Editorial: What is Pashtun nationalism?: Related posts: Why are Pashtun nationalists mute on Deobandi ideology and identity of TTP-ASWJ terrorists? – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/306125 Role of Abdul Ghaffar Khan in the spread of Deobandi ideology in Pashtuns – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/306211 Abdul
Love-Marriages in the Pashtun Society – By Malalai Bashir: By writing on Pashtun women’s plight with the hands of social stigmas, I am not arguing that non-Pashtun women are free of such problems. Rather, writing on such issues means that we have to find the courage to face the reality
The Plight of Tirah valley – by Khushal Khan: The valley of Tirah is not a distant country in some other continent. It is located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), in the northwest of Pakistan. And very recently, Tirah has fallen to the Taliban after a
Racist Tribune pokes fun at Bacha Khan: Balochistan Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested eleven children aged between 11 to 16 years, who were allegedly involved in carrying out the Bacha Khan “Chowk” blast in Quetta, Express News reported. The blast at Bacha Khan square
Pashtuns and Blogging: 5 reasons why Pashtuns need to blog: 5 reasons why Pashtuns need to blog VOA (Voice of America), Pashto, Deewa Radio recently started a series on blogging among Pashtuns, discussing reasons for why we should blog, what kinds of challenges bloggers face, what we think they
ملالہ یوسفزئی کے نام – فہمیدہ ریاض: ہم اسے مل کر سلا دیں گے ملالہ کے لیے ہم سرخ چادر لے کر آۓ ہیں بہت پیاری یہ بچی ہے اسے انعام دیں گے ہم گلے میں سرخ مالا اس کو پہنائیں گے خوش ہو کر وه
For the love of Attan – by Imran Khan: So what is Attan? In one word it is a dance. But this is the dance of the Pashtuns; a people who according to some have formed the largest tribal society in the world. Since the dance in some cases
Don’t insult the memory of Safwat Ghayur: Earlier this month (4 August), it was the second martyrdom anniversary of Safwat Ghayur, the brave Pashtun police office who sacrificed his life in saving Pakistan from the Jihadi-sectarian assets of the Deep State. LUBP has archived a few
Aiman, Adele and Agnes Obel – By Nasser Yousaf: Editor’s note: Aiman Udas was a singer and songwriter in Peshawar, Pakistan. Udas had frequently performed on PTV television and AVT khyber a private pashto channel in pakistan. She won considerable acclaim for her songs but had become a
Tribal NGOs condemn brutal assassination of Fareeda Afridi: Peshawar: A condolence meeting was held in SPO office Peshawar to remember Ms. Farida Afridi who was brutally assassinated by the brutal, negative and anti social forces today morning at Jamrud Khyber Agency, FATA. Farida Afridi was a founding
Mullah, the Talib and Pashtun society – by Asad Munir: Originally Posted at: The Friday Times Pashtuns are believed to be the largest segmentary lineage society in the world today. They have been living in their defined homeland areas since ages, in a social order loosely defined by the
Taliban and the Pashtun identity – by Prof Dr Ijaz Khan: Nationalist movements promote and protect national language, culture and identity through political expression. They aim to control their affairs without outside interference. They are about managing their economic resources by themselves. They may want autonomy within a multinational state
Dr. Shakeel Afridi is a benefactor, not a traitor: The Pashtun land on both sides of the Durand Line has been devastated by Jihadi-sectarian militants including foreign terrorists like Osama Bin Laden, in collusion with Pakistani military establishment. Dr. Shakeel Afridi did a great service to the world
Voices from FATA and the panic (5 parts) – by Farhat Taj: Related: Merge FATA into KP : ANP jirga Editor’s note: We are cross-posting a five-series article titled “Voices from FATA and the panic” recently published in Daily Times. In this series Farhat Taj present a Pashtun nationalist perspective on
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Khudai Khidmatgar Movement Revived in India: Editor’s note : We present to our readers this excellent documentary by NDTV on revival of Bacha Khan’s non-violence movement of Khudai Khidmatgar by the youth of Delhi , India . With Thanks : NDTV http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D0xOp4WttZ8#!
The ANP and revenge attacks —by Farhat Taj: If terror attacks in Pakistan is Pakhtun revenge, then the ANP must be involved in the attacks. Surely, ANP and non-ANP victims of terrorism share the same culture and social setup By now the notion that several of the
Zarteef Khan Afridi – A common man: Most of the time, history is recorded and told from perspective of powerful and elite, we are told about princes, kings, generals, thinkers and the leaders, what is mostly ignored is those who were enslaved, plundered and lived
Pashtuns beware of Imran Khan – by Jan Assakzai: Originally posted at: PASHTUN CHRONICLE Pakistan’s pro-establishment media, journalists, pundits and spin doctors are relentlessly trying to usher in a possible new alternative to the current traditional political class of the country- led by PPP and PML (N). A
Khaled Ahmed’s false binaries on Hazara Shias and Pashtuns: Khaled Ahmed in TFT offers a classical example of flawed analysis on religious extremism and violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Given Mr. Ahmed’s past sterling scholarship on this topic, the present article is a disappointment. The author presents a
Elitist Misconceptions – by I Opyne: With a mix of horror and disbelief I watched the footage from Mattani where a school van was ambushed by militants. Even for senses numbed by scores of bombings every year, this came as a shock because the victims
Metro Netherworld: A Comment on Karachi – by Rashed Aurakzai: Ludwig von Mises, a leading laissez-faire economist of the twentieth century, wrote that intellectuals shape and form public thought, not the masses. 2800 killings in past eighteen months in Karachi haven’t awoken our intellectuals, Human Rights Groups, Civil Society or
Mullah Omar is part of the problem, not the solution: The following worrisome development reflects the mindset and MCA (minimum common agenda) of imperialism in Pakistani establishment. Mullah Omar we know has blood of so many ethnic and religious groups (Tajiks, Hazaras, Shias) as well as other oppressed groups