گیدڑ شور مچاتے ہیں – عامر حسینی: نوٹ : تربت میں ایک نوجوان شاعر سمیت تیرہ بلوچ ایف سی نے دہشت گرد قرار دیکر مار ڈالے گیڈر شروع مچاتے ہیں ان کی سربراہی بھیڑیا کرتا ہے وہ جگنی گاتا ہے جگنی میں ریاست کی بالادستی کا
Nationalism – by AZ: (Just now a friend asked for my views on Nationalism and here is my impromptu response. Your views?) MY VIEW: I don’t think Nationalism’s positive side outweighs its negative side. I think it is the other way round.
خوشحال خان خٹک – از محمد حسین یوسفزئی: آج مشہور پختون شاعر اور وطن پرست خوشحال خان خٹک کے بارے میں بہت دلچسپ باتیں پڑھیں۔ خٹک قبیلے میں پیدا ہونے والے خوشحال خان خٹک ابتدا میں مغلوں کے ساتھ وابسطہ تھے اور شاہ جہاں ان ان کو
On moon-sighting and national standardization: Standardization of all types, from language to education curricula (or moon sighting in Pakistan), is an existential concomitant of the modern bureaucratic state. Standardized national languages have more to do with, in Gellner’s words, the ‘high culture’ of
The case for selective nationalism and Jihad -by Abdul Samad: Nationalism works in unique ways in Pakistan. For the greater good, in the larger interest of the nation, certain contentious issues are kept out of the public sphere, are pushed towards neglect and indifference. The country and its territorial
Pakistan’s security thinking -by Professor Ijaz Khan: Security is a concept that changes with the times, responding to systemic changes in human governance, priorities, technology, economy as well as sociology. The most important question is what you want to secure. A related question is defining the
Media is selling anti-Americanism & fake nationalism: Though we live in an age of media abundance, but Pakistani media still be quite unreasonable and irresponsible. The security and intelligence establishment with the help of media owners control and command information and media indusrty here, despite media
On being Pakistani -by Morial Shah: With 14th of August around the corner, festive fever is on the rise. Civic organizations, student groups, and social, electronic and print media are joining the swelling ranks of celebratory brigades. And that’s where some of the problems with