From the Editor

Ring out the old, ring in the same

The traditional greeting at New Year has to be modified as the above title since the annus horribilis of 2020..

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Will Pakistan’s Military Lose Its Grip on Power? Anger Is Mounting at the Generals Behind the Throne

Aqil Shah

Pakistan’s military has long used its rivalry with India to legitimize its political and economic power and to place itself above reproach..

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عالمی معاشی جنگ، بلوچ جغرافیہ و سائل کی اہمیت اور بلوچ قومی تحریک پر اسکےاثرات

کریمہ بلوچ

دنیا کو طاقت کا توازن کھوئے دو دِہائیوں سے زائدکا عرصہ بِیت چکا ہے۔ ایک وقت تھا جب دنیا کی طاقت سوویت یونین اور امریکہ کی صورت میں دو واضح حصوں میں تقسیم تھی ، جسے بائی پولر دنیا کہا جاتا تھا ، اس تقسیم کی وجہ سے طاقت میں ایک ..

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Bloody birth of Bangladesh 1971

Rashed Rahman

This new year was preceded by the 49th anniversary of the bloody birth of Bangladesh out of the ashes of East Pakistan on December 16, 1971..

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Ravi River Project: Robin Hood in reverse?

Manzurul Haq

Since its latest rebirth, this time emerging suddenly as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf’s (PTI’s) star project, the Ravi River Development ..

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Book Review

Armytage, Rosita., Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan. 206pp., Berghahn Books 2020

Dr. Ali Khan

Rosita Armytage’s ethnography of the business elite in Pakistan is a welcome addition to the growing body of anthropological work in Pakistan..

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Cuban-Soviet relations in Africa (1975-1980): ‘Partner-proxy’ relations: a theoretical debate – II

Professor Dr. Maqsudul Hasan Nuri

Many writers have developed hypotheses on the nature and pattern of the Soviet-Cuban relationship in Africa as demonstrated through the..

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