The women in the mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan are subjected purely to the whims of their men – men who have assumed the role of an angry God.
In this anarchic international system, economic sovereignty of states must be ensured. But the powerful states have a disproportionate edge over others.
The growing insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is worrying. In two different incidents on Monday, students became the prime victims of attacks by the militants in Swat.
One of Pakistan’s southern provinces, Sindh, however, is bracing itself for the worst to come as the country deals with catastrophic floods. Deluges from swollen rivers are heading for lower-lying areas, threatening more misery for millions.
Religious fundamentalism is rampant in societies that lack creative and critical thinking in their educational structures, and is often used as a political card in countries like Pakistan.
This excerpt from Ali Raza’s scholarly work on the history of Left in South Asia, ‘Revolutionary Pasts; Communist Internationalism in Colonial India’ posits the centrality of anti-imperial narrative in the agenda of the Third International.