema
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The trouble with the enlightenment
By Aziz Ali Dad Every ideology, religion and worldview contains seeds of discontent within. The Enlightenment brought about a change
Read MoreWDF for an end to use of ATA against political activists
Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic
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Media watchdog chides Imran on erosion of press freedoms
Paris-based Watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of an “alarming decline” in the state of press freedom in Pakistan and
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Turtuk: the village that lost its country
Turtuk was part of Pakistan until 1971, when the Indian army occupied the village during a border war along the
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Pakistan needs to revamp its foreign policy: experts
Islamabad needs to rethink its foreign relations in the context of a new ‘Great Game’ in the Eurasian region and
Read MoreKargil: The forgotten victims of the world’s highest war
Almost 20 years on, thousands of displaced families from kargil are struggling in slums around Pakistan, waiting for government promises
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Just say ‘racist’
By Jon Allsop Yesterday, the president of the United States “fanned the flames of a racial fire.”According to a panoply of
Read MoreRecover kidnapped men: GB govt given 24 hours
Locals demand SP Ghizer’s suspension, deployment of police on border areas. Over 30 armed men from Kohistan intruded Handarap Valley
Read MoreFood poisoning kills 14 prison inmates in Tajikistan
Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan’s
Read MoreUN body calls for probe into rights violations in contested Kashmir
OHCHR blasts India and Pakistan for failing to improve the situation in the contested Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Herald Report
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The hegemony of mercantile class and commodification of faith
Haider Ali questions the role of South’s elite class in running community organizations and marginalization of GBC By Haider Ali
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Resistance to fascism
I.A Rehman THE world has been observing anniversaries of important signposts during the final phase of the Second World War,
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An example to all: Mongolian herders who took on a corporate behemoth – and won
Displaced from their land by multinational mining companies, nomadic herders defied the odds to preserve their heritage for future generations
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The Kargil Story
Najam Sethi reviews Nasim Zehra’s book From Kargil to the Coup: Events that shook Pakistan The Kargil story or “misadventure”
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