The legacy of Bhagat Singh and his comrades serves as a reminder of the revolutionary zeal that thrived in this region not long ago. They were committed to and sacrificed their lives for an ideology and a society that was not restricted by artificial boundaries of language, race and religion, but for the entire working class of the world. By Waseem …
TOMORROW is Youm-i-Pakistan. A big military parade will be staged to remind 220 million people that the Pakistani nation is alive, well and always at attention. Over the past few weeks nationalist sentiment has been high, Pakistan versus India once again at the forefront of the news cycle. It is apt that March 23 has coincided with state nationalism in …
Pervez Hoodbhoy The prime minister and people of New Zealand have put before us gold-plated standards of decency, compassion, and firmness against religious terrorism. Their response to last week’s horrific mosque massacres in Christchurch was exemplary. Many countries need to learn from New Zealand, Pakistan more than most. Donning a black chadar, 38-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was visibly sorrowing …
Abbas Nasir IF there were an opinion poll asking Pakistanis who their favourite leader is today, one could be certain that New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would be a hot favourite, if not occupy the top spot herself. Her conduct has been exceptional and exemplary since the March 15 terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 Muslims …
Five books that students, scholars, academics and researchers who are interested in contemporary Pakistan should read, recommends Dr Ammar Ali Jan Pakistan Day is celebrated today to commemorate the Lahore resolution (later termed Pakistan Resolution) passed at Muslim League’s annual session held from the 22nd to the 24th of March, 1940. Such occasions provide a good opportunity to reflect …
Herald Report The cold-blooded murder of a teacher by one of his students has sent a wave of shock and angst across the country, particularly among academia and students. They described the gruesome act a result of the myopic state education policy which breeds extremism among the frustrated youth. According to media reports and police Khateeb Hussain, a BS student …
Tooba Syed MARCH 8, 2019, will be remembered as a day of hope and unabashed protest, in which thousands of women in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Gilgit-Baltistan and Mardan took to the streets and marched. Aurat March and other women’s marches reflected the collective consciousness of Pakistani women coming together organically and wilfully to march against deeply entrenched social and …
Arley Titzler India and Pakistan were separated at birth, established in 1947 when they gained independence from Britain. Since then, these two countries have been engaged in a violent, 70-year-long dispute over control of Kashmir, waging three wars, countless skirmishes, attacks, and subsequent retaliations. Today, India occupies 45 percent of Kashmir, Pakistan occupies 35 percent, and China occupies the remaining 20 percent. …
Patriarchy is the name given to a dynamic web of ideas, policies, laws, and social practices that bring male domination and privilege into effect. It manifests in constrained opportunities for women, writes Dr Shenila Khoja-Molji. During a recent interview with a Pakistani TV channel, organisers of the ‘Aurat March’ noted that they were marching against ‘patriarchy’. Many of them have …
By Mesum Qasmi Gilgit-Baltistan is known for its serenity and nature but the beauty fails to cloud grievances of its two million inhabitants who have been deprived of their constitutional, democratic and basic human rights for over seven decades now. State tied up the region with Kashmir dispute in anticipation to garner votes if a plebiscite is held on the …
