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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.

Gulf investors in, locals out: Pakistan’s corporate farming agenda

GRAIN & Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee

“Calling Cholistan a ‘barren wasteland’ to justify corporate land grabs is not just false – it erases our history

The Baloch and Pashtun nationalist movements in Pakistan: Colonial legacy and the failure of state policy – I

Kriti M Shah

Introduction

The border lands between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been a hotbed for global terrorism and jihad for the last four decades.

A Language of Blood Has Gripped Our World

Vijay Prashad

Over the past weeks, international focus has no doubt been on the escalation between India and Pakistan, which we will write more about once the dust settles.

Critical Scholarship in Pakistan

S Zulfiqar Gilani

The Problem

As evidenced by various global indices, Pakistan has been on a downward trajectory in most important areas including democratic politics, governance, economy, rule of law, education, human rights, and terrorism.

Reply to Imtiaz Alam’s Rejoinder

Fayyaz Baqir

This is in response to Imtiaz Alam’s rejoinder to my article in Pakistan Monthly Review, November 2024 (See Pakistan Monthly Review December 2024 for Imtiaz Alam’s Rejoinder.

Idées-Forces

Perry Anderson

How important is the role of ideas in the political upheavals that have marked great historical changes?

From the Anti-Canals Movement to the Historic Dharna at Babarloo: A Critical Review

Masroor Shah

The historic dharna (sit-in) at Babarloo and the temporary halt of the canals project by the Council of Common Interests (CCI) have sparked debates in Sindhi society.

Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank

Vijay Prashad

In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78 percent of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,000 people) from their villages and towns.

My Generation made a naive error

José ‘Pepe’ Mujica

The late Uruguayan statesman José “Pepe” Mujica argues that capitalism is not just property relations but a set of cultural values that the Left must confront with a culture of solidarity.

My generation made a naive error. We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture.