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The origin of the Establishment and decay of the Pakistan Movement

Rafi Pervaiz Bhatti

Jinnah had certainly achieved the impossible by creating a sense of separate nationhood among the Muslims of India, but the composition of the Muslim League (ML) leadership did not provide the stuff needed for carrying forward the promise contained in the Pakistan Movement.

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The Period of Ambiguity and the latest Insurgency

The split meant Mir Hazar went openly into the arms of the Pakistani state. That meant a person who could have helped the armed struggle that began later was neutralised.

Dr Farooq Bajwa

If war is said to be too serious a business to leave to Generals, then writing a military history is certainly too important to be left to retired Generals.

Dr Maqsudul Hasan Nuri

Introduction

There are varying types of populism. However, we can agree to an extent that if the brand of populism espouses good governance, equitable socio-economic development and vies to uphold democratic ideals, then it is a win-win for democracy rather than a threat, not the least because it ignites democratic activism in people via calls for ‘people’s power’.

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

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On January 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan – the last institutional resort for justice for the people and state of Pakistan – rendered a decision that has bitterly divided the legal community and public opinion.

Chris Hedges

Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank.

Saeed A Malik

The roots of this genocide were planted a very long time ago and are embedded in the Jewish belief that they were the chosen people.

Akbar Notezai

In recent years, in the month of December, at the Almas Hotel located on the crowded Saddar Road in Karachi, a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) official arrives for a meeting with this correspondent.

Charles Amjad-Ali

Israel’s Apartheid

Over the last 30 plus years, criticism of the State of Israel has correctly morphed into seeing its continuous massive derogation of the rights of the Palestinian people as analogous to South Africa’s pre-1994 abhorrent apartheid system.

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

Changing economy and changed social and political consciousness

When I went to the Marri area in October 1971, it was a pastoral society. Apart from the few urban areas in Balochistan, the Marri area was a microcosm of Balochistan.