Volume 8, No. 1, January 2026
Editor: Rashed Rahman
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The Baloch and Pashtun nationalist movements in Pakistan: Colonial legacy and the failure of state policy – III
The Conflagration of Pakistan’s Northwestern Border
Kriti M Shah
The Aftermath of 9/11
In 2001, the US invaded Afghanistan to destroy al Qaeda and the Taliban government that protected it. The war would bring monumental changes to Pakistan’s northwestern border.
Pakistan Here and Now: The Language of the Heart – II
Exile, yearning and loss
Navid Shahzad
On still further examination and despite obvious sociocultural, political and linguistic differences and distant geographies, it is interesting to note that a single common thread often features powerfully in the exile’s life.
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism
Mahmood Mamdani
Media interest in Islam exploded in the months after 9/11. What, many asked, is the link between Islam and tenorism? This question has fuelled a fresh round of ‘culture talk’: the predilection to define cultures according to their presumed ‘essential’ characteristics, especially as regards politics.
The Baloch and Pashtun nationalist movements in Pakistan: Colonial legacy and the failure of state policy – II
The Role of State Policy
Kriti M Shah
The partition of India in 1947 led to the creation of an ethnically and linguistically diverse Pakistan. While East Pakistan was more culturally and linguistically homogenous, West Pakistan was less so, with five major languages, various dialects, religions, castes and tribal identities.