سندھی سماج کیسے بچے گا ؟ – عامر حسینی: مذہبی بنیادوں پہ انتہا پسندی نے جب ایک منظم دہشت گرد نیٹ ورک کی شکل اختیار کرنا شروع کی تو ہمارے سماج میں ایک بیانیہ ہر ایک قومیت کے قوم پرستوں نے بھی مرتب کرنا شروع کردیا۔ پنجابی قومیت
RIP Shamshir-ul-Hyderi: Legendary Sindhi poet and intellectual Shamshir-ul-Hyderi, 80, passed away in Karachi on 10 August 2012. He was a famous scholar, drama writer and broadcaster of Pakistan. He served for ten years as secretary of Sindhi Literary Board for ten
Farewell ‘Sindh jo ardo put’ Bashir Qureshi: LUBP offers sincerest condolences on the untimely death of Bashir Khan Qureshi, the chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM). Qureshi was the leader of the JSQM-Qureshi, a nationalist party that came into existence after a split in
The will of a Sindhi journalist – by Laibaah: We are cross-posting a painful story (published by BBC Urdu) of Shahid Khaskheli, a Sindhi journalist who filed a report for KTN about Bashir Arisar, a Sindhi nationalist who was abducted and brutally tortured by Pakistan army’s intelligence agencies
Tribute to Martyrs of MRD Movement September 1983: “My patriotic and heroic countrymen, my honorable brothers and sisters, my brave sons and daughters! The aim of our movement, a civil disobedience, for six long years we have been facing persecution and oppression. Our cause for resumption of
And now Chinese -by Waseem Altaf: He was born in a Sindhi family and used to speak Sindhi at home until he joined a school and learned that the national language was Urdu. As the medium of communication was Urdu, he had to learn Urdu.
Ethnic Conflict in Karachi- From Past to Present -1: Partition of India and migration has left long term effects, challenges and issues which are mostly overlooked by intelligentsia and opinion makers in both India and Pakistan which in turn has impacted conventional wisdom and formed many misconceptions. Many
PPP a mirror for ethno-nationalists – By Ali Sher Mussali: Pakistan Peoples Party is the largest political party of Pakistan since 1970s, which has continuously struggled for strong federation in Pakistan. PPP is the only political party in Pakistan, which is party of the people, ideologically and by its
Mirza’s Statement and Karachi Violence: Zulfiqar Mirza made comments that infuriated many Urdu-Speaking people, when he said many Urdu Speakers had come hungry and naked to Pakistan. He was speaking after rumours that MQM wanted a separate province of Urdu Speakers. The trouble started
Nawaz League and Sindhi Nationalists: From airport to my hotel I observed some green flags in hands of 18 million of Pakistani nation. Around 10 (million) were with green flags in their hands on motorbikes, 5 (million) on cars and remaining 3 people (million)
Behind the tunes of ‘Bijja Teer Bijja’ – by Rafay Mahmood: Source: Express Tribune KARACHI: Anthems constitute a major part of the music enfold in Pakistan and they alone sell more copies during election campaigns than a commercial album sells throughout the year. And now recent trends show that anthems come
MQM’s targeted killing strategy- By Jan Assakzai: Almost on daily basis Pakhtuns are killed in Karachi and there is a complete silence in the media to the plight of the beleaguered community. And the victims are dismissed as workers of ANP as if their blood is
Unrest among Sindhis on 18th amendment: HYDERABAD: A group of civil society leaders has made quite a critical evaluation of 18th constitutional amendment bill and said that Sindh remained the major loser once again because neither the issue of provincial autonomy nor of natural resources
The Sindh Card: Here are two articles, first one by Hasan Mujtaba of BBC Urdu and the second one by Nazir Naji. The articles suggest that contrary to the ‘mainstream’ propaganda, the so called Sindh Card is a tool which has been
Sindhi Topi Day: People’s response to hate speech by Geo TV: In response to ethnic hate speech against Sindhi culture by the anti-democracy mafia of Geo TV (Shaheen Sehbai, Shahid Masood, Saaleh Zafir, Tariq Butt, Ansar Abbasi), people of Sindh have decided to observe the “Sindhi Topi Day” to pay